Heart rate monitor users

lalala06
lalala06 Posts: 153
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello everyone, just a quick question for heart rate monitor users.. do you stop the monitor as soon as u are done working out?
I ask because i noticed i burn a lot of calories until about 10-15 minutes post workout.. while i walk around and drink my water (by a lot i mean its anywhere from 0-100cals) if i count those as 'workout cals burned' would that be cheating? :indifferent:

just a question out of curiousity.. so be nice! :blushing:

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  • lucysmommy
    lucysmommy Posts: 460
    i always stop mines right after my class
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I stop mine at the end of my workout or run. I figure any after-burn effect is a bonus.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    I stop mine at the end of my workout or run. I figure any after-burn effect is a bonus.

    Ditto!!
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    I stop mine immediately after the workout. I don't count warm-ups, rest periods, or cool-down/stretch. Better to error on the conservative side.
  • Sweetpea472
    Sweetpea472 Posts: 229 Member
    I start mine at the beginning of my warm up & stop it at the end of my cool down. HTH
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Hello everyone, just a quick question for heart rate monitor users.. do you stop the monitor as soon as u are done working out?
    I ask because i noticed i burn a lot of calories until about 10-15 minutes post workout.. while i walk around and drink my water (by a lot i mean its anywhere from 0-100cals) if i count those as 'workout cals burned' would that be cheating? :indifferent:

    just a question out of curiousity.. so be nice! :blushing:

    No you HRM tells you you burn a lot, but you don't. Your HRM bases calories burned on intensity and it gauges intensity on HR as a % of max HR, and oxygen uptake. When you are done and your HR is up your intensity is nil but the HRM assumes it is higher, which means it will over estimate the burn when you really are not burning much more than if you didn't just finish working out.
  • lalala06
    lalala06 Posts: 153
    ^ a ha! .. thank you , that makes sense!
  • rozeltf
    rozeltf Posts: 23 Member
    I stop it when it approaches bottom of my range, 134, I also deduct calories that would have been burned at rest for the time spent exercising.
  • mayberry310
    mayberry310 Posts: 146 Member
    I stop mine at the end of my workout or run. I figure any after-burn effect is a bonus.

    Ditto!!

    Me too!
  • clarkeje1
    clarkeje1 Posts: 1,641 Member
    i workout with a jillian michaels dvd and i start it when the dvd starts and stop it when the dvd ends. This includes a 2 min warm up and cool down.
  • EnchantedEvening
    EnchantedEvening Posts: 671 Member
    I stop mine at the end of my workout or run. I figure any after-burn effect is a bonus.
    Ditto. My heart rate isn't high enough during my warm-up and cool-down, so I don't count those calories. Those are just normal calories burned.
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
    I start mine at the beginning of my warm up & stop it at the end of my cool down. HTH

    ^^This^^
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    I stop mine at the end of my workout or run. I figure any after-burn effect is a bonus.

    Ditto!!

    me too!
  • Cyngen
    Cyngen Posts: 557 Member
    Start mine when I begin my workout and stop it when done.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    I stop it when it approaches bottom of my range, 134, I also deduct calories that would have been burned at rest for the time spent exercising.

    I do this aswell..wait for it to get to the bottom of my range. But then I usually dont eat all my calories anyway.so the few extra there isnt a big deal for me
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    ill stop mine sometimes when my HR comes halfway back down to normal
  • ReneeCK
    ReneeCK Posts: 63 Member
    I seriously just asked my husband this yesterday! He said stop when work out is complete. I was HOPING he'd say stop it when your heartrate is back to normal :laugh:

    But yeah, I stop it as soon as I'm done.
  • EllyG08
    EllyG08 Posts: 194 Member
    I start mine at the beginning of my warm up & stop it at the end of my cool down. HTH

    ^^^This is how I do it!
  • mariagabriella
    mariagabriella Posts: 267 Member
    I keep it on when I'm stretching, and turn it off about 5-10 minutes after that. I have it on during the entire workout, including warm up.

    But I don't eat back all my exercise calories, usually less than half...

    My cycle instructor told us to leave it on for a while after our class *shrug*
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