Submitted by Love1079 t3_yjnk5s in askscience
The_RealKeyserSoze t1_iup88im wrote
>”Why does it seem like the rate I’m burning calories on the elliptical increases during my workout?”
Does the device giving calorie readout record your heart rate? Your heart rate will increase over the first few minutes of an activity and then gradually level off even if it is at a constant rate which would give a rising value for calories burned at the same pace if it calculates calories based on HR.
andygates2323 t1_iutjj9e wrote
Just to add, cardiac drift will also increase the heart rate later in a long-ish session.
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