We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Anybody else use the ePulse2 HRM??

bschoo01
bschoo01 Posts: 175 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
OK... So I just received my HRM today in the mail... I purchased a ePulse2... it had really good reviews and it goes around my forearm instead of my chest which I really like! However... after inputting all my information I decided to sit on my butt and while eating some dinner tested it out... After 10 mins it told me I had burned 40 cals!! Seriously? I don't understand that... That would mean in a 24 hr period i was burning over 5000 cals by just sitting on my *kitten*!! This is not possible! When I had put in all my info it told me my BMR was a little over 1700... which is pretty accurate... so I'm completely confused now :/ Then I did my 20 min zumba ab workout.... according to MFP I burn over 160 cals doing this... but my HRM said I only burned off 110... but if i'm burning 40 in 10 mins that means I only burned off an extra 30 cals doing the workout... Understand my confusion?? What do I do? does anybody else have this HRM that can give me some tips? or at least help me understand??

Replies

  • bschoo01
    bschoo01 Posts: 175 Member
    anybody?
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    Heart rate monitors aren't meant for measuring inactivity. Many need a heartbeat over 90 to start measuring
  • bschoo01
    bschoo01 Posts: 175 Member
    to start measuring correctly? or at all? because obviously mine was measuring calories burned if it said i burned 40 in 10 mins... i guess my biggest issue is that i want to know if when i'm exercising my calories burned are correct! that was the whole point of me spending $100 on a HRM :(
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    Ah good luck with that =)

    I'd just ignore what it said about your resting rate.
  • bschoo01
    bschoo01 Posts: 175 Member
    hmmm ok... just wish i knew the reasoning behind it all
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I don't know much about an epulse2, but the other poster is right.. HRM's are not meant for wearing during rest.. if you want one to wear during rest, then you need a body bugg/body media fit/fit bit.

    Also, how does it measure your heart rate if it is around your arm? From my understanding, HRM's(like Polar, that have a chest strap) take your heart rate, and translate that into a percentage of max heart rate, and then from there spit out a calories burned number.

    If you are really that worried, then send it back and get one with a chest strap... I mean, you are a female, so if you can wear a bra all day then you can wear a chest strap.. they really are no different.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories