Heart Rate Monitor?
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sundinsgurl
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Do each of you use a Heart Rate Monitor during your workouts to get an exact calorie burned reading.
I didn't when I first joined MFP, however I got one 6 months later and I was shocked by how much the machines over-estimate the cals burned during exercise. Same with the estimates on this site - people input their own exercise and cals burned so its the amount they burned. SOme are just what they average person bruns.. so if you are in better shape or a lot worse shape than others your cals burned will be different.
I didn't when I first joined MFP, however I got one 6 months later and I was shocked by how much the machines over-estimate the cals burned during exercise. Same with the estimates on this site - people input their own exercise and cals burned so its the amount they burned. SOme are just what they average person bruns.. so if you are in better shape or a lot worse shape than others your cals burned will be different.
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