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LaurenAOK
LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
edited October 7 in Social Groups
This is probably a dumb question, but I'm new to all of this. How will we log this workout on MFP? Is it necessary to have a HRM? I don't have one and I'm pretty broke so I don't know if I can buy one :/ But I really want to be able to log it on MFP so I don't eat too many or too few cals.

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  • mrswhitehair
    mrswhitehair Posts: 7 Member
    I've read other comments where circuit training comes close to what the heart rate monitors say, so I'm going with that. I don't have a HRM. I'm new to all of this too, and there's no such thing as a dumb question :)
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Excellent! Because yeah I was just looking at HRMs online and I had been unsure if I could afford one if they were like $10 - turns out the cheapest one I could find was $40! I had no idea! That's not a purchase I can make any time soon, haha.

    Thanks for the help!
  • Kelly_1981
    Kelly_1981 Posts: 472 Member
    Hi I logged as 25 mins circuit training is that right?
  • MrsWibbly
    MrsWibbly Posts: 415 Member
    I only ever logged as 20 mins circuit training
  • lilithe1
    lilithe1 Posts: 30 Member
    For anyone who has a HRM or another way to calculate it, do you feel like MFP's calculations for calories are pretty close for circuit training? I feel like they're kind of low, but maybe that's just wishing it were more calories. Lately it's telling me about 220 calories for 20 minutes of circuit training, but I swear I'm working harder doing the video than I do on the machines at the gym, and they give me at least 300 calories per 20 minutes. What do you guys think?

    Btw, I got my DVD late but did Level 1 Day 2 yesterday.

    Thanks!
  • fibrogirl
    fibrogirl Posts: 170 Member
    I use my heart rate monitor and it does come pretty close to the cals logged on MFP, it´s not as many cals as I´d like though, feels like it should be a lot more !
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