HR monitor vs MFP

hotmamma0607
hotmamma0607 Posts: 9 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I use a polar heart rate monitor when I'm working out only. I did kickboxing for about an hour and 20 minutes today and my HR monitor said I burned around 700 calories. However, when I enter 80 minutes of kickboxing into MFP it says something like 1100. I'm guessing the HR monitor is correct?

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  • brown6267
    brown6267 Posts: 476 Member
    I always use the HR monitor calorie burned #'s. MFP inflates my numbers, too.
  • misma10
    misma10 Posts: 13 Member
    It's hard for MFP to be right all the time since individual kickboxing routines and individual intensity is going to vary. 700 actually sounds pretty accurate to me. I would go with your heart rate monitor.

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