Heart Rate Monitor

hpearce2
hpearce2 Posts: 2
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm new and I got a HRM for my birthday recently. I have always wanted to know how much my body burns in a day just doing normal things. So I put my HRM on at 10pm went to sleep, woke, worked out...fast forward to 10pm the next night. I took it off and my calories burned was 2300+. I was wondering if I should input this into my exercise. My BMR that is calculated is 1300. Should I not worry about entering in the data? Just wondering for those that keep their HRM on all the time not just for workouts do they enter their data. Also, should I change my BMR so it's higher? The day I burned 2300 was my "lazy" day, so I know the other days I will burn more. New to this and just wondering what to do.

Thanks for the help!

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  • NoWeighJose74
    NoWeighJose74 Posts: 581 Member
    I've heard that HRM calculations are very inaccurate at rest. They are best used only when heart rate is elevated.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    HRMs are not accurate at giving caloric burns while not doing steady state aerobic activity. If you want to know what you burn druing the day the way you tried, you need a Fitbit or Boddybugg, as the built in calculation in the HRM assumes a certain amount of oxygen intake, among other inputs, that you just don't get at rest.
  • peekabeaux
    peekabeaux Posts: 24
    Great topic, thanks for posting, I had been wondering the same thing myself. I don't have a HRM but was thinking about getting one to compare to my WII ( AE Sports 2) says I am burning.

    I'm new and I got a HRM for my birthday recently. I have always wanted to know how much my body burns in a day just doing normal things. So I put my HRM on at 10pm went to sleep, woke, worked out...fast forward to 10pm the next night. I took it off and my calories burned was 2300+. I was wondering if I should input this into my exercise. My BMR that is calculated is 1300. Should I not worry about entering in the data? Just wondering for those that keep their HRM on all the time not just for workouts do they enter their data. Also, should I change my BMR so it's higher? The day I burned 2300 was my "lazy" day, so I know the other days I will burn more. New to this and just wondering what to do.

    Thanks for the help!
  • hpearce2
    hpearce2 Posts: 2
    Thank you, very informative. Here's another question....my RHR (resting heart rate) is pretty low...57bpm, so from what I have seen most "calculations" on here and my HRM estimate my RHR as around 70 for my age, weight and height. Am I able to change my RHR on myfitnesspal to get a better estimate on how many calories I should be consuming?
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