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Polar FT4--Can this reading be right??

Athena98501
Athena98501 Posts: 716 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
This is my first time using it. I was shopping at Costco, twice really because I'd forgotten something and had to go back in.

Duration: 1:37:03

Calories: 608?? Seriously??

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  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I used my Ft4 for the first time this morning for my daily walk, 3.5 miles in 1:05 hours with hills got me 513 calories, so its possible! I assume all your info is entered correctly?
  • Athena98501
    Athena98501 Posts: 716 Member
    I used my Ft4 for the first time this morning for my daily walk, 3.5 miles in 1:05 hours with hills got me 513 calories, so its possible! I assume all your info is entered correctly?

    Yep. Wow. I had always heard MFP was overly generous with their burn estimates, but I guess not for me.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    It gave me 600 calories for 2 hours of hiking. It all depend of your weight but that being said It is not very accurate outside of steady cardio.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I used my Ft4 for the first time this morning for my daily walk, 3.5 miles in 1:05 hours with hills got me 513 calories, so its possible! I assume all your info is entered correctly?

    Yep. Wow. I had always heard MFP was overly generous with their burn estimates, but I guess not for me.

    I was expecting the same, but some of my friends here said it is way high on some things and way low on others, so annoying!
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
    Way to high!
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    I could be right, but it also could be wrong. HRMs are made for aerobic exercise. They don't do as well with low intensity or all day stuff. And when I say low intensity, I don't mean speed walking, but I do mean Costco shopping. Lots of people (including me) tried to wear a HRM all day and got a ridiculously high number back (I then got a bodybugg, which is made for all day wear, so I can say the HRM reading was completely incorrect).

    That said, it depends on your size and intensity... But I wouldn't eat back those calories if I were you.
  • Athena98501
    Athena98501 Posts: 716 Member
    I could be right, but it also could be wrong. HRMs are made for aerobic exercise. They don't do as well with low intensity or all day stuff. And when I say low intensity, I don't mean speed walking, but I do mean Costco shopping. Lots of people (including me) tried to wear a HRM all day and got a ridiculously high number back (I then got a bodybugg, which is made for all day wear, so I can say the HRM reading was completely incorrect).

    That said, it depends on your size and intensity... But I wouldn't eat back those calories if I were you.

    I don't think I could eat them all anyway. I might do half. It was much higher intensity than usual for shopping, and I was constantly in motion including periodic bending and some heavy lifting. I'm around 80# over the top of the "healthy" range for my height. I was easily as sweaty as I get on the elliptical, and very rosy-cheeked as well.
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