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HRM calories for PiYo

sola24
sola24 Posts: 334 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I got a Polar FT4. Right now I am doing the PiYo workout program and I was logging it yoga or pilates before which was giving me around 100 calories. Today I wore my new HRM and it showed it burnt 225 calories. But I have also heard HRMs overestimate calories burnt for strength training exercises and since PiYo is more strength based I am unsure which one to log?

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  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    The HRM is wrong. It is not designed nor programmed to accurately estimate caloric burn outside of a narrow range of activities ... all of them steady state cardio.
  • sola24
    sola24 Posts: 334 Member
    I was secretly hoping the HRM was correct :(
  • anneeb
    anneeb Posts: 16 Member
    I would use the HRM.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    anneeb wrote: »
    I would use the HRM.

    You could, but it won't be accurate. HRMs are not designed for such a thing.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    edited January 2015
    anneeb wrote: »
    I would use the HRM.

    Throw a couple of D10s, it'll be about as accurate...
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