York Fitness Equipment

How Accurate Are The Calorie Counters On Fitness Machines?

Like when you jog it tells you how many calories you lost during the time, how accurate is it?

Public Comments

1. If it allows you to input your gender, weight and body composition before calculating estimated calories burned, it can be pretty on target. If not - I wouldn't count on it even being in the ballpark. ~M~
2. If it's the kind that lets you put in gender, body weight, height, etc- then I'll put some trust in it.
3. Not terribly accurate. They just give a general guide. The machine can't tell what your BMI is, what level of fitness you are at, or anything else. It can give a general indication of how many calories it takes to expend a certain amount of effort - but it's only a generalization. Still, it is a guide and you can decide, by comparing the various machines and the various workouts, which one uses the most calories. It might not be exact, but it will give you a rough idea.
4. if you type in your weight and such,like every one has said, the machine know's what weight and body fat you have. so it can be very accurate.
5. very odd. I jog 30 miles and I burn 30 calories