Calorie burn?

amr32r

Can you figure out your calorie burn by checking pulse and putting an average in a calculator?if so where can I find a good calculator to use?

3dogsrunning

You can. It is not going to be a great estimator. Depending on what you are doing there are probably better ways to estimate.

amr32r

Thanks for responding .id like to get a hrm but I had to choose between that and a 300lb Olympic weight set . Just trying to figure out a way without the hrm for a little while

erickirb

3dogsrunning wrote: »

You can. It is not going to be a great estimator. Depending on what you are doing there are probably better ways to estimate.

That is what an HRM does. But the HRM monitors your HR the full workout and inputs average HR into its calculation. That said HRMs are only a good estimate of cals burned for steady state cardio.

If you take you HR multiple times during the workout and take an average of those readings you will probably get an estimate close to what an HRM would give you. the more ofter you take it the more accurate it would be.

here are some calculators:
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx
http://www.calories-calculator.net/Calories_Burned_By_Heart_Rate.html
https://www.easycalculation.com/health/heart-rate-calorie-burn.php
https://www.google.ca/search?q=calories+burned+using+heart+rate+calculator&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=b2GmVZaMLYKF-gGnp4vQBA

3dogsrunning

@amr32r
Personally, I don't consider a HRM necessary.
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

The accuracy of HRMs to estimate calories burned are far overstated on this forum. They are useful in some situations, i.e. steady state cardio, but not good for others.
If you are planning to use it for weight training, it will not be useful at all for calorie estimates.

ETA - I use a HRM for training purposes, not for calorie estimates.

brianpperkins

What activities are you trying to estimate the burn for?

erickirb

amr32r wrote: »

Thanks for responding .id like to get a hrm but I had to choose between that and a 300lb Olympic weight set . Just trying to figure out a way without the hrm for a little while

For strength training HR and HRM would be useless to calculate cals burned. the calculation used assumes steady state cardio

amr32r

For insanity and lifting .

amr32r

Thank you for the links!

3dogsrunning

erickirb wrote: »

3dogsrunning wrote: »

You can. It is not going to be a great estimator. Depending on what you are doing there are probably better ways to estimate.

That is what an HRM does. But the HRM monitors your HR the full workout and inputs average HR into its calculation. That said HRMs are only a good estimate of cals burned for steady state cardio.

If you take you HR multiple times during the workout and take an average of those readings you will probably get an estimate close to what an HRM would give you. the more ofter you take it the more accurate it would be.

here are some calculators:
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx
http://www.calories-calculator.net/Calories_Burned_By_Heart_Rate.html
https://www.easycalculation.com/health/heart-rate-calorie-burn.php
https://www.google.ca/search?q=calories+burned+using+heart+rate+calculator&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=b2GmVZaMLYKF-gGnp4vQBA

I realize that is what a HRM does. I was referring to doing it yourself since you can't constantly monitor your HR.

brianpperkins

amr32r wrote: »

For insanity and lifting .

In that case, neither a HRM nor a pulse check will give you an accurate caloric estimate.

_Terrapin_

brianpperkins wrote: »

amr32r wrote: »

For insanity and lifting .

In that case, neither a HRM nor a pulse check will give you an accurate caloric estimate.

^^this^^

erickirb

amr32r wrote: »

For insanity and lifting .

wont work for either of those, one is interval training (Insanity) and the other is lifting. Your HR is elevated due to different physiological reasons during those activities than the assumptions built into calorie burn calculators based on HR. It will be quite a bit off on Insanity, and not even close to what would resemble cals burned for strength training

amr32r

Ok thank you .