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Heart Rate Monitor Accuracy for Motocross

marcolbmp
marcolbmp Posts: 92 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Wondering if anyone here has used a heart rate monitor while riding dirt bikes, whether it be motocross, enduro, hare scrambles or just trail riding.
I used my Wahoo Tickr X on a ride yesterday and it had my heart rate tracked with peaks of 201 bpm, which seems too high.
I'm 44, in half decent shape, and barely felt tired when done riding and it said I had those high peaks and burned 2130 calories.
Wondering if there is some kind of magnetic interference from the motorcycle that could cause the erratic monitoring?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I'm sure there are people who are more experienced for this, but I wouldn't use an HRM to estimate calories from any sort of activity on a motorized bike/vehicle. Your heart rate is going to speed up during these activities for reasons that have nothing to do with calories burnt.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Use a HRM for steady state cardio...
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    edited March 2018
    Whatever computer you used obviously thought you were powering the bike yourself.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Seems like that would be adrenaline.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    Why? Why? Why were you monitoring an event involving riding a motorized vehicle with an HRM?

    Might as well wear it while riding space mountain.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Accuracy for heart beats and accuracy for calories are completely different things!

    I used to road race and my HR would be off the scale sitting on the starting grid, that's not calorie burning.
    That's the stress and excitement of knowing in a few seconds time you are going to be arriving at the first corner at high speed, with cold tyres, on the very limit of adhesion, while surrounded by 35 other nut-cases.....
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