For those of you that have heart monitors....

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  • Minnesnowtagurl
    Minnesnowtagurl Posts: 406 Member
    My biggest one is the Eliptical Machine...at some points it will tell me I have burned as little as 80 calories in 15 minutes and my HRM (with chest strap) says as high as 147-168!

    I guess the best you can do is figure out your target HRM for fat burn zone and try to stay with in that and do intense cardio where you woulr burn about 10 calories a minute.
  • chrissi_k
    chrissi_k Posts: 175 Member
    From my own ............. But I only spent 5 minute warmup getting my heart rate into zone 3 and then kept it there. Once you get your hear rate up into those higher zones it is much easier to keep it there... Hope that helps....

    Thank you so much EdDavenport for writing that. I always asked friends etc what it means staying in that heart rate range all I got was, you will lose weight or it is for your endurance, but nothing more.

    The last time I was on the treadmill I got over 300 cal from my HRM and less than 200 from the treadmill even though I entered my weight in the machine, but my HRM even has my age and height considered...
  • weightofyourskin
    weightofyourskin Posts: 173
    My HRM is generally much higher than the machines at the gym or even MFP, which I don't really understand because MFP also has my age, height and everything. For example, yesterday's cardio workout - MFP said I burned 322 calories, RunKeeper said 316, and my HRM said 488!

    It's a Polar FT7 which I got for Christmas - I really like it so far, it's a neat little gadget.
  • aweightymatter
    aweightymatter Posts: 222
    My HRM is generally much higher than the machines at the gym or even MFP, which I don't really understand because MFP also has my age, height and everything. For example, yesterday's cardio workout - MFP said I burned 322 calories, RunKeeper said 316, and my HRM said 488!

    It's a Polar FT7 which I got for Christmas - I really like it so far, it's a neat little gadget.

    I don't know how that one works specifically but there are a couple of things you can try... Make sure you have your HRM set to running, specifically, if that's an option rather than "general," and if you use a foot pod type of thing, you may have to recalibrate it. I have a Garmin and it was overestimating as well, compared to MFP, until I made sure I did those things.
  • jdjefferson
    jdjefferson Posts: 55
    This is going to sound rather flippant, but...
    put two fingers on your carotid artery (neck) and count the pulse for a given length of time. Works every time and is 100% accurate (and doesn't cost a penny)!
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