Calories burned without moving - HRMs

Di3012
Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anybody know if HRMs subtract the amount of calories that would normally be burned if the person were just sitting in an armchair from a total gained during a workout?

For instance, if I were sitting, watching TV for an hour and burned, say, 50 calories (just to keep my heart beating and body working etc) and then for the next hour I went for a run and burned 600 calories, is that 50 calories that I WOULD have burned without moving automatically subtracted?

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  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    No it's not.. and really, there is no need to subtract them.

    HRM's are only 80% accurate when set up properly anyway... so might as well just take what you got and leave a few extra over if you are that worried.
  • 2fit4fat
    2fit4fat Posts: 559 Member
    Bump not sure... Myfitnesspal seems to not subtract them at all
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    No, they usually do not subtract them. That's why they still show you burning calories while sitting absolutely still. I recommend that you either eat only part of your exercise calories (maybe 60-70%) or deduct the BMR calories from them (BMR divided by 1440 = calories burned per minute X minutes exercised)
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Stormie yes, that's a good idea.

    Thanks everybody! :flowerforyou:
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