I can't imagine you only burned 170 calories in an hour. It is probably between the two. Is the machine set to your weight? Also, most machines don't subtract BMR for net calories. I'm guessing the 170 is net but still seems a little low.
06 Apr 23 by member: TheUnhealthyDaddy
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BTW, that's the downside of being light. My wife is 126lbs and only burns around 300 calories on 15 incline 3.0 for 60mins. I burn over 700 at the same settings.
06 Apr 23 by member: TheUnhealthyDaddy
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Do you have your Garmin set to bike riding??
06 Apr 23 by member: Caro1435
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From the internet: "A 150-pound man or woman who rides a recumbent bike at a moderate intensity for 30 minutes can expect to burn around 230 calories; that number will double to a total of 460 calories if the same person increases his workout time to 60 minutes"
Hope this helps.
I guess your speed, intensity, duration and body weight will count towards calories burned.
06 Apr 23 by member: MattRide
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I thought it seemed a bit low too. I set my Garmin to indoor cycling but can’t sync to the bike. I can’t personalize the bike with my own settings so I was more inclined to believe my watch. I want to believe my bike. Lol
06 Apr 23 by member: APhoebe
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What a great question to ponder! They say that your watch should not be trusted as it is not 100% accurate but I did read that if you use it all the time you should be able to figure out where your balance comes in for calories in. I would agree with everyone else here that you would have burned more than 170 calories.
06 Apr 23 by member: Redporchlady
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did you enter your weight into garmin connect app profile? your garmin will be drastically more accurate then what the bike says. what heart rate zone were you in for uour spin
06 Apr 23 by member: ObeseToBeast123
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also for indoor cycling to have the most accurate reading, you can buy a garmin speed and cadence sensor that link up to your watch and you will get much more accurate readings that way that's what I have on my bike that lives in the trainer my gym
06 Apr 23 by member: ObeseToBeast123
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All of my info is in Garmin and I was doing a leisurely zone 1, 2. My bike does have pulse sensors but I was messing around on my phone. It was a let’s move your legs while waking up workout. Lol The watch wins. Otb thanks for the tip. That sounds like something I’d be interested in..
06 Apr 23 by member: APhoebe
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IMO not even worth trying to track calories out 😕 … but you can infer it from calories in & weight change (assuming 3500 cal / lb)
06 Apr 23 by member: johncip
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