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heart rate monitor or pedometer

april1445
april1445 Posts: 334
edited January 16 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone have any opinion about which is better? I basically want a rough idea of how many calories I'm burning in a day, and some indication of how much I've moved, for motivation. Any favorites out there?

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  • Davina_JH
    Davina_JH Posts: 473 Member
    bump (:
  • StephieClay
    StephieClay Posts: 28
    I have a heart rate monitor that syncs to my Nike Sportswatch GPS but I don't wear it all day long, just when I exercise or go on a long walk. Heart rate is a really accurate way to figure out how many calories you are burning.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    honestly, it sounds more like a fitbit would be a better, well... fit.
  • funkylemur
    funkylemur Posts: 55 Member
    Id say the heart rate monitor, I have a Polar FT4 , tells you how hard your working, where you need to be, calories burned and takes into account your age, weight, gender etc.
    I had a pedometer but it was lousy - it would add several steps here and there and sometimes not pick anything up.
  • tweak68
    tweak68 Posts: 5
    Fitbit product! Sync it to your MFP
  • ironmonkeystyle
    ironmonkeystyle Posts: 834 Member
    I'm a fan of Garmin's Forerunner series because they're great for running and biking. I use the chest-strap HRM and use a formula and an Excel page to log my calories burned.
  • staplebug
    staplebug Posts: 189
    HRM is more accurate and a little more expensive. I have a fitbit zip, only $60, but I know it's not completely accurate, especially with the calories that I burn doing weights. But it's nice that it syncs to MFP and it's a good motivator; it makes me get up and move more to try and reach 10,000 steps a day.
  • april1445
    april1445 Posts: 334
    Thanks everyone.
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