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Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by MontyFranklyn 
on 11/26/20 at 11:04 am
on 11/26/20 at 11:04 am
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0I have a Samsung Fit2. How accurate are these type watches in tracking calories burned? I know for sure they are precise on bpm.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Captain Crackysack on 11/26/20 at 11:06 am to MontyFranklyn
I have a new gen garmin and I think they have gotten pretty damn accurate within the last year or two.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by MontyFranklyn on 11/26/20 at 11:07 am to Captain Crackysack
on 11/26/20 at 11:07 am to Captain CrackysackIt says I'm burning over 200 calories from just walking 30 minutes. That can't be right
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Hulkklogan 
on 11/26/20 at 11:20 am to MontyFranklyn
on 11/26/20 at 11:20 am to MontyFranklynNotoriously inaccurate.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by bad93ex 
on 11/26/20 at 11:55 am to MontyFranklyn
on 11/26/20 at 11:55 am to MontyFranklynquote:
It says I'm burning over 200 calories from just walking 30 minutes. That can't be right
Like someone else said, notoriously inaccurate. My Apple Watch showed that I burned 981 total calories during a 50 minute lifting session.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Dixie Normus 
on 11/26/20 at 12:06 pm to MontyFranklyn
on 11/26/20 at 12:06 pm to MontyFranklynYou could buy a dart board to estimate your calories burned in a set and it would probably be about as accurate.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by DeafJam73 on 11/26/20 at 12:38 pm to Dixie Normus
on 11/26/20 at 12:38 pm to Dixie NormusIs there any real way to calculate it?
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Captain Crackysack on 11/26/20 at 1:30 pm to MontyFranklyn
Damn. Yeah that’s fricked. Idk though. My garmin forerunner seems about as on point as it can be.
This post was edited on 11/26 at 1:31 pm
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by cssamerican on 11/26/20 at 1:55 pm to MontyFranklyn
Strava seems to over estimate on walking/jogging and under on cycling. 600 calories for a 3.5 mile jog, yet 300 calories for a 15 mile ride. The lactate burn from the cycling is so much more severe, I can’t imagine that being correct.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Dixie Normus on 11/26/20 at 2:57 pm to DeafJam73
on 11/26/20 at 2:57 pm to DeafJam73I’m sure someone smarter than me will find a way, but at the moment they seem to use heart rate as the estimator which is not really a good barometer as people from all sizes have varying heart rates.
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re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by MontyFranklyn on 11/27/20 at 11:32 am to Dixie Normus
on 11/27/20 at 11:32 am to Dixie NormusThey use my height and weight and heart rate, but that still seems like too much. I did a 20 minute leg press session yesterday, lifting 350, and it said I only burned 260 calories. 
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Ingeniero on 11/27/20 at 11:59 am to MontyFranklyn
on 11/27/20 at 11:59 am to MontyFranklynquote:
It says I'm burning over 200 calories from just walking 30 minutes. That can't be right
I think the usual formula is 100 calories per mile, so a decently paced walk could hit that.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Dixie Normus on 11/27/20 at 2:15 pm to MontyFranklyn
on 11/27/20 at 2:15 pm to MontyFranklynYeah, that’s par for the course. By no means do I think they’re bad nor would I encourage someone not to wear one. It’s actually the opposite because I think they at least give the average person a barometer to know that they are putting in some work and give them that satisfaction of “I’ve burned X...” But, they are inaccurate and that fact just is what it is
This post was edited on 11/27 at 2:17 pm
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by tigergirl10 on 11/29/20 at 2:42 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:30 minutes of walking is about 320 calories. 1000 steps burns about 40 calories. It takes about 7-8 minutes to walk 1000 steps. I’ve been walking significant distances for years.
says I'm burning over 200 calories from just walking 30 minutes. That can't be right
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by DeafJam73 on 11/29/20 at 3:20 pm to tigergirl10
on 11/29/20 at 3:20 pm to tigergirl10How are those numbers calculated? What factors are included? Is that just your numbers or universal?
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by Obtuse1 on 11/29/20 at 3:20 pm to tigergirl10
on 11/29/20 at 3:20 pm to tigergirl10quote:
30 minutes of walking is about 320 calories.
Even at a 10-minute mile pace on flat ground, you would have to weigh about 280lbs to burn that much.
Fitness trackers are notoriously inaccurate as noted but downvoted.
I will give a concrete example:
For caloric burn on my bike I use downloaded data from a dual-sided power meter (Quarq) and a chest strap HRM (Wahoo TICKRX) this is about as accurate as you will get outside of a lab, the same level of equipment pro cyclists use.
On an average base mileage ride, I will ride ~22mph on flat ground for 30-40 miles with an average BPM of 145-150. Via the power meter, I will burn about 1050 Kcal per hour. The various wrist fitness trackers (Coros, Fitbit, Apple, Garmin) I have tried run between 20-40% over when compared on the same ride and show significant variations in heart rate. They do have fairly good precision so fine for comparative data but have poor accuracy.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by TigerGrl73 on 11/29/20 at 5:59 pm to tigergirl10
on 11/29/20 at 5:59 pm to tigergirl10quote:
30 minutes of walking is about 320 calories
I wish. I don't burn that running for 30 minutes.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by TigerInCbus on 12/1/20 at 10:48 am to Ingeniero
on 12/1/20 at 10:48 am to IngenieroI expect that from running, but walking I expect more like 75-80 cal per mile.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by TigerInCbus on 12/1/20 at 10:50 am to tigergirl10
on 12/1/20 at 10:50 am to tigergirl10This just seems wrong. I walk ~4500 steps on my morning walk (a little over 2 miles at about 18 minutes/mile), and I usually am only at about 150 cal from that.
re: Accuracy of workout trackers?Posted by deaux on 12/7/20 at 6:12 pm to MontyFranklyn
on 12/7/20 at 6:12 pm to MontyFranklynIs the Whoop band supposed to be more accurate? I don’t even know if it’s counts calories burned though
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