Burned 1644 calories with new Polar FT4

BlueBaron37
BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
edited December 18 in Fitness and Exercise
My first time using my HRM and first time at gym in 2 weeks, so I just done pure cardio, 1 hr 45 mins, got a bit carried away lol 1644 calories burned :)
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  • Dudagarcia
    Dudagarcia Posts: 849 Member
    My hubby just got me one at the base a Polar FT7 and can't wait to set it up and try it!!!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    My first time using my HRM and first time at gym in 2 weeks, so I just done pure cardio, 1 hr 45 mins, got a bit carried away lol 1644 calories burned :)

    Sounds like you just earned a big treat!

    I love my long runs on Sunday - it means a guilt free 1000 cal breakfast with calories to spare!
  • riley711
    riley711 Posts: 298 Member
    You've got me really excited now!!! I just ordered the Polar FT 4, and got an email today that it should be delivered on Friday!!! Woohoooo!!! Can't wait to try it out!!!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I love wearing mine skiing. I can easily burn 2,000 calories. Alas, it never equals a half a pound weight loss, but it feels good none the less.
  • jmsouth5
    jmsouth5 Posts: 138 Member
    I ordered one last week. Should be getting it any day now. I'm totally looking forward to swim season with it, since it's waterproof too!! I am assuming it was easy to set up??
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    I love wearing mine skiing. I can easily burn 2,000 calories. Alas, it never equals a half a pound weight loss, but it feels good none the less.

    I lost 2lb in gym but I wait till tomorrow morning to confirm weight has I'm having a pizza tonight. Only about 650 cals though.
  • Dinob661
    Dinob661 Posts: 251 Member
    My FT4 Will be here today! grrrr Im anxious.
  • Takes2long
    Takes2long Posts: 367 Member
    I love mine!! It's really easy to set up and use. Awesome to know exactly how hard I'm working. I notice that my HR doesn't get quite as high, quite as fast. I feel like I'm working just as hard!! Doubt I'd notice that for a long time w/out the monitor. Guess I'm getting fitter :bigsmile:
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    NICELY DONE!!

    Yeah I love watching my calorie burn on my Polar. I keep my view on heart rate though otherwise I think I'd check calorie burned too often and therefore throwing off my workout.
  • incendia3
    incendia3 Posts: 57 Member
    lol this makes me angry. Bought a Polar HRM (not sure which model right now) and all of a sudden it is registering my starting heart rate in the 30s and only gets up to the 70s at the most intense part of my workout.. So bummed and jealous of your calories burned! Awesome job.
  • ebonyroche
    ebonyroche Posts: 682 Member
    I'm dying to know...what type of cardio are you doing???
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
    Oh cool!! Now I am less worried about getting one for my birthday in June!! Yay!

    And fab burn!! Well done!! :)
  • ericarae33
    ericarae33 Posts: 211 Member
    I have a Polar, but I've never gotten that high of a burn...great job!
  • jmach002
    jmach002 Posts: 113 Member
    i love mine!! best workout tool i have ever bought!
  • shrinkingsuccess
    shrinkingsuccess Posts: 40
    From what site did you order the polar FT4 from?
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    lol this makes me angry. Bought a Polar HRM (not sure which model right now) and all of a sudden it is registering my starting heart rate in the 30s and only gets up to the 70s at the most intense part of my workout.. So bummed and jealous of your calories burned! Awesome job.
    Yours is broken no one has a 30 bpm heartbeat not even marathon runners. And 70 max that's normal for most people potteri g round the home. Get it replaced from the shop your bought it or Polar.
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    I'm dying to know...what type of cardio are you doing???

    I ldone Tread Mill, then breifly on the cross train the horizontal.bike.
  • SarahSwimmer
    SarahSwimmer Posts: 125 Member
    Hey Blue, would you say that MFP has accurate calorie burn rates compared to your heart rate monitor? I'm curious as I'm looking to get one and see if what I log using MFP database matches my HR!

    :glasses:
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    Hey Blue, would you say that MFP has accurate calorie burn rates compared to your heart rate monitor? I'm curious as I'm looking to get one and see if what I log using MFP database matches my HR!

    :glasses:

    Thats a good point it did cross my mind. I was going to take it a work to see how many calories I burn there too.
  • LizKurz
    LizKurz Posts: 340 Member
    I'm so excited, my polar hr montior the ft4f should be here tomorrow, on my birfday!

