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Garmin and Strava Calories differ

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi Peeps,

I done a run this evening using my VivoActive HR watch. I automatically synced with the Garmin Connect app and then synced with Strava.

But Garmin app states that I burned 506 calories, whilst Strava states I burned 660 calories!?

im assuming that Garmin is correct. But why do they differ so much?

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

Calorie estimates are pretty unreliable from anyone and the algorithms do vary. 30% difference isn't exactly shocking. What activity were you doing? Strava seems to treat nearly everything as cycling. Even within Garmin Connect, how you categorize the activity can have a very large impact on the calorie estimate.