IS MFP or HRM more accurate ?
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We are lucky enough to have bought an Zephyr HxM Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor and tried it out today.
My C25K run on a treadmill, consists of me walking very briskly for 16 minutes (3 MPH) and running for 15 minutes (4MPH)
Current weight 227 lbs
According to MFP I have burnt around 200 calories, where as the heart monitor said 520 calories !
Which is right ?
My C25K run on a treadmill, consists of me walking very briskly for 16 minutes (3 MPH) and running for 15 minutes (4MPH)
Current weight 227 lbs
According to MFP I have burnt around 200 calories, where as the heart monitor said 520 calories !
Which is right ?
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If someone at a carnival eyeballed you and guessed your weight, and then you stepped on the scale, which number do you think would be more accurate?0
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would love tosee some answers on this one, as I am doing c25k, and wonder all the time if Im logging close to what I actually burn. I do not have a HRM...yet.0
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HRM.0
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If someone at a carnival eyeballed you and guessed your weight, and then you stepped on the scale, which number do you think would be more accurate?
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HRM.0
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If someone at a carnival eyeballed you and guessed your weight, and then you stepped on the scale, which number do you think would be more accurate?
^^Awesome^^
The HRM of course is more accurate. MFP is a guess.0 -
Your HRM is right. I don't go by the entries on MFP because they are someone elses.0
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HRM!0
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200 cals is too low for that much exercise..its usually low anyways, so go with the hrm..good luck0
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HRM with a chest strap...so long as your settings are accurate.0
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I trust my HRM more because MFP is kind of in the general amount by weight of different people. The HRM is actually going by my heart rate & how much effort I'm putting into it.0
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HRM with a chest strap...so long as your settings are accurate.
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HRM.. but only if it takes your age, weight, height and gender into account.. If it doesn't, then MFP would prob. be safer.0
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If someone at a carnival eyeballed you and guessed your weight, and then you stepped on the scale, which number do you think would be more accurate?
LOL, love this post.
Wow, bit of a difference in calories, guess I better alter my exercise calories upwards !0 -
Its been said but ill vote HRM also...I was shocked when I got my hrm,it was way diffrent than what mfp said!0
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My stupid HRM doesn't calculate calories, so it was a complete waste of money. Lesson learned. But I wonder of my phone C25K app, or MFP, which is the more accurate?
ETA: if anyone is interested in guessing!0 -
HRM with a chest strap...so long as your settings are accurate.
Agreed!0 -
I'll have to try a Kettleworx workout and see what I get on my HRM. Last kettlebell workout I put it under MFP Strength training and for 20 minutes of sweat and tears had 77 calories burn which I thought looked low. I'll look forward to seeing what Zephyr says0
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HRM.. but only if it takes your age, weight, height and gender into account.. If it doesn't, then MFP would prob. be safer.
It does take my age, weight and gender into account and it has a chest strap. I'll have to remember to alter my weight as it changes.0 -
We are lucky enough to have bought an Zephyr HxM Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor and tried it out today.
My C25K run on a treadmill, consists of me walking very briskly for 16 minutes (3 MPH) and running for 15 minutes (4MPH)
Current weight 227 lbs
According to MFP I have burnt around 200 calories, where as the heart monitor said 520 calories !
Which is right ?
I would say... neither. Probably a little more than 200, but less than 520.
You covered almost two miles. I'd find it very hard to believe that you burnt ~260 calories per mile, unless you had the incline on the treadmill cranked up to the ceiling.0
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