To add or not to add

kel7298

That is the question???

I use an HRM to calculate my calories burned during exercise. Should I be adding my warm up/cool down into the mix, or am I cheating by doing this?

kennie2

You should keep it on till your heart rate is back to normal

arc918

My $.02 - if you burned it as part of your workout, then no reason not to include it.

skinnyinnotime

I don't see how it's cheating it's part of your workout and you wouldn't be warming up/cooling down otherwise.

mywaytobeingfit

I would just be aware if you are eating all your calories back or not.

For this reason and many others. I divide my HRM calories in half and manually put that in for my designated work out.

l3ugjuice

If you burn extra calories by warming up, then you are not cheating yourself. I dont think it matters how those calories are burned... Calories burned are calories burned.

What I assume you are trying to do with your HRM is count calories over maintenance, so I would not think you are cheating yourself at all.

kel7298

Thanks everyone. I worry about what my HRM tells me anyway (tho is a great brand) I usually eat back only 1/2 the calories regardless.