Fitness Tips

Calories Equal Energy

When you eat, you fuel your body and when you exercise, you burn that fuel at a faster rate. To maintain weight, your ultimate goal is to balance calories in with calories burned. To lose weight, the obvious goal is boost the burn beyond calorie intake.

TRUE Fitness exercise equipment gives you the tools you need to measure the calories you burn while you work out. Our heart rate control program and varied workouts allow you to monitor your workout intensity to help reach your workout goals. It also allows you to better compare workout results on different exercise pieces.

It's important to know that while TRUE Fitness offers state-of-the-art programming, fitness equipment can only give an estimate of calories burned. It can measure things such as treadbelt speed or bike pedal resistance and then calculate calorie burn from those factors. Even using the best methods, calorie read outs can be off by as much as 10% over or 10% under the displayed number. This is due mainly to the different efficiency-levels of those who exercise.

Certain types of fitness equipment can offer more accurate calorie counts than others. For example, top-of-the-line exercise bikes are often the most accurate calorie counters since it is easier to measure the exact amount of energy the rider applies. Treadmills are also quite accurate but lose some points because it can't tell if the user is walking or running. The elliptical, the newest entry in the fitness market, is probably the most difficult to gauge with real accuracy.

"Real calorie consumption" can only be measured precisely with special medical equipment. You may have seen pictures of this process where a runner uses a mouthpiece hooked to a machine while exercising. While very accurate, this process is not the most enjoyable workout experience.

TRUE Fitness exercise equipment offers you the tools you need to burn calories effectively and achieve your fitness goals. Here are just a few examples of the TRUE difference:

• Heart Rate Control (not available on Non models). Control your heart rate with our state-of-the-art programming. This feature allows you to monitor your workout intensity so you can get the maximum workout while maintaining a safe heart rate level.
• Cruise Control (not available on certain models). Top-of-the-line heart rate control program that allows you to set your target heart rate with the touch of a single key.
• Work out variety. Stay motivated and interested with our wide selection of pre-set program options. You can also program your own personal workout set ups to maximize workout intensity and calorie burn.