Correct calories on heart rate montior??

Stevie1247
Stevie1247 Posts: 4
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to know if people think this is right or not. I've just been for a 5K run using my new heart rate monitor (Oregon SE122). I've entered my age, 23, weight, 60kg and sex, female into the monitor. My run consited of flat roads, a steady down hill and a steap uphill. My heart rate started off at about 180bpm and averaged out to 188bpm. While i was running up the steap hill my heart rate increased to about 195-205 for about 2-3mins. the runIt took me 25mins. At the end of the run, my monitor showed i burnt 600 calories. Is that right?! It seems far to high. I was expecting it to be about 300 ish? Do i trust it or not? Any help would be great.

:huh: :indifferent:

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  • tenunderfour
    tenunderfour Posts: 429 Member
    that sounds way too high to me. People generally burn 90-110 calories per mile running. You would get a 600 calorie burn around 6 miles or so.....
  • tigerdactyl
    tigerdactyl Posts: 112 Member
    My HRM (Polar FT4) gives me similar results, I've wondered the same thing.
  • paulwgun
    paulwgun Posts: 439 Member
    My polar ft4 gave me 932 cals on yesterdays 8.6k run which took me 1hr 15 min av HR 135 max HR 156 im 49 yrs
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    I entered your stats into an equation I found and it shows you burned 345 calories. Here's the equation for future reference (females only):

    Calculate the calories burned if you're female. This is given by the equation:
    = (0.074 x age in years - 0.05741 x weight in pounds + 0.4472 x average heart rate - 20.4022) x time elapsed / 4.184.

    For an example calculation, a 43-year-old female weighing 143 pounds exercised for 45 minutes with an average heart rate during the session of 141 bpm:
    (0.074 x 43 - 0.05741 x 143 + 0.4472 x 141 - 20.4022) x 45 / 4.184 = 405 calories during your exercise session.
  • ATT949
    ATT949 Posts: 1,245 Member
    Hello Everyone!

    Just wanted to know if people think this is right or not. I've just been for a 5K run using my new heart rate monitor (Oregon SE122). I've entered my age, 23, weight, 60kg and sex, female into the monitor. My run consited of flat roads, a steady down hill and a steap uphill. My heart rate started off at about 180bpm and averaged out to 188bpm. While i was running up the steap hill my heart rate increased to about 195-205 for about 2-3mins. the runIt took me 25mins. At the end of the run, my monitor showed i burnt 600 calories. Is that right?! It seems far to high. I was expecting it to be about 300 ish? Do i trust it or not? Any help would be great.

    :huh: :indifferent:

    Try this:

    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html

    My Garmin 305 clocks me at 147 cals/mile @ 185 pounds.

    The RW formula yields 139 for that weight.
  • Annalisa419
    Annalisa419 Posts: 64 Member
    Bump. Interesting equation. I'll have to try that next time I go for a run to see how accurate my HRM is. Thanks!
  • marbit
    marbit Posts: 108
    Keep in mind that if you are on any medication that alters your heart rate that will affect the calories that your HRM says you burn.
  • serhanilker
    serhanilker Posts: 15
    At a heart rate of 170 bpm, or 89% of your maximum heart rate (192 bpm), your calorie burn is an estimated 713 calories per hour. In 25 minutes, you will burn approximately 297 calories.

    Cheers
    S
  • Stevie1247
    Stevie1247 Posts: 4
    Cheers guys! You've been a great help :-)

    Based on all that, i'm guessing I shouldn't rely on my HRM then. I wonder why it's so wildly out...humm...?

    Bizco, the equation looks good, I will give that a go from now on

    ATT949, Thanks for the link!

    xxxx
  • Stevie1247
    Stevie1247 Posts: 4
    Bizco, just out of interest, where did you get the equation from? x
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