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How long to wear HRM?

JRRCLR
JRRCLR Posts: 338 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
How long after exercise do you wear your HRM? I let mine go until I'm below my target rate, about 120 (my rate's like 121-159). I've heard people say they wait until it's below 100. Is there a "proper" way to do it?

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  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Not really.. I personally stop mine as soon as I finish exercising.
  • sandy2006
    sandy2006 Posts: 483 Member
    After I do a cool down walk. I stop mine.
  • niknak0508
    niknak0508 Posts: 425 Member
    Not really.. I personally stop mine as soon as I finish exercising.


    I do this too. If I am not moving, I stop it.
  • rita27ny
    rita27ny Posts: 820 Member
    Not really.. I personally stop mine as soon as I finish exercising.


    I do this too. If I am not moving, I stop it.

    I do the same :)
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    I wear it for about 5 minutes while I cool down, and my heart rate is usually around 100 at that point. I keep it on because I'm still burning more calories form my workout even after I finish it, but I limit it to 5 extra minutes.
  • jakejacobsen
    jakejacobsen Posts: 584 Member
    I stop it when I am done exercising
  • kr3851
    kr3851 Posts: 994 Member
    I walk to and from the gym, and don't count that walk - so everything from the minute I open the gym door to the minute it closes behind me is counted. On a bike ride, it's when I leave my front gate, and when I ride back through it.

    The extra calories I burn on the walk to and from the gym I don't count as I figure my estimations from my food aren't 100% accurate so I might as well have a few extra up my sleeve. It's only a couple of minutes each way! And after a ride, my heart is still pounding even while I'm taking my shower, but I figure the same thing.
  • cofakid
    cofakid Posts: 213 Member
    i usually include my cool down, but if my heart rate is still high i'll try and bring it down. once its down under 120 i turn it off. Usually its only an extra 2 mins at most, and if its already low in my cool down i'll turn it off.
  • nonafit
    nonafit Posts: 582 Member
    I just started using HRM. I noticed that when I was jogging for 30 minutes it had recorded only about 230 cal. That's when I switched it on during the work out. But today when I left it on longer until my heart rate went below 120 ....it recorded 400 cal. That's almost double not being counted.

    Similarly happened during my 30 DS workout. Cal recorded when HRM switched just during workout is 180. But left it on until my heart rate is lower than 120 was about 350
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    Not really.. I personally stop mine as soon as I finish exercising.


    I do this too. If I am not moving, I stop it.

    I do the same :)

    me too! Once I'm done, that's it!
  • xmommyof2boysx
    xmommyof2boysx Posts: 114 Member
    I turn it off right after the cool down..
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