03/08/2009 18:08
Are you kidding me?
So i have been reading a lot of articles lately about how you cannot go by your cardio machines results that say how much weight you have lost. I wonder if this is why I have not lost weight in a month, because I do a 500-600 calorie burn on the elliptical for 36 min. or so it says, but either way I'm still working out, so that is a plus. So, I get prevention magazine and it has suggestions for how to accurately calculate your calories burned and they give an example of an elliptical and blah blah blah. So I got to their website, go through all of this crap of setting up a profile, just to see how many calories I burned. WTF??? THey don't even have the option of an elliptical when you pick activities box and they will tell you how much youhave burned on it. They have activities down to walking and carrying your baby in a bjorn, but not the freakin elliptical??? Um,... helllo who doesn't use an elliptical? Everyone uses and ELLLIPTICAL!!!!! YOu even used it in the example inyour freakin magazine. I"m super peeved right now. So..... can anyone tell me how to figure my actual calories burned on the elliptical, I have postesd my stats below. THAnk you so much!
weight: 235
age 25
height: 5 foot 3 inches
heart rate on elliptical (machine with arms): 176-185
minutes: 36 (if burning 600)
rpm: 48-52
resistance: 15-17 (highest is 20)