HRM after a workout

ElizabethSami

I know HRM questions are asked all the time and i do apologize. I just got an |HRM last week and have been using it, its great. my Q is do you stop you training right after a the work or do you wait 15-20 miuntes before you stop it all together, also would you were it if you went out for just walking or out to the mall.

TIA

erickirb

You do still burn after your workout but the HRM is only accurate as you are performing the exercises, so you may want to leave it on for just 5 minutes after, not 15-20. HRM's are also only accurate when your heart rate is elevated, so if you walk is a normal pace and your HR stay fairly low, I would not bother as it will over estimate.

Another thing to remember about HRMs is that they calculate total caloric burn, not extra calories burned above what you would have burned anyway. So when using your HRM you should back out maintenance calories you would have burned had you not worked out and enter that into MFP. As an example say you maintenance is 2000 cals you would burn on average 1.4 cals (2000/24hours/60min) per minute not working out. So if you HRM says 500 cals for 45 minute you would have to back out (1.4*45) 63 from the 500 and enter the 437 (500-63) into MFP as cals burned from exercise, otherwise you are double counting those 63.

udallmom101

I try to go walking in the neighborhood I live in a couple times a week. I absolutely strap it on. It is part of my weekly exercise routine.

ElizabethSami

Thanks, I was turning mine off right away so its good to now.

crystal_sapphire

since this is a HRM thread (and sorry i am butting in with a different question). I was going to put your question into a post I was about to make in here :laugh:

do HRM have a fair accuracy when doing strength training? i plan to do a warm up from P90X to get my HR up and then do things such as walking lunges, push ups, squats, chest compressions, ect for approx 1/2 hour today.

erickirb

since this is a HRM thread (and sorry i am butting in with a different question). I was going to put your question into a post I was about to make in here :laugh:

do HRM have a fair accuracy when doing strength training?

Not in general, maybe for P90X as there are only a limited number of breaks. For regular strength training you take longer breaks then you actually lift so they are not accurate for that at all and will overestimate your burn.