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HRM readout way higher than what MFP says

weightofyourskin
weightofyourskin Posts: 173
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I got a heart-rate monitor for Christmas. It's a Polar FT7. I used it for the first time today, during my 20-minute brisk walk to and from the gym and 15 minutes of warm-up on the treadmill. When I entered the data into MFP it said I burned 196 calories for both activities - the HRM says 300.

99.99% of posts I've read about HRMs say that their calorie readout is a lot LOWER than what MFP/gym machines say, so I'm not really sure who to go with here. The heart rate readout was consistent with the one I got from the treadmill. I'm reasonably certain that I set up the HRM the right way - I followed the manual's instructions to the letter, entered my height and weight accurately and everything.

Have I just been burning more calories than I thought all this time? :huh:

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  • Newf77
    Newf77 Posts: 802 Member
    I got a Polar FT7 for Christmas also and find the HRM numbers higher than those on the machine and not always in sync with MFP. I am currently and plan to continue to use those of the HRM. I am trainning myself for a 5k run and I set my treadmill pace at a consistant speed and run/walk, the machine does not take this into account.
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