Discrepancy amongst heart rate monitors
 
            
                
                    jswigart                
                
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                    I have been using a Wahoo chest strap heart rate monitor.  I also have an Apple Watch.  The wahoo strap always shows 100-200 more calories burned than the. Apple Watch.  Which one should I trust?                
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            If you're eating back exercise calories, I'd tend to err on the low side. Other than that, it's purely academic.1
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            Neither. Figure out how much you are burning by weight change.0
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            I have been using a Wahoo chest strap heart rate monitor. I also have an Apple Watch. The wahoo strap always shows 100-200 more calories burned than the. Apple Watch. Which one should I trust?
 I have learned not to trust the calorie burn on those. BUT, if it's accurate with the average heart rate, plug that into a heart rate calculator online.
 http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.shtml
 You have to be careful though. I have a fitbit that is not accurate with the average heart rate but my chest strap heart rate monitor is. So, I take the average heart rate the chest strap HRM displays and plug that information into the calculator above.0
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