HRM question

bacon_bacon_bacon
bacon_bacon_bacon Posts: 15 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I started the 30 Day Shred last week and according to everything I've read someone my weight should be burning well over a hundred calories. According to my HRM I burn 50.. I follow the video completely with no breaks.. Could it be wrong?

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  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Weird. I burn 250 to 325 calories during the 30 day shred. There's no way you burned only 50.
  • RunBakeLove
    RunBakeLove Posts: 101 Member
    Wore my HRM last night doing Level 1...27 minutes, 245 calories. I didn't take any rest and completed all exercises. 50 seems really, really low!
  • h7463
    h7463 Posts: 626 Member
    Hi! You wearing a HRM with a chest strap? I had it happen that the sensor slipped and lost contact for a while. It will stop recording, and then pick up again later. Now I make sure to tuck it good enough under my sports bra. If you have a sound/alarm setting on there, turn it on. I can hear mine beep loud enough over the DVD. Depending on my energy level of the day, I burn at least 160 calories in this.
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    50 seems really low but it all depends on your weight. Some people have stated they burn 250-300 cals doing 30DS, I only burned 200 or so @ 180lbs. I have a feeling that your HRM sensor or strap somehow got out of position which can cause it to stop. With Polar HRM, it will beep when this happens and show 00.
  • lindzgayle
    lindzgayle Posts: 131 Member
    Don't forget the strap has to be dampened, too. It won't record properly without some water on the sensor.
  • A_Fit_Mom
    A_Fit_Mom Posts: 602 Member
    Definitely seems low. I burn over 300 during ripped in 30. And around 250 for 30ds. I know it depends on how hard you do the workouts..I do the unmodified version. But you should still burn over 150...even if you are doing a low impact version.


    While you are doing the video...what is your average heart rate?
  • bacon_bacon_bacon
    bacon_bacon_bacon Posts: 15 Member
    Hi! You wearing a HRM with a chest strap? I had it happen that the sensor slipped and lost contact for a while. It will stop recording, and then pick up again later. Now I make sure to tuck it good enough under my sports bra. If you have a sound/alarm setting on there, turn it on. I can hear mine beep loud enough over the DVD. Depending on my energy level of the day, I burn at least 160 calories in this.

    Nope. Mine is a wrist/watch type
  • bacon_bacon_bacon
    bacon_bacon_bacon Posts: 15 Member
    Definitely seems low. I burn over 300 during ripped in 30. And around 250 for 30ds. I know it depends on how hard you do the workouts..I do the unmodified version. But you should still burn over 150...even if you are doing a low impact version.


    While you are doing the video...what is your average heart rate?

    I'm doing the unmodified stuff more often than not. I'm not sure what the average heart rate is because I have to hold my finger on it to find out and I'm moving too much for that.

    Could it be that I wear the HRM like a watch with the face up on my wrist? Maybe I need the "sensor side" on the bottom of my wrist?
  • h7463
    h7463 Posts: 626 Member
    Hi! You wearing a HRM with a chest strap? I had it happen that the sensor slipped and lost contact for a while. It will stop recording, and then pick up again later. Now I make sure to tuck it good enough under my sports bra. If you have a sound/alarm setting on there, turn it on. I can hear mine beep loud enough over the DVD. Depending on my energy level of the day, I burn at least 160 calories in this.

    Nope. Mine is a wrist/watch type

    Yeah, very likely loses contact when you turn your wrist. It's not easy to get them tight enough and still comfortable for these kind of workouts.
  • bacon_bacon_bacon
    bacon_bacon_bacon Posts: 15 Member
    Can anyone recommend an HRM that is not the watch type? Preferably under $100. I don't have alot to spend on it.
  • h7463
    h7463 Posts: 626 Member
    Can anyone recommend an HRM that is not the watch type? Preferably under $100. I don't have alot to spend on it.

    I use this one: http://www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/polar-h7-transmitter.html?productid=polar-h7-transmitter&channelid=NEXTA&utm_source=CSEs&utm_medium=Nextag&utm_campaign=heartratemonitorsusa
  • sinrh
    sinrh Posts: 11 Member
    The polar ft7 which cost $71 on amazon. It's a chest strap with a watch. I burn about 277 calories in 30ds and I'm 166lbs.
    I'm thinking of getting the H7 strap tho since it's bluetooth and will work with the ft7 watch and will sync with the polar app on my phone. The one that comes with the ft7 originally isn't bluetooth, it's a different kind of transmitter but still connects to your watch and to polar compatible machines at the gym.
  • h7463
    h7463 Posts: 626 Member
    The polar ft7 which cost $71 on amazon. It's a chest strap with a watch. I burn about 277 calories in 30ds and I'm 166lbs.
    I'm thinking of getting the H7 strap tho since it's bluetooth and will work with the ft7 watch and will sync with the polar app on my phone. The one that comes with the ft7 originally isn't bluetooth, it's a different kind of transmitter but still connects to your watch and to polar compatible machines at the gym.

    I have both, and the Bluetooth sensor can be used in the chest strap that comes with the FT7, but it will only link to phone, not to the wrist watch. The H7 only needs the phone for recording your workouts and such, but it will also connect with machines in the gym. (It's always the sensor that makes the link, not the wrist watch.) Most of the chest straps are interchangeable. In fact, some companies make sports bras with a built-in chest strap that accommodates the sensor.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    i rekon id burn 50 calories sitting on my butt for 30 minutes.

    have you checked the settings of the HRM. mine you need to enter height, weight, age and gender. if these are wrong it might affect the readout.

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