which burns more calories, the treadmill or elliptical?
 

I am very confused. When I walk on the treadmill, doing the fat burning program, it says in 20 minutes I burned up to 200 calories. But when I spend 20 minutes on the elliptical, it only says I burned 100 calories. How is this possible? The elliptical feels like it is working me much harder.

The calorie calculators on equipment are notoriously wrong.

Just exercise for a moderate amount of time, push yourself some, and don't worry about the numbers :)

Oh, and use which ever machine that you like the best. It's all good ! :)

I never trust those machines and their calorie counter. For one, the treadmill I use doesn't even ask for your weight...so how is it going to accurately project the calories I'm exerting??? Like ddc said, just do what you can and push yourself a little...it'll pay off. ;)

Here's a website for calories burned by certain activities. Hmmm...sex burns more calories than the treadmill...

http://www.coolnurse.com/calories.htm

Those things are just estimates... best to use a heart rate monitor to get YOUR numbers based on your heart and exertion.

I always burned more on elliptical because then I can jog since there's less impact on my knees. On treadmill I can only walk. And jogging for 30 min is longer distance and more calories than walking for 30 min.

GL!
A.