Best device for working out to estimate calories burned
wutaday1
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Wondering if any of you have found a device that best estimates calories burned while working out? While I do not plan on eating most of my exercise calories back, I really would like an accurate estimate of what I am burning. I don't feel my fitbit does a good job of this. Thanks in advance! I am starting the Jillian Michaels body shred program as soon as I get over my upper respiratory infection and want to be able to more accurately enter my exercise calories.
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A heart rate monitor of some sort is the best way (be it Fitbit, Garmin, chest strap) since it will measure your heart rate during the activity and give a better estimate of your energy output at the time. A wearable one like a watch has the added benefit of being able to pull your average over a longer period of time helping smooth out inherent mistakes/flaws.
If you really don't want to do a heart rate monitor I would just put it in as cardio or not at all and just eat at BMR.4 -
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Wondering if any of you have found a device that best estimates calories burned while working out? While I do not plan on eating most of my exercise calories back, I really would like an accurate estimate of what I am burning. I don't feel my fitbit does a good job of this. Thanks in advance! I am starting the Jillian Michaels body shred program as soon as I get over my upper respiratory infection and want to be able to more accurately enter my exercise calories.
The vast majority of JM workouts are circuit training. A combination of cardio & strength training. So as far as devices to accurately estimate calorie burns you're out of luck.
Power meters are great for cycling. Heart rate monitors are generally decent for steady state cardio. But your workout isn't either of those things.1 -
It may not be precise, but I'm finding my Polar H10 chest HRM with the app (where you choose the type of exercise, not just HR) to be as accurate as I need (in other words, I'm accomplishing my goals and not gaining weight).2
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Thanks everyone. I guess I will just log it as circuit training.0
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HoneyBadger155 wrote: »It may not be precise, but I'm finding my Polar H10 chest HRM with the app (where you choose the type of exercise, not just HR) to be as accurate as I need (in other words, I'm accomplishing my goals and not gaining weight).
Hi. I just got my H10 and love the polar flow app. Did a 4.2 mile walk today and it estimated 1265 calories and MFP estimated about 700. I used the activity app on my AppleWatch as well as Polarflow (just to compare the two). I deleted the 700 workout from MFP, as it seems to be adding same thing twice.
I'm planning to wear the H10 24/7 (as I want better sleep tracking too) for the next few months.
What settings do you use?
I'm puzzled by the exercise tab in MFP. If I look at MFP ios Calorie adjustment, I see
MFP iOS Calories Burned
Full Day Projection 5588
MyFitnessPal Calories Burned
(Includes 1265 calories from exercise) 5535
MFP iOS Calorie Adjustment 0
Your adjustment has been reduced to keep your goal above our 3300 calorie minimum *
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Did a 4.2 mile walk today and it estimated 1265 calories
On the basis that walking calories per mile are 0.3* bodyweight in lbs, that would suggest that you weigh 960lbs, which I'd suspect is unlikely.
In low range activity HR doesn't have a strong correlation with calorie expenditure, so it's not really an appropriate tool for that type of scenario.I'm planning to wear the H10 24/7 (as I want better sleep tracking too) for the next few months.
If you'd wanted 24/7 tracking why didn't you get a device that was designed for that?
I'm also curious as to the value you anticipate from HR tracking while you're asleep? Resting Heart Rate has some value as a long term metric as it can indicate changes in fitness, but there are better this out there.1 -
I use a heart rate strap (wahoo brand) and train at F45 where we do a mix of cardio & resistance. I love the information it provides about calorie burn. On days where it’s mostly strength training and not cardio, I’d have to say it appears I’ve done very little but I’m still ok with the information. I don’t eat all the calories back.2
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