In working out at the gym I noticed the calories burned is significantly lower on my watch (SE) compared to the machine. I don’t know which to believe. The elliptical asks for weight info and age and when I was done there is always like a 100 calorie difference. Which should I trust?
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 8
Neither. No device or machine can accurately measure calorie burn. Everyone's metabolism is different. They are all approximations.
Just keep on burning those calories!
Thanks for your response. I am aware that they are approximations, however I still would like to know which one is the closest to the truth.
Check with your doctor and see if you can pay to have very expensive equipment brought to your gym to measure your calorie burn and then you will know. But what you actually want is a consistency in reporting, i.e. if you do the same program and the same intensity level you want it to report the same calories burned each time you work out.
I doubt anyone here can tell you which is closest to fact with any certainty.
Apple Watch vs elliptical
