I am using this tool which helps calculate the amount of calories burned in a day and it doesn't have using an elliptical as one of the options. It does have treadmill, but an elliptical burns 2x as much as a treadmill. Jogging is also listed. I know that using the elliptical FEELS like jogging, and I wonder if measuring caloric burn, they could be considered equal to each other. Any thoughts?
P.S. One thing I DO know is that REAL jogging is out of the question due to a knee injury...
Hmmmm thats a tough one, but maybe if you do the amount of calories that would be burned on a treadmill times 2, lol I'm really not sure though Good for you getting that exercise in Keep up the great work!!
Have you tried googling it? At work I bookmarked a great site that has the caloric expenditure rates by the pound, by the minute, for a bazillion activities -- and I found it by doing a Google search for that sort of thing. I'll take a look at work tomorrow and see if I can't find a link for you. I don't know if it will have the elliptical listed, but we can hope, right?
I just checked my nutrition/exercise software, which calculates my calories burned for all my exercise and daily activities by my weight, but it doesn't have the elliptical listed! Interesting.
I looked at that site, but I realized that it doesn't take into account reisistance level (my elliptical has 10 settings) and RPM, which makes a significant difference, I would think.
I would use the calculator on my elliptical, but the weight meter doesn't go high enough.
Maybe there is a site specifically geared towards ellipticals that might help?
BTW, I am using Fitday...I thought it OVER calculated calories..at least in what I burn in basal and lifestyle...but heck, if it under calculates, it'll just make me work harder to get a goal caloric burn, right?
Lumpy - I find that fitday will tell me I only burn like 175 calories for 60 minutes of moderate aerobic activity and all other calculators say much more so I have decided to go with majority lol.
Well it seems that you've got it pretty much under control, but here's a site that offers links to a number of calories-by-pound resources. Maybe you can find the very specific thing that you're looking for. Good luck to you!
I don't know, when I got to the gym, the ellipticals and the treadmills there give me the calorie count. For instance, 750 cal per hour if I go on the elliptical a bit under 60 (I think it's revolutions per minute, but I am not sure). Treadmill also gives the speed and cals, so the next time you exercise, record the expproximate number of calories the machine shows after the end of the workout.