HRM question- help

polkie05
polkie05 Posts: 28 Member
edited December 17 in Fitness and Exercise
How do I know I am burning the correct amount of calories? My HRM always gives me an low number but I work my butt off on completing insanity and turbo fire workouts. What gives?

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  • Kerri_is_so_very
    Kerri_is_so_very Posts: 999 Member
    Does it have a chest strap? Do you wet it first?
  • clarebrad
    clarebrad Posts: 188 Member
    yeah the same, sometiems do real awesome work out and don't feel the cal burn truely reflects it
  • polkie05
    polkie05 Posts: 28 Member
    No. I don't have a chest strap. I recently got the battery replaced.

    -Yea I feel down bc the number of calories is super low and i busted my butt for 50 minutes!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    No. I don't have a chest strap. I recently got the battery replaced.

    -Yea I feel down bc the number of calories is super low and i busted my butt for 50 minutes!

    That's your problem.. No chest strap. Without a chest strap, it bases the calorie count off when you touch it.. so if you touch it once and it reads 90, it's going to base the calorie count off 90 until you touch it again..and then once it's updated, it will base if off the updated number until you touch it again and so on down the line.

    Bottom line, ditch it and get one with a chest strap.. preferably a Polar.
  • polkie05
    polkie05 Posts: 28 Member
    thanks for the advice! I will look into a chest strap
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