Garmin HRM am I using it right?

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thoyle2015
thoyle2015 Posts: 23 Member
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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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  • Jackie9950
    Jackie9950 Posts: 374 Member
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    you just wear the HRM while exercising
  • jcurrie17
    jcurrie17 Posts: 36 Member
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    I only wear my HR monitor when I'm working out. I'm assuming because it is figuring calorie burn based on my heart rate that it must be fairly accurate. I don't eat back exercise calories but it's cool to see how many I burn.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    You only wear it when exercising.

    Don't wear it for weight lifting, they're not designed for that. In comparison to machines or MFP, relatively they are a lot more accurate.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
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    Heart rate monitors are only even close to accurate for steady state cardiovascular exercise. They won't provide an accurate reading for anything else. A chest-strap HRM is the most accurate type so you should find it that it gives you a good reading on what you burn while exercising.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
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    thoyle2015 wrote: »
    do you wear the HRM all day

    No
    insanity, bootcamp, zumba, yoga

    Not even remotely
    treadmill

    Maybe, it depends how fast you're going. For walking, no, for running possibly.

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