Doese one enter his weight to calculate calories burned, or do you use a generalized, less precise algorythm?
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Hi, you enter your height, weight, sex and age. It is not accured in the speed and it has a 3 secconds delay compared with an speedometer. I hope it is usefull for you. Sorry my english, i am from argentina. chears!
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Yes, and if something sounds too good to be true, then its probably false. The only calorie monitors that truly indicate an accurate measure of work are called ergometers. Those instruments are found only on fitness machines (usually stationary bikes) costing at least $2000. The reason why meaninglessly inaccurate "calorie monitors" abound is because customers still demand them. If a brand offers a "calorie monitor" on a $40 fitness machine then its competitors are forced to offer one too. They always give highly overestimated readouts, which makes the machine look (deceivingly) super effective for fitness. I never pay attention to "calories". I always set the consoles of my fitness equipment to instead display either time or cycle rate.
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Yep. Once you have it set up via the fitbit site and it knows your height/weight, the Zip shows you the following by default: Time, number of steps, estimate of calories burned so far today, distance walked today, and a "smiley face" that depends on how many steps you have walked. The calories burned and your distance is based on your height and weight and are not overly accurate. Via the fitbit site, you can have your Zip display all or any of these values. Very convenient once it is set up the way you like (a one time setup is all it takes).
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Only if you wear the breast strap, which would be rather uncomfortable. I have the Basis now, which does that, but is not very good at measuring calorie consumption during activity. In any case, calorie count during sleep is rather uninteresting - the Basis shows I burned some 500 cal between midnight and 6:30 am and I would bet that this is within 10% of what it shows any other day, even after a hard workout when the actual consumption is higher. If you look for calorie count, I'd go with a Polar for workout and a Fitbit or similar with MyfitnessPal for the rest.
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While I haven't bought a refurbished unit lately, the meters I've bought all had calorie counters and were the kind that tracked your pulse via analog straps (Pulsar, Timex,). The calorie count would of course be an approximation as no input is provided for age, weight, etc.
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It does count calories burned. It also is a workout/run timer, counts steps taken and seems to be fairly accurate so long as you set it up correctly.
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Heart rate: yes, definitely.Calories: NO. (and I don't really believe the calorie tracking anyway, it depends too much on a individual's metabolism).
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They don't explain it anywhere but apparently they factor in the resistance? If I crank up resistance into the yellow and go the same amount of time and roughly same pace as a lower resistance, it will say I went further. There is something way off about the estimated calories burnt too - not sure who is wrong but between 20 minutes of high resistance on this elliptical and a 20 minute fairly casual walk using fitness/step trackers like fitbit flex or even the run keeper app, the disparity on calories burnt is huge.
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When combined with the app MyFitnessPal. Then it will give you the calories burned. But it really doesn't know if your running or just moving your arm fast. It does a great job of tracking steps and movement during the day and sleep. But you have to tell it if your working out.
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Hit SET to go into profile mode... you select the PROFILE NUMBER (1-8) with up-down keys, Hit SET... then Male/Female using up-down keys, hit SET...then HEIGHT I think...hit SET... step onto the scale BAREFOOT and hard floor/NO RUG... the scale reads your weight... then STAY ON it... it goes through your BMI, Water Weight %, Muscle Weight %, and your BONE WEIGHT... do the same drill for any other profiles you wish to store.......(MAKE SURE YOU PULL THE BATTERY SHIELD TAB OUT!! hahaha) GOOD LUCK
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There is a mode on the watch that will provide the calories used along with a bar graft indicating the intensity of your workout... 1 bar light workout, 2 bar moderate, etc. As far as knowing the accuracy of the reading on calories - the caloric result is based on the amt of time and your heart rate at the end of your workout session. If your finger is not dry or at correct pressure on sensor of watch, you can get a misread on your pulse. It took me a little bit to get used to the sensitivity of the sensor. It is satisfying to get the caloric reading after working out or biking, whatever.
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It does ask for weight, but I always take calorie counters with a grain of salt since there's no REAL way of knowing just how accurate it is. I've found that if I do the same workout on this machine at home as I do at the gym, they're usually within about 50 calories of one another.
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It's definitely not this one. I've had to resort to "guesstimating" distance by number of steps taken using known distances to give me a target number of steps. Haven't been happy with this pedometer, but the price was good and accuracy isn't really a detractor for me as I just need approximate distances. Calorie counts? Forgedda about it!
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Yes. You enter your age, weight, gender, and height and the watch adjusts calories accordingly. However, you'll need to adjust the weight every couple months to account for weight gained or lost through your workouts to ensure the accuracy of the calorie counter. Well worth the investment.
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It calculates calories based primarily on weight and distance (with an age adjustment, I believe). It uses relatively simple formulas just like a treadmill. That's fine for running and walking. It's not going to do much for you in most other workouts.
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The display screen will count calories, track time on treadmill, and tells you the distance you walked. However, you are not able to enter your weight in and the calories are just a general calories burned opposed to being accurate for your weight. It does have a heart rate monitor built on display. The calories, time and distance will rotate between those numbers instead of having them stationary on the screen. The treadmill has (I think) around 6 different workout settings that are preset. The display screen will also show you what looks like a track and you are able to see how far along you are in the workout etc. Hope this helps!
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Sort of. I turn on the treadmill mode to track my heart rate, but I question how accurate the calorie count is. Also, the treadmill mode will think you are on the treadmill, so you would have to discard/ignore those metrics. When I log into the third party software fitness tracker "map my fitness" and put in the time spent weightlifting, it will automatically approximate my calories. A couple of side notes. Tomtom says that sometime in July they are adding a "generic" activity to monitor activities other than run, bike and swim--but they have not done so to date. However, for the time being, when I do a gym workout in treadmill mode, I then select training option "laps" and then select "manual". This way, after every set, I tap my watch to reset the lap timer to help me monitor the rest time between each set. So I track my heart rate, total time, and time between sets.