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How do HRMs estimate calorie consumption?

aneedell
aneedell Posts: 46 Member
edited January 17 in Fitness and Exercise
As of now, I only have an Omicron watch that requires two fingers to record HR. I do it periodically during brisk walks. The calorie reports are absurdly high (x3) when compared to the runtastic app (and using the runtastic figures has given very consistent results in MFP). Will a continuously monitoring HRM be more accurate? Why exactly? What is the reason to think HR is directly correlated with calorie burn (or is there a sophisticated algorithm underneath)?

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    It says (Someone of X weight burns Y calories at Z heart rate doing steady state cardiovascular activity)
  • aneedell
    aneedell Posts: 46 Member
    It says (Someone of X weight burns Y calories at Z heart rate doing steady state cardiovascular activity)

    And do we believe that is accurate? Seems to be it depends on resting heart rate and that there must be a wide range of relationships between HR and calorie consumption. What kind of function of HR are we talking about?
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