Thread: Cardio Equipment, How Accurate.
View Single Post

  #2 (permalink)  
Old 06-05-2007, 02:50 AM
Sportsmedjosh's Avatar
Sportsmedjosh Sportsmedjosh is offline
Administrator
Administrator
  
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 2,587
Sportsmedjosh has disabled reputation
Default
It's ballpark but not extremely accurate. The best way to really gauge how many calories are burned is for every liter of oxygen your body uses you burn 5 calories. But most machines come from this type of understanding so their ballpark at best.
Reply With Quote