MapMyFitness

abitofbliss wrote: »

Thank you! @CincyNeid for the tips. I've looked at Strava and was a little intimidated by the athletes on there. I'm the definition of a beginner.

Thanks again!

Strava can be whatever you want it to be. It's a great app for all levels. Good luck!

BTW, it also can sync with MFP.

I use MMF for all my workouts and activity along with my tracker.

I have MMF sync'd to my tracker but not here....
My tracker is sync'd here.

I do find MMF a bit higher than I expected....for example if I do a 14min mile I burn 102-105 calories. If I do a 16min mile I do 100 calories so for 3 miles walking it's about 308 calories....seems high to me.

But my tracker gave me 368...(that includes regular burns too)

so I leave it.

I will see if I can find you on mmf.

abitofbliss wrote: »

Thank you! @singletrackmtbr

Do you think Strava's calories burned is more accurate? I'd really like to sync my fitness app with MFP then enter it. I tend to under log my exercise in MFP. For instance, I take three 15min walks a day on my breaks.. 45 mins but I only log it as 30mins. I don't really have a specific reason why.. I guess just to give myself some hidden victory?

I'm thinking I need to just break up with MapMyFitness and move onto bigger and better apps! Haha

I personally don't think strava is more accurate than using a HRM, if that's your question. I personally don't sync Strava with MFP, as I let my Garmin do all the work.

abitofbliss wrote: »

Thank you! @singletrackmtbr

Do you think Strava's calories burned is more accurate? I'd really like to sync my fitness app with MFP then enter it. I tend to under log my exercise in MFP. For instance, I take three 15min walks a day on my breaks.. 45 mins but I only log it as 30mins. I don't really have a specific reason why.. I guess just to give myself some hidden victory?

I'm thinking I need to just break up with MapMyFitness and move onto bigger and better apps! Haha

I do think Strava is more accurate that MMF. Yes. But I'm in the Same boat as @singletrackmtbr, I do not have my Strava connected to my MFP account. I let Garmin Connect do all the work.

Personally I have my Garmin push my data to Strava, Under Armour Record, Training Peaks, Endomondo and Ride With GPS. [I have friends who use each and I like to see what everyone is doing and let them see what I'm doing]

Coming from the Cycling world. Strava, GC,TP, RwG all link up and are in the same ball park. UAR is way out in left field, and not even sure there is a game going on. Endomondo is somewhere in right field chasing Butterflies .....

As far as tracking HR w/ Strava that will require a subscription to their premium service. And if you're wanting an inexpensive but really nice HRM look at the Wahoo Tickr line. It's pretty much on point. I have the Tickr Run and love it.

I just started using MapMyFitness yesterday and today (riding bike), and syncing it to MyFitnessPal. Thanks for the post about how far off the calories may be. I went online to bicycling.com where they have a cycling calculator, to see if I could get a more accurate estimate (not sure how good that is either!). I also went and set my bike tire size in MMF...so I'll try tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. ...Also downloaded Endomondo and Strava, thanks for the tips!

If you're looking to add friends on Strava my link is https://www.strava.com/athletes/6130227