Legit or not??

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

6 minutes ago, stihlmadasever said:

Yeah its a calorie count across the board ie bmr + exercise so its going to be inflated compared to just exercise calorie burn.Im still convinced it measures hand movements(as mentioned above) as footsteps!

Dont ask how i think this....ahem!

Handy tool to have i was hoping it was legit so i could justify feeding the fat kid in me by eat more cakes.

Back to the protein bars for me then!

 

Be carefull with those trackers ,my darling literally gone crazy with those things measuring and counting,and measuring again and again,I tell her we need more sex not counting mystic things.

[Steven P]

8 hours ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

A marathon runner burn about 2500Kcal per race,do you know how he feel next day,so if you burn over 4000 Kcal by manually working I am afraid you gonna die next day🤣So if you burning just 4770 calories you are lazy sod🤪Good manual work about 50 to 100 Kcal per hour 

 

But they will typically only do 1 and sit about a few months before the next, day in, day out you'd get used to the work.

 

 

[Doug Tait]

3 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

But they will typically only do 1 and sit about a few months before the next, day in, day out you'd get used to the work.

 

 

 

Reminded me of this guy who did a marathon every day in 2022 for charity.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/31/cumbrian-man-gary-mckee-completes-mission-of-running-marathon-every-day-in-2022

[openspaceman]

22 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

Reminded me of this guy who did a marathon every day in 2022 for charity.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/31/cumbrian-man-gary-mckee-completes-mission-of-running-marathon-every-day-in-2022

Crikey and I never managed one, three miles of cross country at school was my longest.

[Doug Tait]

4 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Crikey and I never managed one, three miles of cross country at school was my longest.

 

3 miles is admirable in my book, I never enjoyed running unless there was a ball involved.

[scbk]

I haven't got a clue how many calories I burn, or even how many I eat.

But I eat like a horse (easily a double portion compared with friends/family), and don't put on any weight, so clearly the stuff is either getting burnt off or shat out 

[Dan Maynard]

Think about 4-5000 for elite athletes, it's not totally implausible but probably a bit high.

[nepia]

I've just asked my daughter how many calories she burnt in last summer's 100km ultra; her Garmin says 6800kcal and 130,000 steps

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

2 hours ago, nepia said:

I've just asked my daughter how many calories she burnt in last summer's 100km ultra; her Garmin says 6800kcal and 130,000 steps

That possible and close to reality , so Garmin just predicted that because there is research and information available that how those watches works, I just walk my dog counted steps I did 2050 , my phone happily counted 3600🤣 I only trust them at pulse counting and elevation and atmospheric pressure that’s it🤞Calories burning just average prediction nothing else and can not be taken seriously.

Edited July 8, 2023 by Sviatoslav Tulin

[Steven P]

3 hours ago, nepia said:

I've just asked my daughter how many calories she burnt in last summer's 100km ultra; her Garmin says 6800kcal and 130,000 steps

 

about 100 a mile + a littte for going faster, at 62 miles that sounds right

 

 

For running this is all done in a concentrated burst, 1 hour, 6 miles (sort of average 'man on the street' pace), 600 calories, if you worked all day at that pace that is about 4000 calories (run at a 'decent' pace, that is about 900 calories an hour+, 6000 a day at that work rate). Working at a slower pace all day plus the 2000 we burn anyway could easily pass that every day