Activity tracker for strength/kick boxing

Inkd_babe wrote: »

... accurately count calories burned while doing strength and conditioning and kickboxing

None of them

Inkd_babe wrote: »

Does anyone know which activity tracker or other device can accurately count calories burned while doing strength and conditioning and kickboxing rather then step activities?? Too many on the market so I'm a bit confused usually if I get s good sweat up and have to catch my breath I'm happy but just want to know what my body is actually burning and if I can push harder to get better results

While it may or may not give you accurate calorie burn, you can still chart your heart rate compared to your maximum rate to see if you are pushing yourself hard enough. As long as HRM have been around and as far as technology has moved in the last year, they may be more accurate for other uses now. I'm using a polar V800, it has different profiles for activities, when I use it on strength training it doesn't give an outrageous calorie burn. It usually just shows how many calories I burn while doing it, but as far as over-all calorie count for the day, it doesn't include it because it isn't much more than my BMR. For kick boxing, you can follow your heart rate chart to see whether it was steady or up and down. Polar flow beat will tell you whether it was steady state, whether your work out was mild or intense. Just like any other instruments when used in the right way.

You know when you're pushing and when you're just going through the motions. If you're fit, but you're gasping for breath during rounds and wiped out after an hour like you just ran hard for an hour, your going to have a similar calorie burn as the same length of time running. I estimate about 100 cal per ten minutes of moderate to intense cardio for me.