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Question on calories burned
jamesc9282014
Posts: 30
Hey all . I just purchased a new polar ft4 hrm to hopefully give me motivation. I haven't exercise in a while, and admit I am in horrible shape!!! I used to have a hrm an would walk to work 3.7 miles and the heart monitor said I burned 800-875 caloies. Now, I used a brand new one and played DDR. (Dance dance revolution) for an hour. Was sweaty and out of breath at some points. I felt my heart race. The monitor said I burned 845. I know there not 100% accurate, but would it be a fair estimation even if I subtracted 30%. I'm a bit OCD about all this haha thanks in advanced
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3.7 miles and it took an hour* thought that would be important too0
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This is why most people eat back only half the exercise calories.0
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I don't plan on eating any of it back. Was just curious to know if anyone knew the accuracy or if this was possible0
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DDR sounds cool does it come with a mat for the 360?0
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With most calculators, calories burned relies very much upon one's body weight. According to MFP, one would have to weigh 465+ pounds to be hitting 800+ calories walking 3.5 mph for 1 hour. On healthdiscovery.net and complete-strength-training.com's calculators, one would also have to weigh over 400 pounds to hit 800+ calories at 3.5 to 3.7 mph for 1 hour.
As for DDR, this livestrong.com article reads, "Researchers found players burned an average of 5.9 calories per minute when playing 'light mode.' Players burned 6.7 calories per minute when playing 'standard mode' and 8.1 calories per minute when playing 'difficult mode.'"
To hit 845 calories/hour, that's about 14.1 calories a minute. For 30% of 845 (591.5 cals/hour), it's only 9.86 calories a minute. So, it's not entirely unreasonable, but, again, dependent upon weight.0 -
infact to hell with the game..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwmwfCkOj0 0 -
There is a relation between calories burned and how much oxygen your body uses. Heart rate can be an indication of calories burned because your heart rate goes up when you use oxygen. But an elevated heart rate can be caused by other things as well, so it might be right, or not.0
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ahh ok im from the uk but i will just follow some dance on youtube anyway. i just done 3 mins of that link i posted and i feel the heat already , definitely a good form cardio to do especially for finding your own fat burning zone. Will add this into my training regime.0
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i would say insanity is good for mornings because it revs you up for the day but definitely a bit of dance for the evenings.0
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If you aren't going to use the MFP tool correctly, what does it matter anyway how much you burned or how inaccurate that HRM is?
The cheaper Polar's make an assumption.
If your BMI (height & weight) is in bad range (gender and age), then your fitness level is bad, and VO2max is bad.
That's bad assumption, as you can get in to cardio shape much faster than your BMI can get in to healthy range.
VO2max along with HRmax is used for estimating calorie burn.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/774337-how-to-test-hrm-for-how-accurate-calorie-burn-is
And why wouldn't you want to fuel your workouts to get the most out of them, allowing the best body improvements from them?
Perhaps you are just doing it for calorie burn though, and extra deficit, and could care less about improving body beyond weight loss, weight that is combo of fat and muscle unless you do some things correctly to save the muscle. And that workout ain't one of them sadly.
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If you aren't going to use the MFP tool correctly, what does it matter anyway how much you burned or how inaccurate that HRM is?
The cheaper Polar's make an assumption.
If your BMI (height & weight) is in bad range (gender and age), then your fitness level is bad, and VO2max is bad.
That's bad assumption, as you can get in to cardio shape much faster than your BMI can get in to healthy range.
VO2max along with HRmax is used for estimating calorie burn.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/774337-how-to-test-hrm-for-how-accurate-calorie-burn-is
And why wouldn't you want to fuel your workouts to get the most out of them, allowing the best body improvements from them?
Perhaps you are just doing it for calorie burn though, and extra deficit, and could care less about improving body beyond weight loss, weight that is combo of fat and muscle unless you do some things correctly to save the muscle. And that workout ain't one of them sadly.
Um it was a question relax lol you can't make assumptions on how I use MFP based on a question I was pondering-1 -
jamesc9282014 wrote: »I don't plan on eating any of it back. Was just curious to know if anyone knew the accuracy or if this was possible
No assumption made, you stated the above.
Therefore easy logic, you are not planning on using the tool as designed.
A tool not used properly either works poorly for it's intended purpose, doesn't work at all, or can cause harm.0 -
jamesc9282014 wrote: »I don't plan on eating any of it back. Was just curious to know if anyone knew the accuracy or if this was possible
No assumption made, you stated the above.
Therefore easy logic, you are not planning on using the tool as designed.
A tool not used properly either works poorly for it's intended purpose, doesn't work at all, or can cause harm.
Blah blah blah. I asked a question of curiosity. Get over it0 -
jamesc9282014 wrote: »jamesc9282014 wrote: »I don't plan on eating any of it back. Was just curious to know if anyone knew the accuracy or if this was possible
No assumption made, you stated the above.
Therefore easy logic, you are not planning on using the tool as designed.
A tool not used properly either works poorly for it's intended purpose, doesn't work at all, or can cause harm.
Blah blah blah. I asked a question of curiosity. Get over it
One of the more informed members on MFP gave you multiple insightful answers to your questions resulting from curiosity ... which you then promptly dismissed.0 -
I have the ft4 too, and i walk on the treadmill at 5 miles an hour on a gradient of 6-10 and in that hour i dont burn more than 450 cals! And MFP always over estimates too, i dont eat my burned cals back to be fair.
Sit down for an hour with it on, so you know how much cals you burn just doing nothing, see if it seems realistic, i think it should be between 70-110 ish <dont rip me a new one if this is wrong, i am just using the figures myself and 5 friends got from doing this> everyone is different i get that, so just a ball park figure, its a good base to start from.
I guess nothing is accurate that is affordable and on the market.l personally trust my HRM more than the machines or the MFP numbers.0 -
jamesc9282014 wrote: »If you aren't going to use the MFP tool correctly, what does it matter anyway how much you burned or how inaccurate that HRM is?
The cheaper Polar's make an assumption.
If your BMI (height & weight) is in bad range (gender and age), then your fitness level is bad, and VO2max is bad.
That's bad assumption, as you can get in to cardio shape much faster than your BMI can get in to healthy range.
VO2max along with HRmax is used for estimating calorie burn.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/774337-how-to-test-hrm-for-how-accurate-calorie-burn-is
And why wouldn't you want to fuel your workouts to get the most out of them, allowing the best body improvements from them?
Perhaps you are just doing it for calorie burn though, and extra deficit, and could care less about improving body beyond weight loss, weight that is combo of fat and muscle unless you do some things correctly to save the muscle. And that workout ain't one of them sadly.
Um it was a question relax lol you can't make assumptions on how I use MFP based on a question I was pondering
Some people just have to be jerks honey. Let them be. You have to find what works for you. I dont always eat my exercise calories either. Usually a partial amount.
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