HRM users . . . when to hit stop?
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I hit stop as soon as I'm done exercising. I'd rather underestimate the burn!
I usually do this too.0 -
after I get out of the zone or to my car. usually takes a minute or two though to drop to normal heart rate.0
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i stop when i'm done exercising... it's to calculate your heart rate while you're working out, not while you're driving home from the gym.0
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I usually hit stop when my heart rate hits 1000
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Hmmmm, some interesting answers here!
I start mine as soon as I get on the treadmill (35 mins), keep it on during strength training (25 to 35 mins) and stop it when I hit the change room.0 -
I've had my heart rate monitor for a year and have used it consistently. I stop it as soon as I'm done with the exercise. It actually never crossed my mind to keep it running. I like to know how many calories I burned for the time I was exercising. I guess I don't really care what I'm burning as I cool down - those are bonus calories to me.0
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When you're on your cool down you should be slowing to let your heart rate down to below roughly 60% of your maximum target heart rate at which point you should stop anyway as your probably not exerting anymore.0
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I stop mine as when I am done exercising. There is no magic number for me.0
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I usually hit stop when my heartrate drops below 115.0
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I usually hit stop a minute or so after ending the exercise. Usually once I hit about 115...but judging by what people are saying here, maybe I should leave it longer!0
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you can stop it after your done with exercise, whrn you hit the locker room (what I do) or wait until your HR gets to your starting HR.
I don't wait because I get all sweaty and don't want to wait to take it off.0 -
Stop when you're done if you want to know what you burned doing that specific activity for that amount of time. Otherwise its just a few additional calories burned walking around the gym after your workout.0
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I'll keep this in mind when I get my HRM in the mail. Just ordered one. :glasses:0
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I hit stop as soon as I'm done exercising. I'd rather underestimate the burn!
I usually do this too.
Add me to those who would rather underestimate the burn. If you "workout" for 20 min but dont stop the HRM for 30 then you dont know precisely what you burned. In other words why not start the HRM 3 hrs before, let it go for 3 hrs after and then log your excercise as 1000+ calories burned. If your gonna cheat yourself you might as well go big.0 -
Hmmmm, some interesting answers here!
I start mine as soon as I get on the treadmill (35 mins), keep it on during strength training (25 to 35 mins) and stop it when I hit the change room.
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I hit stop as soon as I'm done exercising. I'd rather underestimate the burn!
This is what I do...rather be a little under than over!0 -
I leave it on till I shower before bed.....is this a bad thing?0
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I stop it when I'm done exercising0
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I have a Polar FT4, I hit stop once I'm no longer "in the zone".
Me too, I also use a fitbit, so it subtracts my bmr from my burn so it doesn't matter how long I leave it on for.
If you subtract your bmr yourself you won't have to worry about how long you have it on for.0 -
I hit stop when I'm done......but if I know I didn't put as much effort into my workout, I cheat and wait a few minutes till I feel cooled down completely. LOL. Just being honest. The problem with that is that I forget to hit stop. HA! In any case.....both ways are accurate in my opinion.0
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