New Polar F6 heart rate monitor

Lettuce13

I just got a new Polar F6 and I am wondering how it is used by other MFP members. Specifically, do you wear it all of the time & record your daily calories or just during exercise periods?

Thanks in advance!

Lettuce13

I just got a new Polar F6 and I am wondering how it is used by other MFP members. Specifically, do you wear it all of the time & record your daily calories or just during exercise periods?

Thanks in advance!

sr2000

I usually only wear it during exercise. The first day I had it I was so excited I worked out about 4 times, buring over 1000 that day! It is great to have an accurate measure of calories burned, which had so often been inaccurate on the machines and listed estimates.
Then one day I tried keeping it in exercise mode all day, even during normal activity, and then when I did workout I started a new exercise, then afterwards started another exercise mode, which was really just a another normal activity portion of my day. It's rather confusing to try to do this, and I was wondering if there is better way to measure my calorie exoenditure throughout the day as well.
I still have a lot to learn and explore with this.

banks1850

well, your RMR is pretty static under normal circumstances. So if you want to know what you burn for calories you just wear it on a day that you aren't working out. When you get up, put it on and start an exercise, then stop it the next day when you wake. That will give you a full 24 hour period. if your day was a typical day for you (nothin much out of the ordinary happened) then you should be within a small percentage of your daily RMR (RMR is Resting Metabolic Rate, normal calories burned during a day WITH normal daily activity included).

You don't have to wear it every day, but when you weight changes significantly, say every 10 or 15 lbs or so, or if you notice a large gain in your exercise routines, then I would retest just to see if/by how much it has changed. This will also be a much more accurate daily calorie measure too. You can put this into your goals instead of using the guided goals, just choose custom and put in your calories (course you need to know your other numbers too, but you should be able to find those on line).

Lettuce13

Thanks both of you!