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WHOA! Something doesn't add up here!

modubb
modubb Posts: 22
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So, as a reward for myself crossing the first 5 lbs mark, I went out and bought a pretty nice heart rate monitor (the chest-strap/ watch combo)... I also bought the Wii Jenny McCarthy "Your Shape" (which was pretty stinkin' fun, I must admit)...

Obviously, I trust the heart rate monitor's results as to how many calories I burned- which was 300.... HOWEVER, the "Your Shape" calculated that I burned 642!!!! That's QUITE the difference!!!

Does anyone else have this problem of trusting a machine...??? I assume I should just trust the HRM?? Help!

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  • Yurippe
    Yurippe Posts: 850 Member
    bump!
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    I'd trust the HRM.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Always trust the HRM... afterall, it's only inches from your heart, sending an electrical charge through it, and Jenny McCarthy isn't.
  • crux
    crux Posts: 454 Member
    I trust the HRM, played golf today and wore my heart rate monitor, 3 hours = 650 Cal's, this web site says it is supposed to be more like 1000+ :S
  • modubb
    modubb Posts: 22
    Thank you all! Kind of what I figured... =) Ya'll are great!
  • melathon
    melathon Posts: 246 Member
    Always trust the HRM... afterall, it's only inches from your heart, sending an electrical charge through it, and Jenny McCarthy isn't.

    :laugh:

    Love it!
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