Calorie burner Equipmen

Rai007
Rai007 Posts: 387 Member
edited February 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all.
i want to buy a calorie burned equipment like a (BodyMedia armband) i dont have access to any such thing in my country.
But i can get one from UK.
What should i buy.
The exercise that i do is jogging
Any equipment which you think is most accurate plus easy to use while jogging plus not very expensive.
And it should be available in UK.
Regards.
Plus i dont want to waste money so it should be accurate.

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  • candiceh3
    candiceh3 Posts: 379 Member
    Please take this the right way - you don't need one.

    HRM's are just estimates anyway, they are always estimates, never actual figures. They use your HR to estimate oxygen uptake in steady state cardio. It is your oxygen uptake, and not your HR, that is going to determine your calorie burn.

    I use a HRM when jogging and for that one particular activity, I find the online calculators that ask for your age and weight and METS, to be spot on to my HRM. So why shell out the extra money?
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    do you have a smartphone (android / iphone) as low cost or free apps track jogging and give you calories estimate.

    For full accuracy you need to know your VO2max and use a heart rate monitor like those from Polar. This involves wearing a chest strap.
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