I have one of those polar HBM, mid+range quality. It has its own calories count and other gizmos. Are these remotly accurate? It does take in account my height age and body weight to calculate that, but the results are so much higher than the treadmill calories count (150 vs 50). The treadmill is on the low+ range and doesn't take in account nothing, but I found the results so different I'm having a hard time thinking any of those are right.

In a 10 minutes jog/running (slow speed) I burn around according to my HBM around 100-120 calories and 30-40 calories according to treadmill. Are any of these ranges anywhere near the norm?

Thanks
Bruno

I have one of those polar HBM, mid+range quality. It has its own calories count and other gizmos. Are these remotly accurate? It does take in account my height age and body weight to calculate that, but the results are so much higher than the treadmill calories count (150 vs 50). The treadmill is on the low+ range and doesn't take in account nothing, but I found the results so different I'm having a hard time thinking any of those are right.

In a 10 minutes jog/running (slow speed) I burn around according to my HBM around 100-120 calories and 30-40 calories according to treadmill. Are any of these ranges anywhere near the norm?

Thanks
Bruno

From everything I have seen and heard, any calorie counter is crap. There is no way of accurately measuring how many calories your body uses in excersize. The more important thing is just doing the excersize. If you do 45-60 minutes of moderate cardio (70-80% of your max heart rate) 6-7 days a week and have a healthy diet, then you will lose fat. The only important thing on that heart rate monitor is your heart rate and a timer. Everything else is worthless.

You have the exact opposite problem of what most experience. For most people, the machine records a much higher calorie total than the HRM. I know that with my HRM, I burn between 8 and 9 calories per minute at 4mph and 10 degree incline on the treadmill. The treadmill will report about 11 or 12 calories per minute.

Everything is an estimate at best, but I'd believe the Polar HRM to be more accurate, particularly if your treadmill doesn't even take your weight into account.