RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:
The calorie counters & heart rate sensors on your cardio machines are inaccurate. The machine is calculating from a preset math equation and by how fast (revolutions) the machine is going. When you're doing all that cardio, and the machines says 832cal burned, it's probably more like 287cal. This is definitely a problem for those who will then indulge in food/alcohol because they think they burned so many calories.
The amount of calories burned is determined by age, gender, body fat % and you enter none of that into the machine except weight & age. Men burn calories faster than women, so the machine doesn't know your gender. You enter your weight, but how does it know if you're 160lbs but only 5'0", or 220 but 6'5", it doesn't.
The most accurate way to know exactly how many calories you're burning and where your heart rate is at is with a heart rate monitor. Another benefit of exercising with a HR monitor is to track your progression or degression. It's a helpful tool to show you if you need to kick up the intensity, because let's say last week you burned 510cal doing lower body, but this week only 346cal, that means you need to change it up & push harder!
They range from $20-$200, but you can find a quality one at Walmart/Sports Authority for cheap. Polar is a quality brand. Once you start exercising with one you won't want to without one!
Visit http://www.polarusa.com/ for more info!
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