Garmin HRM am I using it right?

thoyle2015
thoyle2015 Posts: 23 Member
edited November 14 in Fitness and Exercise
I bought a vivofit with HRM, do you wear the HRM all day or just when exercising?
If I wear it just while exercising (insanity, bootcamp, treadmill zumba, yoga) will the calorie burn for those a two hours be fairly accurate?

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  • janer4jc
    janer4jc Posts: 238 Member
    Only wear the HRM when you're exercising (or when you want to track your heart rate). I've used my vivofit for a couple of months and have found the calorie burn to be fairly accurate.
    Hope you enjoy using yours as much as I'm enjoying mine!
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Do not wear it all day, only for steady state cardio. It will be inaccurate for yoga, lifting, bootcamp, insanity, and zumba ... pretty much anything that has intervals, is based on low intensity activity such as dancing or yoga, etc. The science behind their caloric estimations does not support those activities.
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