HRM and calories Burned

winterjade

So for the last couple of weeks I have been thinking about getting a new HRM...one that will tell me my calorie burn (like the Polar F6) Now I have an older Polar that just gives me my average heart rate for the duration of the exercise I am doing...what I would like to know is if my old polar is accurate...I have a website that I go to for the calulation I enter my age/sex/weight/duration of exercise/average HR and an avergae VO2Max ( I use the recommended 38)

So today I did P90X Yoga X, and on all kinds of forums it states that you burn around 400-600 calories, yet from the calculate above I barely reached 200...

I the question I am asking is how can I tell if my old Polar is accurate?

Anyone who has a Polar F6, what kind of calorie burn do you get?

To me 200 Caloies seems very low for 90 minutes of yoga...

Any advice would be great, I am still considering the F6, but if it going to give me the same disappointing read out as my old one I might as well save my money and accept the lower burn....

Thanks in advance
~Jenn

wolfchild59

Here's an article I found on yoga and the average calories it burns when I was looking for more info on it a few weeks ago. http://www.elysiumyoga.com/benefits/calories-burned-in-yoga-2/

According the article, if you're just doing the most basic, typical form of yoga, then your caloric burn is probably pretty close. But as someone that just recently got a Polar FT4 HRM, I vote for buying an HRM that shows you the actual calories burned. My HRM has been great for me so I have much more accurate returns on everything I do.

kadye

When I did P90X it seems like my calories burned for yoga was around 200. I have a Polar F6

sjcply

I have polar f6 and I always burn 150-200 with yogaX. You will not burn as much doing yoga because it is not high impact....it is more for flexibility and stretching. BUT is an excellent workout!

winterjade

Awesome insight, Thanks everyone!