Polar FT4

jenschnack
jenschnack Posts: 112 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
When I exercise and use my Polar FT4 do I need to subtract what I would normally but during that time?
I did 30 Day Shred LVL1 and it said 164 calories burned for 28 minutes on my Polar FT4. Should I take my maintenance 1710/24/60 = 1.1875. Normal burn for 28 minutes 1.1875x28 = 33.25 calories without exercise. 164 from polar - 33.25 = 130.75 to put into MPF as my calories burned?

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  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    I have never, never seen this question anywhere before. Not in a magazine or book, and not online. It seems a little obsessive, but it makes complete sense, too.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    ive seen it asked quite a few times on here - but i never do it. some say you should, some say it all evens out with other activities you may do and not log, or errors in food calculations.
    i just find its one more step to obsessive (for me!) so i dont do it.
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    My small brain can't even understand what the question is
  • mesalem
    mesalem Posts: 10
    I actually do subtract and I don't think it's obsessive at all. I think that being more conservative regarding your calories burned is safer. It depends on how accurate you want to be about your calorie deficit.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    I actually do subtract and I don't think it's obsessive at all. I think that being more conservative regarding your calories burned is safer. It depends on how accurate you want to be about your calorie deficit.
    as i said, it would feel obsessive for me.
    im not too concerned with what the site says my calorie deficit is. i manually set my calories as my BMR and lose just fine eating back all of my exercise calories.
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