Are the Apple Watch calories burned accurate

[NeilCartwright]

I do my lil workouts and this thing says I burned 1500 calories

I lifted for 30-40 min and walked 5 miles

Idk how accurate that is

 

[The God Poster]

I do my lil workouts and this thing says I burned 1500 calories

I lifted for 30-40 min and walked 5 miles

Idk how accurate that is

It breaks it down between exercise calories & regular movement calorie. I gotta feeling that is the total of the two .

Fitbit is much better imo tracking calories . My issue with the Apple Watch is it doesn’t properly transfer calories to the MyFitnessPal app.

Damn shame Apple doesn’t have their own fitness app . Other than that the watch is goat

 

[jilla82]

I do my lil workouts and this thing says I burned 1500 calories

I lifted for 30-40 min and walked 5 miles

Idk how accurate that is

something is way off for yours.

you have your weight and age setup?

 

[Gully Bull]

Those totals are completely wrong. You only at 500 calories from the walking and no way you burning 1k calories in weight lifting in that time frame unless you doing squats walking up a hill with no rest

 

[NeilCartwright]

something is way off for yours.

you have your weight and age setup?

5’10 240

Those totals are completely wrong. You only at 500 calories from the walking and no way you burning 1k calories in weight lifting in that time frame unless you doing squats walking up a hill with no rest

Nah it’ll probably say about 250 cals from weight lifting then some from the 5 miles. As the day goes on a little more will get added

 

[Actually6Foot3]

Make sure your height and weight are accurate in the Health app. If you're a fat fukk that weights 320lbs then yeah I can see it saying that much after a 5 mile walk and some lifting.

 

[jilla82]

5’10 240

your weight is probably why youre burning so many calories.

As you slim down it will be less and less.

 

[AQz]

your weight is probably why youre burning so many calories.

As you slim down it will be less and less.

This.

As you lose weight and become more fit you will burn less calories assuming all things are the same.

 

[The ADD]

Those totals are completely wrong. You only at 500 calories from the walking and no way you burning 1k calories in weight lifting in that time frame unless you doing squats walking up a hill with no rest

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Garmin watches/Garmin Connect do a better job tracking everything and if you are running/working out, you flat out need physical buttons so shyt “just works” instead of a touch screen.

I barely use my Apple Watch and have been rocking with a Garmin Forerunner 645 literally every day. Get a smart scale, sync the data and get a better sense of your true totals. Apple Watch tries to do too much for a casual audience.

 

[Ish Gibor]

I do my lil workouts and this thing says I burned 1500 calories

I lifted for 30-40 min and walked 5 miles

Idk how accurate that is

I never had the "inaccuracies" you show. As of now I use it with Smart Gym.

Here are a view peer reviewed papers and reputable sources:

Rationale and design of a large-scale, app-based study to identify cardiac arrhythmias using a smartwatch: The Apple Heart Study - ScienceDirect

Accuracy of the Apple Watch 4 to Measure Heart Rate in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation - PubMed

Apple Heart Study Identifies AFib in Small Group of Apple Watch Wearers - American College of Cardiology

Variable Accuracy of Wearable Heart Rate Monitors during Aerobic Exercise - PubMed

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

No, get a polar or garmin watch with a chest strap for more accuracy

 

[Ish Gibor]

It breaks it down between exercise calories & regular movement calorie. I gotta feeling that is the total of the two .

Fitbit is much better imo tracking calories . My issue with the Apple Watch is it doesn’t properly transfer calories to the MyFitnessPal app.

Damn shame Apple doesn’t have their own fitness app . Other than that the watch is goat

In watchOS 7 and IOS-14 they will have more options for fitnesses tracking.

 

[Ish Gibor]

No, get a polar or garmin watch with a chest strap for more accuracy

There are chest strap options for that was well in Apple Watch. The chest strap Polar even works with the Apple Watch.

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