Polar users question

Tony302

I have the Polar HRM which tracks my calories as well. My question is, should I wear it only when exercising or should I wear it all day? I think it's cheating a little to wear it while I'm at work, doing daily activities or just sitting whatching tv. Don't get me wrong I'm sure the body burns calories, not much, but does burn calories around the clock. Any thoughts are welcomed and thank you in advance.

mkakids

Just while exercising. Anything you may burn in day to day activities is already counted in your tdee. Counting thrm via a hrm will be "double dipping" so to speak.

VegasFit

I only wore my HRM while exercising. If you want to track all day long you should look into an activity tracker.

sijomial

Only wear it all day if you want to know your heart rate - calorie figures would be meaningless.
Calories estimates only likely to be "reasonable" for steady state cardio, not weights, not cardio intervals.

ahavoc

I did an experiment and took a nap with mine. It registered my calorie burn from snoring, ;-)!, but really, that hour of rest gave me a baseline that I subtract from the total shown when I get a total from exercising. We all burn a certain amount of calories as our heart beats, as we breathe, and our body processes whatever it's processing, so I figure that baseline shouldn't be part of those extra calories we enter.

Now, if you nap and your HRM says you didn't burn any calories, then that means you don't need to find a baseline. You're either dead, or the algorithm of the HRM program already subtracts a baseline for you.

Good luck!

FancyPantsFran

I wear it just for exercise

BWBTrish

ahavoc wrote: »

I did an experiment and took a nap with mine. It registered my calorie burn from snoring, ;-)!, but really, that hour of rest gave me a baseline that I subtract from the total shown when I get a total from exercising. We all burn a certain amount of calories as our heart beats, as we breathe, and our body processes whatever it's processing, so I figure that baseline shouldn't be part of those extra calories we enter.

Now, if you nap and your HRM says you didn't burn any calories, then that means you don't need to find a baseline. You're either dead, or the algorithm of the HRM program already subtracts a baseline for you.

Good luck!

Interesting and to me logical theory.

Tony302

Thank you all for your responses. I plan on only using g it during exercising.

kmdimenna

I have periodically worn mine for a 24 hour period to get an accurate view of what I actually burn everyday. As your cardiac and overall fitness improves that number changes drastically.

StaciMarie1974

During steady state cardio. Here is an article that explains why heart rate monitors are not reliable for strength training.

http://livehealthy.chron.com/can-heart-rate-monitors-measure-calories-weight-lifting-4910.html

Sued0nim

kmdimenna wrote: »

I have periodically worn mine for a 24 hour period to get an accurate view of what I actually burn everyday. As your cardiac and overall fitness improves that number changes drastically.

Only it didn't track your calorie burn at all

HRM tracks steady state cardio, anything else is inaccurate