    I am going swimming too if it comes In the morning, the whole reason I bought it was to track hr in the pool.
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    I'm so excited, my polar hr montior the ft4f should be here tomorrow, on my birfday!

    I am going swimming too if it comes In the morning, the whole reason I bought it was to track hr in the pool.

    Can you use them in water ?
  • crazydv
    crazydv Posts: 160 Member
    I wore my Polar FT7 for the first time today. The calories I burned we're much less than MFP especially for swimming. However I wore it for gardening today and it gave me over 600 calories..yeah!
  • KickassAugust
    KickassAugust Posts: 1,430 Member
    I want one soooo much!!!!
  • howeclectic
    howeclectic Posts: 121 Member
    You have to be very careful with those calorie estimates though. 1600 calories in 1:45. That would be an INTENSE workout. Runningworld.com determined you burn 0.63 x your weight calories per mile. For a 200 pound person to burn 1600 calories in 1:45 you would have to run 12.7 miles (a 200 pound person would burn ~125 calories a mile). To run 12.7 miles in 1:45 you would have to run a an 8:16 min mile pace for an 1:45. (the equivalent of about a 26 minute 5k pace for 1:45). Obviously.. if you are lighter than 200 pounds... you would have to run even faster than that 8:16 pace. You can get more info here:

    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    You have to be very careful with those calorie estimates though. 1600 calories in 1:45. That would be an INTENSE workout. Runningworld.com determined you burn 0.63 x your weight calories per mile. For a 200 pound person to burn 1600 calories in 1:45 you would have to run 12.7 miles (a 200 pound person would burn ~125 calories a mile). To run 12.7 miles in 1:45 you would have to run a an 8:16 min mile pace for an 1:45. (the equivalent of about a 26 minute 5k pace for 1:45). Obviously.. if you are lighter than 200 pounds... you would have to run even faster than that 8:16 pace. You can get more info here:

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

    Actually the HRM was less than the tread mill estimate, the tread mill monitors HR and you enter details and weight.

    I think it's more to do with being not that fit but also being an athlete when I was young.

    My heart rate max for my age 45 should be 175 but I peaked at 195 and spent suite some time at 180 bpm, if I was fitter I could do the same exercise with 180 peak and 165 being the rate for a long period.

    I was exhausted believe me.

    But the over week I done cardio and weights and cardio weights. Left gym went home ordered a 2000+ calorie pizza and still lost a pound in weight the next morning.

    I have only ever really trained intense, always pushing myself 90% of the time.

    I want to lose weight for health reasons and I'd also like to enter The Spartian run the hardest 5k race in the world so they say.
  • wendymaci
    wendymaci Posts: 61 Member
    Your calories seem a bit high. I use my polar all the time and I do 2 cardio classes in a row and usually only burn 1100-1200. 1 hour spin and 1 hour body attack (high intensity cardio) I go all out sweat dripping on the floor. My model has the chest strap and also a 'test' you need to do that basically calibrates it to your resting heart rate. Does yours have that and if so did you do the test?
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    Your calories seem a bit high. I use my polar all the time and I do 2 cardio classes in a row and usually only burn 1100-1200. 1 hour spin and 1 hour body attack (high intensity cardio) I go all out sweat dripping on the floor. My model has the chest strap and also a 'test' you need to do that basically calibrates it to your resting heart rate. Does yours have that and if so did you do the test?

    I have an FT4, I just got it and don't know much about it really, I put my heaight weight age in the settings.

    Would it help if I wrote my training data here ?
  • schwim
    schwim Posts: 65
    my ft7 got delivered yesterday (i bought it of amazon uk) and used it for the first time this morning. i ran for an hour on the treadmill and it registered 823 calories burned. its pretty clore to mfp 765 calories burned. the polar ft7 keeps a log of 99 workouts so i'll see if my hour run is consistent at 823 calories burned.
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    If people are burning nearly 200 calories walking at 3.5 mph for 40 mins why can't I burn 700 running ?
  • BlueBaron37
    BlueBaron37 Posts: 107 Member
    The major factor is effort, just using the treadmill calorie counter I have used between 30 mins 450 - 600 calories depending on the amount of effort I put in.
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