Calories burned on equipment

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Jaz1212

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Hey, the elliptical / crosstrainer i always look at the calories and think it doesn't burn much, because it takes me 10 minutes to burn around 100/120 calories. On the bike i manage to burn 200/210 in 10 minutes.

Does anyone here (author and readers) know if the bike is better than the cross trainer for burning calories and fat? Or is the x trainer.

Thanks.
 
I dunno but keep in mind that the machines often overshoot by 10-20%, they're not very accurate. On an indoor bike, it's doubtful that you're burning over 1,200 calories per hour, which is what the rate is that you're supposedly burning. If you had a separate heart rate monitor you might could compare the two activities in a little more accurate manner. If the elliptical was accurate though, 600-720 calories per hour is nothing to sneeze at. You usually have to get into some pretty serious athletic performances to beat that.
 
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It also depends on your height and weight. I weight over 250 lbs and I only burn 800ish calories an hour doing moderate intervals on the elliptical and about 650 on the bike. 1200 cal/hour seems far-fetched.
 
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