stripedsocks
Full Member
Good morning all!
I have an elliptical cross-trainer at home which i'm wondering about... it has a little digi box thing for time, distance, cals burnt etc. I quite often do 30 mins at a time at full pelt, and yet it says i've only burnt 120ish calories. When i've looked at MFP it estimates 284 for 30 mins of elliptical trainer, and when i've googled i'm coming up with about 60 cals for 10 mins. I can't believe that I am burning as few cals as it tells me when in other exercise I burn so many at half the intensity!
What should I believe?? :-/
(I know a heart rate monitor is the answer here, but looking for an alternative answer as I can't afford one!)
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I have an elliptical cross-trainer at home which i'm wondering about... it has a little digi box thing for time, distance, cals burnt etc. I quite often do 30 mins at a time at full pelt, and yet it says i've only burnt 120ish calories. When i've looked at MFP it estimates 284 for 30 mins of elliptical trainer, and when i've googled i'm coming up with about 60 cals for 10 mins. I can't believe that I am burning as few cals as it tells me when in other exercise I burn so many at half the intensity!
What should I believe?? :-/
(I know a heart rate monitor is the answer here, but looking for an alternative answer as I can't afford one!)
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