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Anonymous
Hey, /fit/, do you guys know if the calorie counter on ellipticals are correct? I was on for an hour and it said I only burned 112 calories and I do HIIT.
>> Anonymous
Fuck off and die.

No, ellipticals are notorious for having inaccurate calorie counts. 30 minutes running hard on a treadmill (drenched in sweat) registers the same as 30 minutes on an elliptical (little to no sweat). I asked my good friend about this--she's a trainer. She confirmed my guess: elliptical calorie counts are wrong.

Also, as someone who does HIIT, you should know that it doesn't matter how many calories you burn during the session. You burn half as many calories doing HIIT as you would a regular cardio workout, but it's healthier and you lose more weight, probably due to increased BMR and EPOC.

Again, fuck you for making me type all this out. You really should know this, if you really do HIIT and ellipticals a lot.
>> Anonymous
Here's a related question, why is it that I can get my heart rate really high, yet not sweat so much and not feel like I'm pushing myself much at all on an eliptical?
>> Anonymous
You have to be on it for more than 5 minutes
>> Anonymous
>>73832

PROTIP: Most likely, the local personal trainer at your gym is shit, and has no idea what the fuck their talking about. If you want to know about training, go to T-nation or somehwere like that, where they hav people who know what they're doing, ie can becnh over 500 pounds and whatnot.

While interval training is good for you, saying that you'll lose more weight by burning less calories is a contradictory statement, if you burn more calories then you take in, you will lose weight as your body goes to your fat stores for energy.
>> Anonymous
>>73927

With interval training your resting metabolic rate is increased after your training has finished, i.e. throughout the day.

This causes more calories to be burnt after training.

lrn2google.