Ellipitical Machine - Cross Trainer
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Ellipitical Machine - Cross Trainer
| Sun, 07-11-2004 - 9:50pm |
This morning I was on the Ellipitical machine for 45 minutes, (8 out of 10 resistance) and it said that I burned like 600 something calories, but this was really really easy.
Then, when I run on the treadmill, for about 30 minutes, the most I am able to burn is like 300, and this is on a good day, and this hard as hell.
So I guess what my question is, are these calorie counts accurate? They say that how much you burn is dependent on your "Perceived Level of Exertion", so if the perceived level of exertion on the elliptical machine is easy, what does that mean?
I am confused, because they say the treadmill is THE BEST way to burn caloried, but then on the elliptical machine, supposedly get a cardio and weight training at the same time??? Which do you think is better.
Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts!!!

I found this article on ivillage:
http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts/fitfriday/qas/0,,253482_623943,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=9368326I know what you mean about having different results on different machines.
Don't quote me on ANY of this....lol.....
but, the treadmill uses more of your body. you use your legs and your arms and are more or less, PUSHING yourself forward. to a point, since the treadmill is doing it for you too.
the elliptical machine, once you get it going fast, it stays there and is easy to keep it there...if your legs are strong. but you're really not using your arms, or your own body weight to really do a whole lot. THAT's why they say it's better for your knees, because you don't have the weight pushing down on them.
does that make sense?
also, in re to the calories. oh yeah, those things are total waste. most of them don't take your body composition nor your height into consideration. so although i say i weigh 140, it doesn't take into consideration if i'm 5'10" or 5'1". Which is what it needs to do. Because at 5'10, 140 is light. at 5'1", I'm overweight. And therefore, I would burn more calories than the person next to me. Aslo, if you turn it up HIGHER, it says you burn more. Although, if a marathon runner gets on the treadmill next to me, puts in 140lbs and turns it up to like 8-10mph, they'll say they're burning HUNDREDS more than me, but in reality, since they run like that all the time, they aren't burning TONS more than me. Granted, yes, a lot more than me, but since i'm overweight and working HARDER than they are. I'm burning a lot too.
Hence, I would say the "rate of exertion" is a better gauge to use.
Oh yeah. Machines that more or less do the work for you, elliptical, treadmill, bikes, is easier than the real thing. So, I would think that the ellipticals are a bit easier than the treadmills. But I hate both.lol
~Cher
~Cher
I figured that the ellipitical machine was probably lying. I did not feel like I burned that many calories. The treadmill is way way harder, is probably more accurate.
I think I will stick to the treadmill.
thanks again
I noticed that I burn more FAT calories, on the incline, (which makes sense, since I am usually not running, but walking, when I have hill on), but I will burn calories, and less fat calories, if I run faster. So this makes sense. High intensity, is cardio training, and thus more calories and less fat calories, and then low intensity is more fat calories. Both are good though, the intensity training has more "afterburn"