Heart rate monitor

MsLaTisha83
MsLaTisha83 Posts: 54 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A response to my previous question led me to this question - do you wear a heart rate monitor while exercising? Do you find this to be more accurate when tracking calories burned? And if so, any recommendations on what I should purchase?

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  • SirDoctorofTARDIS
    SirDoctorofTARDIS Posts: 113 Member
    I personally do not wear one and never really thought that I should. I do spot check my HR occasionally when on the treadmill. They are supposed to track calories better but I'm not sure. I'm good with the estimates I get from here and my Fitbit.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    they do track better, plus you get performance data to analyze in order to find improvements.

    As far as burn goes, of course it's more accurate, sometimes 50% or more.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I just bought a Polar T4 last week. Before I just used the MFP numbers or the computer on my treadmill. But I bought a fitness trampoline recently and wanted to know how many calories I was burning. I've learned some surprising things about my calorie burns, so I'm glad to have it. I also find it motivating. I'll stay on that trampoline until I burn the calories I want to burn.

    What I've learned is that cranking the treadmill up to a 9% incline, which the treadmill computer says is really burning up the calories, is way off since the incline is too steep for me not to hang on. Lowering it to 3% and moving my arms burns way more than the computer says. And the fitness trampoline burns a lot.

    I'm eager to see what happens if I vacuum or scrub a bathtub!
  • shimi1991
    shimi1991 Posts: 8
    I just got an ft4 also and I LOVE it. Those machines annoy me when I get on and it all of a sudden knows what im burning without me even entering any information? Yea right....

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