When do you start your HRM?

Ruchgupt
Ruchgupt Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
From the moment you begin your workout, or the moment your heart rate hits the moderate-intense zone? I just wondered because overall during my workout (which I begin as soon as my legs start moving on the elliptical, or I start walking on the treadmill, or I start the warmup for 30DS) the caloric expenditure lines up with MFP. But if I'm doing it wrong, I'm actually burning far less calories than I thought...

I have a Polar FT40, btw.

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  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    The moment istart my workout because I'll forget otherwise
  • Ruchgupt
    Ruchgupt Posts: 38 Member
    Do you count all the cals, or do you watch the cals from when your heart rate reaches a certain zone?
  • japruzze
    japruzze Posts: 453 Member
    I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.
  • Butterfly3730
    Butterfly3730 Posts: 220 Member
    I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

    Me too. I count warm up and cool down.
  • chell53
    chell53 Posts: 352 Member
    I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

    Me too. I count warm up and cool down.

    make this me three.............every calorie counts
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    I count them all from the moment I start the HRM to the moment I turn it off.

    I do the same. Your average heart rate might be a little less than if you only count the hard exercises and the time you do them, but the average is representative of the entire workout....warm-up to cool-down.

    Also, I hate fiddling with my HRM during a workout. Start it at the beginning is my rec.
  • Claible
    Claible Posts: 106 Member
    start mine at the beginning of my workout from warm up to cool down. I have found My calorie burn is under what MFP tells me.
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