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Lower Your "Entered" Weight On The Treadmill

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When doing a run on the treadmill, I enter my weight at approximately 10-15lbs less than my actual weight. This is to ensure that the calories burned display is a more accurate reflection of my actual calories burned. Exercise equipment notoriously over inflates the calories that we burn while exercising.

- Submitted by NICOLE8672 1/31/2011 in Exercise | 2 Comments
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SHAY_12211 2/5/2011 6:39:00 AM

    I went to the gym the other night and got on the tread mill. I entered the weight loss program. The belt went from 1.0 miles to 2.5! I really wanted to sweat but this setting just had me dragging me feet and climbing a lot of hills. So I will try to put in a different weight and see how that goes. Thx
HELLOKIMI 1/31/2011 6:47:00 PM

    thanks a lot , i had NO idea :)

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