Boy, was I way off on my exercise calories!

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    dennis_n wrote: »
    So if people think that 300 cal burn on 40 minute walk/jog on the treadmil is a lot, then why is my heart monitor calculating way over that? My main point for this thread was to evaluate whether my heart monitor and its app calculates my calorie burn accurately. Cause everyone says you get better readings by knowing what how fast your heart is beating etc.

    No everyone doesn't say that. Heartbeats are not a measure of energy (calories).
    It's an estimation and subject to a lot of external influences including how close to an average you happen to be are compared to other people your size.

    Imagine you were the same weight but superfit. You would burn the same number of calories for a certain distance for there's every chance the super fit "you" would have a much lower HR.

    Aim for consistency and you will be fine as long as you make adjustments based on your weight loss results.



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