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Do you want to know your calorie burn without a HRM!? Come h

JatieKo621
JatieKo621 Posts: 425 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I found this great calculator to judge your calorie burn even if you don't have a heart rate monitor! I DO have a HRM, but some people were saying my burn seemed too high. Well, I wanted to make sure it was accurate so I kept manually checking my heart rate throughout my INSANITY workout and it matched the number on my HRM. Then, I found this site and put in my age, weight, duration of workout, and average heart rate. Even if you don't use a HRM, you can get your average heart rate by checking your pulse throughout your workout and keeping track of the max and the lowest heart rate.

I plugged in my numbers and it was only 2 CALORIES OFF!

this is the link: http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx



YAY!


Just thought this might help some people!

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  • bobbybdoe
    bobbybdoe Posts: 472 Member
    Only 40 calories off! Not bad.

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  • JatieKo621
    JatieKo621 Posts: 425 Member
    I was impressed.
  • Twins2007
    Twins2007 Posts: 236 Member
    THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

    Ever since I found out my elliptical might not be accurate, I have been driving myself crazy!

    This is great :)

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  • cappydos
    cappydos Posts: 24 Member
    Bump
  • Jemmuno
    Jemmuno Posts: 413 Member
    Bump
  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    At what points do u check ur heart rate?
  • JatieKo621
    JatieKo621 Posts: 425 Member
    THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

    Ever since I found out my elliptical might not be accurate, I have been driving myself crazy!

    This is great :)

    E

    No problem! I was in the same boat-just really getting worried that a 60 dollar HRM was not accurate DID NOT make me feel good, but by testing to see if the heart rate was accurate and then checkig the calorie burn I now know I have nothing to worry about!

    Glad I could help! :)
  • noexcuses1218
    noexcuses1218 Posts: 332 Member
    bump
  • Kazimira
    Kazimira Posts: 165 Member
    Thanks!
  • arieltheincredible
    arieltheincredible Posts: 114 Member
    omg you are awesome !!! thank you !! i kept thinking it couldn't be right lol
  • akaChuck
    akaChuck Posts: 233 Member
    AWESOME!
  • dorairwin
    dorairwin Posts: 210
    bump
  • dorairwin
    dorairwin Posts: 210
    thank you so much :-)
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    Only 40 calories off! Not bad.

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    LOL! I love your images...Im a fan...Im a fan..
  • wanna_be_fit
    wanna_be_fit Posts: 1,516 Member
    240 calories lower than my actual HRM.
  • Shishkeberry
    Shishkeberry Posts: 95 Member
    Bump. I'll check this out later when I'm not on my phone
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    Bump
  • MoonIite
    MoonIite Posts: 341 Member
    Only 48 cals higher than my HRM.

    Great find! This will be helpful to those who don't own a HRM.
  • BuffTexan
    BuffTexan Posts: 270
    Good post Katie Jo!!!
  • bluevwgurl
    bluevwgurl Posts: 220 Member
    sweet. have to check this out. thanks!
  • lc522
    lc522 Posts: 60 Member
    bump
  • summalovaable
    summalovaable Posts: 287 Member
    Sounds great! Will certainly have to try it out :)
  • JatieKo621
    JatieKo621 Posts: 425 Member
    You are all welcome! I know that when I didn't have a HR monitor I needed this so I am happy to help!
  • Eve1972
    Eve1972 Posts: 297 Member
    *lol* 300 calories more then my HRM...yikes!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    That calculator is not bad, it was pretty close to mine unless I did weights or personal training sessions.. then it was way off!
  • Kagard11
    Kagard11 Posts: 396 Member
    Thanks!!!
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,803 Member
    Weird. It pretty much doubled what I know I burn in an hour.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    This calculator nearly doubles what my FT7 says for calories burned. 50 minutes with an average of 154 is about 450 on my Polar. Here, the calculator gives me 796.
  • bobbybdoe
    bobbybdoe Posts: 472 Member
    This calculator nearly doubles what my FT7 says for calories burned. 50 minutes with an average of 154 is about 450 on my Polar. Here, the calculator gives me 796.

    I have an FT7 too and it was only 30-40 calories off.
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