I Tested Apple Watch's Calorie Burn (vs Sports Lab)
I Tested Apple Watch's Calorie Burn (vs Sports Lab)
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Apple Watch, Garmin, WHOOP, and Oura Ring’s calorie burn versus a metabolic test at a sports lab in New York City (HSS and Elevate Performance). How accurate are my calorie burn data on fitness trackers in comparison to these sport science labs?
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00:00 – I Tested Apple Watch’s Calorie Burn (vs Sports Lab)
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7:30 I am defying the laws! Dont change my mind!
I highly suggest you redo a test like this, but with the Polar H10 with any recommended adjustments to it. I really wanna see if the Polar H10 is more accurate than the wrist watches when it comes to tracking calorie burn, since it’s rated by many reviewers and YouTubers as the absolute best and most accurate HR monitor. I also suggest you give a look at Calibre Biometrics, they are attempting to create a vo2 mask/metabolic cart that is both affordable and portable and claims to come very close to those lab-grade results. If this ends up being the case, those kind of masks will likely become mainstream for accurate calorie-burning measurements.
BRAIN BURNS THE MOST CALORIES [if you american than no..cause you have to have brain first], AND THERE IS NO WATCH OR LAB THAT CAN MEASURE HOW MUCH CALORIES BRAIN BURNED.
3:26 Your Math is the furthest one of Garmin was closest. with 593kcal to the actual 579kcal
Super useful video man thanks!
Isn’t clear whether your test has been performed with the built-in wearables (garmin, apple etc….) wrist heart rate sensor or always with a chest strap connected to the wearables.
How about a chest strap? For example the ones from polar are they also as inaccurate as the watches?
My god this guys so fine 🤤🫠
really nice video! thank you!
What matters is results.
I had been using Apple Watch for 8 years, working out daily, but eating according to calories burned. In 8 years I gained 90 pounds. That’s how accurate Apple Watch is. Back at that time I had no idea what I was doing wrong. Nowadays I use Garmin, but I lowered my weight by 20 kg and now the numbers feel accurate (I maintain my weight). Lately I’ve been testing Apple Watch as well. On those I had to lower my weight by 30 kg to get similar numbers. Just reduce your Garmin weight by roughly 22 % or Apple Watch by 30 % and you’re good as an estimate.
Yo this is kind of a different question than you probably get lol but is there any shot you know of a way around my Apple Watch not being able to read through Tattoos? Had to turn off Wrist Detection because my watch doesn’t read its on my wrist when its on due to the tattoos. Therefor I lose functions like tracking sleep, fitness stuff etc.
Great video Bin Laden 🙂
Absolute accuracy isn’t important. Anyone expecting a wearable to give accurate readings needs to reset their expectations. My advice is to just use it to understand if you are using more or less over time.
This man is so handsome . 😅 thank you . At least I know now I can trust ate least 50 percent on my Apple Watch
It must be possible, for apple atleast, because they are expensive, that you can feed your watch with that information you get with the medical sports test. So the Apple Watch knows you and don’t take average data. 2-4 times a year going to medical sports test, feed your Apple Watch with that information and bam. Ultimate Apple Watch calorie counting
It’s worth noting that the calories burned calculations would be a lot more accurate if the watch(es) were connected to a power meter on a bike. Obviously only applicable if your main sport is cycling. Even if the calculations they use are inaccurate you can always just look at total power spent for the ride and do the math with it.
Accurate or not you gotta admit at least it puts you in the mind set where you need to move at the least 🫡
Just finished a MTB ride. Apple Watch roughly 700 calories. Whoop 1100+ 🤨
So in conclusion is the Apple Watch accurate or no ?
I heard you get more accurate numbers if you had your Apple Watch on an arm strap closer to your heart.
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The Apple Watch isn’t that accurate for any sports, the steps and calories make me scratch my head. I would only take it with a pinch of salt
Based on first test, we actually burn 60% of what Apple Watch shows. So will use this as a correction factor.
As an engineer myself, there are things that needs to be accurate, and there are things that deserved to be an approximate. One example is Chinese medicine, everything are in approximation, but still effective.
What if we don’t use any workout and go solely off of move calories? Would that always underestimate the true calorie expenditure? Would rather underestimate than over
The Woop seems very accurate though
Apple watch was off by avg of 11%
your best calorie tracker is your bathroom scale, that bitch doesnt lie
Means this smartwatch are only good enough for picking calls and texting hi’ and bye. Its basically a smartphone on the wrist . For fitness and health we still are going through the old ways . I am ok with normal watches
Feel so sad that I spent money on an apple watch for the purpose of motivation to count calories only for it to be an error overall
What about Samsung watch 2
Okay that explains a lot 🫃🏽
lol i just ordered an apple watch
Apple Watch
After talking to a lot of people :
• adjust height/age/ weight(update regular)!
• total calories burned =/= active calories burned
Lmao, the whole calorie system itself is pseudoscience. 100% error is not as bad as it sounds. Do you know how the fk the calorie of food is measured? If you do, do you think your stomach is a fking crematorium? Also the fancy equipment that measures your reference of “actual calories” has a typical error rate of 38% and its calculation is based on an over simplified theory. Scientifically, it means nothing.
Those calories number just give you a very rough idea what you eats and what you do. It is meaningless to do math between them.
It 2012 i lost 82.5 lbs without having to use any smart device whatsoever and without reading any calorie labels. The internet has no shortage of people like that. It’s not rocket science and we don’t need any of these electronics. Save the money and buy a real luxury watch like Rolex or Cartier
What Apple Watch version did you use?
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** Watch More Videos **
I Tested Apple Watch’s VO₂ Max (vs Sports Lab): https://youtu.be/30QUCjh_Q80
I Tested this Apple Watch Body Fat Scale (vs DEXA Scan): https://youtu.be/qJKpIQfUig0
What’s On My Apple Watch 2023 (Health & Fitness): https://youtu.be/XEEkfpwwzY4
5:37 close your eyes
first time i see a taliban youtuber
This dude said, most people spend hours in the gym every week 😂😂😂
One thing to keep in mind:
While the Apple Watch might be inaccurate, it is consistenly inaccurate. So you can still use it as an indicator to see trends.
ONLY AMERICANS CARE ABOUT CALORIES….. NORMAL PEOPLE FEEL HOW MUCH THEY EAT.
Im curious how other products that strap around your chest compare, like myzone for example
3:37 "most people spend hours in the gym every week". They certainly dont…
One of the obvious problems with The straps tracking calories is that they use heart rate, I think it’s better to use distance of a walk or a run because it’s always the same. Going faster only makes you burn the same amount of calories in a shorter amount of time So if I walk a mile I burn about 79 calories because of my weight, if I walk quite fast like a 17 min mile, one of these wearables might notice my heart rate being higher and count it as more than if I walk it very slow like 30 min mile. I’m still saying this with a questioning tone because while I’m not 100% sure that I burn 79 calories a mile I am quite sure that whatever I do burn a mile it doesn’t matter if I walk it in 17 minutes or 30 minutes it will be about the same.
Did you post the Apple Watch’s “ total calories burned or the “active calories” because your readings for what you did see high
I dont use the watch to determine my calorie intake but as a measurement of daily activity. 500 or less is a leisurely day, 1000 is active, 1500+ busy as fuck.
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