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Do you use your HRM for your warm ups & cool downs?

bobbiedr
bobbiedr Posts: 260 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have the polar FT4. I put on the watch and chest strap before I start the workout, but I don't push the "start" button on the watch until the warm up is finished and I actually start the workout. I push the "stop" button when he workout is finished, and I begin my cooldown. So the calories my HRM counts is only for the actual workout.

Do you all do the same? Or do you use your HRM from start to finish, including the warmup & cooldown?

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  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
    start to finish......

    my warm up is just a few stretches and squats before the elliptica,l and my cool down is walking around house till heart rate comes back down about 20 beats per minute...so it is not excessive.
  • oneoldguy
    oneoldguy Posts: 5
    I use my Polar as do you. I am more interested in the affect of exercise on my HR, not cooldown.
  • NancyAnne1960
    NancyAnne1960 Posts: 500 Member
    I start at warm-up, but stop right after, then cooldown w/o it. A happy medium if you will.
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