Calories and Steps discrepancy

7585352 10 days ago

So...general rule of thumb is 30-40 calories per 1000 steps. I've taken almost 4000 so far today (not as much as usual) and I am getting only 73 calories. I know that it depends on height and weight etc but I should definitely be at the higher if not even HIGHER than average - 6ft1, 95kg/208lb, gym goer so it is mostly muscle mass. What gives?

0 7585352 9 days ago

Surely Garmin moderators/employees monitor this forum and should have chimed in by now?

0 seilogramp 8 days ago

Some things to double check - Burned Calories Calculated on My Garmin Device Are Wrong | Garmin Customer Support

0 7585352 8 days ago in reply to seilogramp

Thank you. But unfortunately this doesn't cover the issue

0 trux 7 days ago in reply to 7585352

Calories are not counted by steps. Steps are rather irrelevant, and only used for a very rough approximation when no better method is available. Your heart rate is used instead to measure them more accurately. So without showing us your HR, and your Resting and Max HR, it is hard to judge whether you got too few or too many Calories.

0 7585352 7 days ago in reply to trux

I don't think on any kind of level, you could expect a 6ft one gym goer who weighs 95kg to be at the lower end of calorie burning over any distance, relative to the "average" person. No matter how you look at it.

0 trux 7 days ago in reply to 7585352

If your HR is close to your Resting HR, then you'll get very few Calories. Check out the Resting HR. Or post a screenshot of your all-day HR, and a link to the concerned activity, and we can look at it for you.