When do you start your HRM?

Ruchgupt

From the moment you begin your workout, or the moment your heart rate hits the moderate-intense zone? I just wondered because overall during my workout (which I begin as soon as my legs start moving on the elliptical, or I start walking on the treadmill, or I start the warmup for 30DS) the caloric expenditure lines up with MFP. But if I'm doing it wrong, I'm actually burning far less calories than I thought...

I have a Polar FT40, btw.

sarahp86

The moment istart my workout because I'll forget otherwise

Ruchgupt

Do you count all the cals, or do you watch the cals from when your heart rate reaches a certain zone?

japruzze

I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

Butterfly3730

I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

Me too. I count warm up and cool down.

chell53

I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

Me too. I count warm up and cool down.

make this me three.............every calorie counts

GoMizzou99

I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

I do the same. Your average heart rate might be a little less than if you only count the hard exercises and the time you do them, but the average is representative of the entire workout....warm-up to cool-down.

Also, I hate fiddling with my HRM during a workout. Start it at the beginning is my rec.

Claible

start mine at the beginning of my workout from warm up to cool down. I have found My calorie burn is under what MFP tells me.