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wear HRM for 24 hours?

NormInv
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If someone did that, would the calorie burn count be accurate?
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I aksed a question. You will not ignore me!!!0
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No. HRM's are only designed to measure steady state cardio activity. They are completely inaccurate and useless for anything else.0
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There are specific HRM's for this purpose. Bodymedia or a fitbit for example. But, not a regular one.0
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No.0
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No.0
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Yes. Make sure you wear it while you're lifting too, it's especially accurate for that.0
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There are specific HRM's for this purpose. Bodymedia or a fitbit for example. But, not a regular one.
FYI, the BodyMedia and Fitbit devices don't measure heart rate. Which is fine, because I don't think heart rate is a very good proxy for calorie burn to begin with. I think the Bodymedia and Fitbit devices are generally superior to HRMs by quite a bit, with the Fitbit winning out because it's less cumbersome (I don't think the extra sensors on the Bodymedia add much of value to the package, and it's much clunkier).0 -
I am bumping this because I wore my Polar FT4 for 24 hours before and it was on 10 calories off the Holter I had to wear for 24 hours for my cardiologist0
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I am bumping this because I wore my Polar FT4 for 24 hours before and it was on 10 calories off the Holter I had to wear for 24 hours for my cardiologist
Holter monitors do not/cannot measure calories.0 -
Well, my cardiologist had something attached to it that did because I had a readout along with my pages of charts graphing my heart rate that calculated my calories burned.0
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no. If you want to do that get a body media fit or a fit bit.0
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I did it for 24 hours just to get an idea of what I burned during sleep/inactivity. It was shocking to find out I only burned about 52 calories per hour! So, yeah you could, but I think it would be a waste of your battery and unnecessary to use it 24/7.
Edited to add that I used a Polar Ft4 during my experiment.0
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