cross trainer

bullfrog007

Hi,

I used a gym, Total fatness up in sandyford, before christmas last year, i had a personel trainer, one bald, bespectled gentleman (now a friend of mine, although he tried to kill me as i got to know him), who helped me get the weight off, and as with most personel trainers, he has a focus that most civilians in gyms dont have, or do have, but cant maintain it like a personel trainer can.
Anyway, before my sessions ended, we would do the cross trainer, and he had me doing 509 calories in 20 mins, my heart rate was over 180, and i was on level 18, and I was having near death experiences as we went through the program.
Now heres the question, I went down to my local gym in Greystones, and got on their cross trainer, and having used their equipment, I cannot get anywhere near what i did in total fitness.
I have tried changing resistance levels etc, but the highest I get is 300 calories in 20 mins, and i am wrecked just getting to that number, my heart rate doesnt get to 160, but i swear I am about to die.
I know its not so much about the numbers on the machines, but about the goal your trying to acheive, in my case, losing a stone, which i am doing.
So does gym equipment vary that much,

cagney88

bullfrog007 wrote: »

Hi,

I used a gym, Total fatness up in sandyford, before christmas last year, i had a personel trainer, one bald, bespectled gentleman (now a friend of mine, although he tried to kill me as i got to know him), who helped me get the weight off, and as with most personel trainers, he has a focus that most civilians in gyms dont have, or do have, but cant maintain it like a personel trainer can.
Anyway, before my sessions ended, we would do the cross trainer, and he had me doing 509 calories in 20 mins, my heart rate was over 180, and i was on level 18, and I was having near death experiences as we went through the program.
Now heres the question, I went down to my local gym in Greystones, and got on their cross trainer, and having used their equipment, I cannot get anywhere near what i did in total fitness.
I have tried changing resistance levels etc, but the highest I get is 300 calories in 20 mins, and i am wrecked just getting to that number, my heart rate doesnt get to 160, but i swear I am about to die.
I know its not so much about the numbers on the machines, but about the goal your trying to acheive, in my case, losing a stone, which i am doing.
So does gym equipment vary that much,

Am I reading that correclty? You burned 500+ calories in 20 minutes? WOW!

Personally, I would suggest you go out and get yourself a decent heart rate monitor to give you a more accurate reading.

The Sandymount (w.w) cross trainers say Ive burned 500 calories when my heart rate monitor says Ive burned 300 so...

olaola

They're all probably calibrated differently. I notice differences between the same brand & model machines in the same gym.

WhiteWashMan

I generally hit around 400 cal on the cross trainer, but then again i'll get on about 7.5km in 30 minute