Garmin leg day tracking

ShadowsKeeper

Anyone else use a Garmin device and have trouble with leg day calorie burn count? I've noticed it gives me 2-3x the calorie burn on arm/chest day than legs. I'm guessing because it senses my arms moving, but... Just curious.

VegasFit

Are you using it while strictly lifting weights?

Silent_Soliloquy

The calorie burn should ve estimated on fluctuation in heart rate. So the STEPS will be different (over estimate on arm day) ... but the caloric burn should be about right.

Side note: lifting in general burns very few calories... that's not why you do it.

The "afterburn" effect of a lift is very definitely accounted for by a garmin... as it reads your continued elevated heart rate.

dewd2

Using HRM to measure calories is not a good way to do it. Using an HRM to measure calories burned while lifting weights is pointless. First, you're not burning much. And second, your HR has nothing to with the calories you are burning.

I count calories I burn when running. I don't bother when lifting.

sijomial

Does your Garmin have a mode for you to tell it that you are doing strength training?
If it's using steps its going to completely inaccurate.
If it's using heartrate its going to be completely inaccurate.