CurlieQ asked:


When I’m at the gym, I can supposedly burn like 400 calories in 30 minutes on an elliptical, but only about 250 on a treadmill. Is this accurate or are the machines a little off? Thanks so much!

3 Responses to “Do elliptical machines burn more than treadmills?”

1. hot-cuz-i-fly on November 30th, 2008 10:26 am

   yes they do, and theyre low impact.

2. ahhchoooo on December 1st, 2008 10:43 pm

   ellipticals do burn much more. It is the most efficient way to work out. I love that machine and wouldn’t use anything else

3. Maritime66 on December 4th, 2008 12:11 pm

   You definatley burn more on the ellipitcal machines - couldn’t tell you why but I’ve been on both and can really tell the difference!