If you use, or plan to use, an HRM

Sued0nim

And use it for anything other than steady-state cardio

Please read this old blog post

It's still true

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/the-real-facts-about-hrms-and-calories-what-you-need-to-know-before-purchasing-an-hrm-or-using-one-21472

Please consider the calorie counts you are given with great care

kk_inprogress

Thanks, this is great.

DisneyDude85

Fantastic! Thank you so much

bpetrosky

Good stuff to know.

SimoneBee12

Bumping this so more people can see it. I always cringe when someone uses a HRM for weight training or circuits.

SLLRunner

Yep, I've read that article before. Thanks for posting it.

I have a Polar FT7, love it 100%, but in order to get the best estimate it must be properly calibrated and maintained. I've had mine for almost two years and I've had the batteries changed, but never considered the band can wear out and cause some wacky readings, and show up as zero for heart rate. I did some research and found out that that band can wear out and needs to be replaced. Sure enough, replacing the band got my HRM numbers right back on track.

Great tool, but it's just a tool and really meant only for steady state cardio.

SLLRunner

SimoneBee12 wrote: »

Bumping this so more people can see it. I always cringe when someone uses a HRM for weight training or circuits.

I tried it a few times early on in my journey and figured out that the readings were too wacky, plus my heart rate does not stay in the target zone, even if it does get there from weight lifting.

pmm3437

Don't own one, and would never buy one.

I do 80%+ of my cardio on machines with build in HRM. Anything else, I either completely low ball ( like < 50% of of a modest estimate ), or don't even try to log.

Orphia

I already have anxiety about my heartbeat (although it's a lot better since I started doing more exercise a few months ago), so there's no way I would focus even more attention on it with a HRM.

Bump for the informationz.