Who's right?

[Yoly1001]

Based on the equipment at the gym I burned 400 calories today. I did 35 minutes of moderate to vigorous effort on the cross trainer = 300. And I alternated walking at an incline and running (no incline) for 10 minutes = 100.

But I just looked up on fitwatch and it says that based on my wieght I burned 770 calories for the cross trainer. The walking/jogging is about right it says 94 pounds. What do you guys think? Which one should I go with?

Are the machines in the gym actually accurate?

[Finelly]

Re: Who's right?

Nope, they aren't. They generally don't factor in age, weight, etc. Even Fitday isn't exact.........

You're just going to be ballparking the exercise caloric consumption, I'm afraid......

[ttdriver]

Re: Who's right?

I agree; those machines are not accurate. The best way to monitor calories is with a heart rate monitor that you enter your age, height and weight.

Betty