Exercise with a heart monitor

susanmeany
susanmeany Posts: 3
edited February 1 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, I use a heart monitor on my elliptical machine. It shows my calories burned as higher that myfitnesspal does for the same amount of time. Should I be making an adjustment to my exercise entry for this?

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  • svanzile
    svanzile Posts: 34 Member
    I use the numbers provided by my heart rate monitor. MFP uses a general formula based on height, weight, and sex while the HRM more accurately reflects how hard you worked
  • susanmeany
    susanmeany Posts: 3
    Thanks.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I'd use the lower number if you're eating back your exercise calories. HRM accuracy isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
  • susanmeany
    susanmeany Posts: 3
    Thanks. I agree. I have read that you want to subtract the amount of calories you would have burned doing nothing from the calories burned indicated on the heart monitor.
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