for those who use an HRM?

funnygrrl
funnygrrl Posts: 170 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a question for those who use an HRM with a calorie counter. Do you run your count the calories generated in your workout only for the amount of time that you work out or do you little it run a little longer until your heart rate lowers? And if you wait until it lowers, at what percentage of heart rate do you shut off your calorie counter?

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  • abricklin
    abricklin Posts: 156 Member
    I stop it when I get off the machine/stop running/stop doing a video/stop lifting weights.
  • turboandrea
    turboandrea Posts: 108
    I do the same. It starts the second I start exercising and ends the moment I stop.
  • CGerman
    CGerman Posts: 539
    I'm the same - I stop when I stop exercising. I know my heart rate stays up after that point, but those are my "CYA" calories in case I underestimate some of the calories eaten during a day.
  • kristinlough
    kristinlough Posts: 828 Member
    I run it while I'm cooling down if it's from a run. But I try to leave a *little bitty* cushion of exercise calories every day anyway ... And I never leave it on after my heart rate hits 100 BPM.
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    I stop it when I am done working out
  • nehtaeh
    nehtaeh Posts: 2,849 Member
    I had been stopping when I got off the machine or was done with my dvd (including cooldown), but the last couple times I've let it go a bit longer. I stopped it when my heart rate got below 100. It adds maybe 20 calories burned or so.
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
    I always stop mine after my stretching and cool down. I still consider the cool down part of my workout, so I count those calories too.
  • TabiHerbalifeCoach
    TabiHerbalifeCoach Posts: 691 Member
    I stop it as soon as my heart rate drops out of my heart rate zone. which starts at 126 so when it drops below that i stop it.
  • timbotina
    timbotina Posts: 1,130 Member
    I usually turn mine off as soon as I stop exercising...but the other day I accidentally left it on for probably about 5 min. and it only burnt a few more (like 20 or so) ...so it probably really doesn't make much of a difference...
  • balfonso
    balfonso Posts: 370 Member
    I always stop mine after my stretching and cool down. I still consider the cool down part of my workout, so I count those calories too.

    Same here.
  • odatcindy
    odatcindy Posts: 641
    I stop it as soon as my heart rate drops out of my heart rate zone. which starts at 126 so when it drops below that i stop it.

    I do the same; I use the cool down time to get my heart rate under my heart rate zone.
  • funnygrrl
    funnygrrl Posts: 170 Member
    Great, thanks for the input, everyone! you gave me lots to think about :laugh:

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  • hkystar
    hkystar Posts: 1,290 Member
    I usually do about a 5-10 minute stretch after I finish my workout. I run the HRM for that time period also. I feel it captures any of the extra burn but I also still consider myself exercising while I am stretching.
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