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sarahkova
sarahkova Posts: 245 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Okay so I am no small Lady...312 lbs right now...

I have a polar FT4...and after 20mins on the elliptical it says I have burned 178 calories. But on here it says I should have burned 400 and something...I have found this with nearly every exercise...I am DRIPPING in sweat.. bah humbug!

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  • ProTFitness
    ProTFitness Posts: 1,379 Member
    Go by your HR Monitor. THats sounds right. THe machines over or under estimate.
  • velix
    velix Posts: 437 Member
    heh - i understand - when I first got my polar (ft7) there was about 80/cals per 10 minute less discrepancy from the machine, but now I know that I burn approx 80-90 cals per 10 minutes with a pretty consistent intensity - i celebrate my personal numbers.

    it sounds like you are on track =)
    Celebrate that burn girl - and keep up the great work!

    p.s. sadly, i've learned that sweat is relative ;-)
  • mandijo
    mandijo Posts: 618 Member
    That doesn't sound right at all. I've heard of people saying that they have faulty HRM's before. I'm 190 and I burn about 250-300 on an elliptical in that amount of time. It seems weird to me.
  • cjjones007
    cjjones007 Posts: 602
    Yes I think they are all correct - my FT4 shows me burning 900 calories in 60 minutes - so 300 every 20 minutes...
    I'm 40, 5'11" male, and 280 pounds... All of that obviously programmed into the device
    You should probably be seeing similar...

    Out of curiosity - are you wetting the pads of the strap until they are good and wet before putting it on? and also have you go the "monitor" in the right place... ugh - guy trying to be PC in the question lol - right on the breast bone or as close to it as possible?
    If so - I suppose it's possible that it's malfunctioning - if its staying in place and reporting your heart rate then it should be working ok...

    One other thing - i can sweat like a horse at 40% of max heart rate - but I get the burn above by maintaining 60-85% of Max Heart Rate... That might help some too ?

    Hope it helps!
    C.J.
  • airsangel
    airsangel Posts: 50 Member
    That sounds really low. Did you program your stats into the HRM?
  • velix
    velix Posts: 437 Member
    wow - i didn't realize that those numbers were deemed low ... (as they are similar to what I burn and have been checked by my trainer intermittently over the last 6 months [5'7 / 190lbs) - I have always been in awe of some of the great numbers I see here, and wondered how they got them so high .. now I am curious to see if the error is not on my end ....
  • sarahkova
    sarahkova Posts: 245 Member
    Yes I have programed everything in! I get that sucker good and wet before putting it on...and it goes directly under the bottom of my bra strap...

    maybe I will call polar...
  • sarahkova
    sarahkova Posts: 245 Member
    wow - i didn't realize that those numbers were deemed low ... (as they are similar to what I burn and have been checked by my trainer intermittently over the last 6 months [5'7 / 190lbs) - I have always been in awe of some of the great numbers I see here, and wondered how they got them so high .. now I am curious to see if the error is not on my end ....

    yes but you are also 120 lbs less then me so doing the same amount of work should be more calories...at least that is what I have been told in the past...maybe I have been led down the wrong path ;)
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