Logging Tabata

katelouc
katelouc Posts: 5 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
hi anyone know the best way to accurately log Tabata?

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  • burnsjulia
    burnsjulia Posts: 50 Member
    Curious to see any answers to this because I've been wondering the same about interval training in general.

    I interval train 3-5 times per week with a martial arts flavor, sometimes tabata. Put in 20 seconds of anything on MFP and you get 0 back, but it's clearly not a 0 burn. I've consolidated the time and used "calisthenics - vigorous" (or something similar) for an estimate, but I don't have a lot of faith in that.

    I've been experimenting with Nike Fuel and using the calorie count from it. That feels - maybe - a little better. Still yesterday's 2 minute plank scored me nothing on the Fuel since it's step based.

    And does the Fuel (or any step based monitor) consider punching? I did four consecutive 40 second rounds with a trainer on mitts. It's a cardio killer, and I do move my feet, but steps?? Same for kicking.

    I'm using all these measures as guideline estimates and not making myself too crazy with it. It is making me more conscious of what I eat and how my options compare to each other.
  • gwensoul
    gwensoul Posts: 87 Member
    edited January 2015
    I generally log is as low impact aerobics. I did wear my HRM a few weeks ago to a class. It was 45 minutes and I burned 350 calories in it. 230 lbs 5'8' if that helps.
  • burnsjulia
    burnsjulia Posts: 50 Member
    gwensoul wrote: »
    I generally log is as low impact aerobics. I did wear my HRM a few weeks ago to a class. It was 45 minutes and I burned 350 calories in it. 230 lbs 5'8' if that helps.

    How does your HRM compare to the MFP database on low impact aerobics?
  • gwensoul
    gwensoul Posts: 87 Member
    MFP is higher, usually by 200 calories or so.
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