Exercise Calories Burn

chgn4me
chgn4me Posts: 28 Member
edited January 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I use a heart rate monitor when I work out to see how many calories I burn. My question is... When do I stop the counting calories burned? Immediately after I finish my exercises or is there a certain amount of time? I read that you burn calories even after you stop working out. (Yes I know you burn calories all the time but I mean after you exercise the rate of burned calories is different then when you have not exercised)

Please let me know.

Thanks

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  • Runs4Wine
    Runs4Wine Posts: 416 Member
    You count the calories burned only during the time of the workout. Done working out, turn off the HRM.
  • chgn4me
    chgn4me Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Once your heart rate starts to drop stop recording. As you said you always burn calories so leaving the monitor running isn't measuring your exercise calories.
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