Your opinion on HRM total calories burned??

Macacadopai

I talked to my friend today and it seems we count burned calories in a different way.
I start it off when my workout starts, and when I've ran/done my workout/danced I turn it off and count that as my total calorie burn.
She starts off the same, but only turns it off when her heart rate has settled down after the workout.
There is obviously no right or wrong here, some people do it like that, other take them as "bonus calories"
My question is how do you do it? We were just wondering what the most common way is?

Thanks!

BerryH

I'd just register what you burn during the workout, everything else is a bonus. If you really want to be accurate, you should subtract the amount you'd be burning during that period due to your BMR. So if it was an hour, you'd take off your daily base calories burned/24.

cptino

I have my HRM running for the entire class, beginning to end. I didn't even think about turning it off before then! LOL! I will be interested in seeing what the other responses are to this question!

aweigh2go

I stop my HRM when I complete the last set or step off the treadmill. Once, I did an experiment and did find that I continued to burn calories immediately after lifting weights but I don't count it. I just consider it bonus.

Natalie0506

I turn off my HRM when my workout is over. It doesn't seem right, somehow, for me to continue to let it run.

MOM2SWEETNESSx3

I turn my HRM off as soon as I complete the exercise.

allie_00

On a similar note, do you sometimes notice that your HRM says you burn a lot more calories than a treadmill, etc. I was running outside yesterday for about 40 mins and I supposedly burned about 600 calories. I approximate that I was running at about 6.7 mph-ish. Does this seem crazy?

There were some hills and points when my heart rate was as high as 169-171 (or about 85 %) I run both indoors and outdoors but it seems to me that I'm burning a lot more cals than most people! (I'm 5'8, 148 lbs and in pretty decent shape)

JunkFoodJane

I turn mine off. I think it overestimates, so I'd rather not add even more to that # even though I don't count the calories I eat. I'm cOnsidering a more sophisticated monitor to wear all of the time. Then I could monitor that for a bit and count calories and see how they add up. Would be interesting!

Jayni40

I turn mine off when my HR drops down to my baseline right after my workout while I'm cooling down.

JennLifts

I do it like you do. And My HR drops within 5 minutes, so there wouldn't be an advantage for me anyways haha.

jensdaily

When I'm done working out, I turn the HRM off.

xnattiex

I do the same as you, turn it off as soon as i'm finished, i feel like if im not working then im not burning!

mommy2josh

i turn mine off when my HR drops below 130, and there are only stretches etc left to the class, i know it won't go up again.

digby765

Like many i count the cals burned during the exercise only...

greeneyed84

I turn it off a obou 5-10minutes after i'm done. My HR is still up for a while.
My question is, do you pause you HRM when you go use the restroom etc? I have 2 kids with me in the morning when I workout. I just keep it running but only count the minutes I was actually working out

erickirb

I'd just register what you burn during the workout, everything else is a bonus. If you really want to be accurate, you should subtract the amount you'd be burning during that period due to your BMR. So if it was an hour, you'd take off your daily base calories burned/24.

Actually you should back off maintenance calories, as you would not be in a coma (BMR cals) if you did not workout. So you would take maintenance/24 to get cals burned during the day, when not working out.

MistyMtnMan

I let mine run a bit until my heart rate is down. I mean you're burning those calories whether you see it or not. Plus its usually only like 10-20 which isn't going to make or break your day.

erickirb

I talked to my friend today and it seems we count burned calories in a different way.
I start it off when my workout starts, and when I've ran/done my workout/danced I turn it off and count that as my total calorie burn.
She starts off the same, but only turns it off when her heart rate has settled down after the workout.
There is obviously no right or wrong here, some people do it like that, other take them as "bonus calories"
My question is how do you do it? We were just wondering what the most common way is?

Thanks!

Heart Rate is not the only thing that factor into calories burned, so I would stop it once you are finished or that time period would be grossly overestimated. Your HRM bases your calories burned based on Age, weight, height, perceived exertion (heart rate), duration of workout etc. So although your HR is up after, if you are not moving much you will only be burning way less then your HR would predict as it would assume you are still working out.

Macacadopai

I talked to my friend today and it seems we count burned calories in a different way.
I start it off when my workout starts, and when I've ran/done my workout/danced I turn it off and count that as my total calorie burn.
She starts off the same, but only turns it off when her heart rate has settled down after the workout.
There is obviously no right or wrong here, some people do it like that, other take them as "bonus calories"
My question is how do you do it? We were just wondering what the most common way is?

Thanks!

Heart Rate is not the only thing that factor into calories burned, so I would stop it once you are finished or that time period would be grossly overestimated. Your HRM bases your calories burned based on Age, weight, height, perceived exertion (heart rate), duration of workout etc. So although your HR is up after, if you are not moving much you will only be burning way less then your HR would predict as it would assume you are still working out.

Thank you for the comment. And I've read about it so I know you are right. But my question wasn't how it works, but how YOU usually do it. Although I'm assuming it's the same as me based on you comment

sophieshaped

I always subtract the amount of cals I would have burned had I been resting – so whether that's straight away or 30 mins after, it doesn't matter.

I wore my HRM a few times for 10 mins to calculate a rough burn per minute. Then after a session I multiply that by the amount of mins recorded on my HRM. That way however long my HRM has been recording for, I get a closer idea of 'extra' calories burnt.

Wow I'm not sure I've explained that clearly ;o)

Rinny_D

I turn my HRM off as soon as I complete the exercise.

In saying that I am also going to start subtracting by rest calories I would have burned anyway as it king of seems like cheating if I don't.

Also my HRM tells me how many calories I burn per lap (so if I am running or riding a lap=1 km) it's different every km, so it's quite inaccurate to average it out, especially when the first 1/2 of my workout is uphill and the second half down hill.

The more advanced your HRM more accurate the information it's giving you will be, so as soon as my workout is complete it get's turned off.

Also If I have to run to the loo or grab a drink or something I generally don't pause it as it's only 30 seconds in the middle of the workout, It's really only like 30 seconds of your run/ride was slower or you stopped to grab a drink, I only pause if I'm road running and ger stuck at lights so it doesn't count that waiting time into my lap time.