Heart rate monitor or exercise equipment?

realhousewife_windsor
realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
I was on the treadmill and the calories it read was 150 less than my hrm. Which one is right?

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  • Camsdette
    Camsdette Posts: 32 Member
    I'd trust the HRM more than the machine, since the machines are often really far off. If you want to you can find your pulse and check to see if the monitor is reading your heart rate correctly.
  • minnesota_deere
    minnesota_deere Posts: 232 Member
    if your personal settings that you input on the hrm are correct, than trust the hrm.
  • rjo921
    rjo921 Posts: 130
    Did you have your hands on the heart rate monitor on the exercise equipment the whole time? Do you have a heart rate monitor that you have to touch every now and then to get a reading?
  • Usbornegal
    Usbornegal Posts: 601 Member
    Treadmill is set to general guidlines. HRM is set to your specifics. I'd choose the HRM.
  • tjsusong
    tjsusong Posts: 195 Member
    I'm very surprised to hear that the Treadmill was lower than the heartrate monitor. That rarely happens for me. In my opinion, the heartrate monitor is a better judge of your burn than the Equipment is. But that's just me :happy:
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    If you have a good HRM with a chest strap I would go with the HRM reading.....
    At my gym the ellipticals give me double the reading of my HRM, the bike is pretty spot on, and the treadmil is slightly less than HRM - so no consistent explanation for the variations....
  • mussmom
    mussmom Posts: 362 Member
    I bought a HRM because I couldn't lead myself to believe that I burned so many calories on my elliptical. Now, I notice the same large difference. I go with the HRM because I feel it gets the accurate heart rate with the strap on.
  • mussmom
    mussmom Posts: 362 Member
    I bought a HRM because I couldn't lead myself to believe that I burned so many calories on my elliptical. Now, I notice the same large difference. I go with the HRM because I feel it gets the accurate heart rate with the strap on.
    Sorry, read that wrong. I notice the machines give me a higher calorie burn.
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    If your HRM has a proper-fitting chest strap and you entered your stats correctly, I would use that number. If not, I'd go with the machine. If in doubt, I go with the smaller number so that I don't risk overeating if I choose to eat my exercise cals back.
  • ThaRealNicki
    ThaRealNicki Posts: 322 Member
    Trust the HRM!!!
  • RobynDCrossman
    RobynDCrossman Posts: 252
    HRM. Almost always.
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    If you have a GOOD HRM with a chest strap and you are able to program in your age, gender, height, weight -- use the HRM.

    Everything else is a guess.
  • dlyeates
    dlyeates Posts: 875 Member
    HRM!!! When I first started working out the machine was way higher. Now my HRM is way higher. Shows how much more fit you are!!!
  • jenbooks
    jenbooks Posts: 55 Member
    If your HRM has a proper-fitting chest strap

    How should it be fit properly? As someone who has worn a bra since age 12, I can barely tell it's there. The watch hasn't complained about the signal.
  • lorenzoinlr
    lorenzoinlr Posts: 338 Member
    My experience says neither. They're both based on algorithms that constitute an educated guess.
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
    I have the chest band
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
    Did you have your hands on the heart rate monitor on the exercise equipment the whole time? Do you have a heart rate monitor that you have to touch every now and then to get a reading?
    I have the chest band
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
    if your personal settings that you input on the hrm are correct, than trust the hrm.
    it is programmed with the right information
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
    I'm very surprised to hear that the Treadmill was lower than the heartrate monitor. That rarely happens for me. In my opinion, the heartrate monitor is a better judge of your burn than the Equipment is. But that's just me :happy:
    honestly I was shocked to that much of a difference, at first was a couple of numbers off and at some point the gap got bigger
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