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pedometers or heart rate monitors?

aabelein
aabelein Posts: 379 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all!
I've been exercising for a little over 4 months now and when I log my exercise here I cant be sure exactly how many calories I've burned from my work outs, so I'm kinda just guessing and using information others have said (i.e.- I use the 30 day shred dvd and I had asked how many calories people had burned doing it, and was provided an answer so thats what I use when I log it on here. but everyone is different so I may be burning more or less). I want to buy some kind of tracker to let me know how many I am burning so I make sure I'm burning enough in the day to lose weight. Which is better for me to use for that purpose? Your help is greatly appreciated! :flowerforyou:

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  • heygirl1954
    heygirl1954 Posts: 92
    I have the polar 4 heart rate monitor and love it, it is accurate on calories burned and also heart rate
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
    Check out the GoWearFit if you're interested in tracking calories burned. It does so much mroe than pedometers or HRM's. I'd so recommend it... I bought one recently and I love it!

    www.gowearfit.com
  • debmac63
    debmac63 Posts: 459 Member
    I have a Polar F11 but it hasn't worked properly for a few months. I would suggest the GoWearFit also. That's what I'm saving for. I don't hear of any of the problems that I've had with the Polar. My problems are the heart rate goes to zero for no reason. Good luck!
  • 1Sweets
    1Sweets Posts: 395
    I want to buy some kind of tracker to let me know how many I am burning so I make sure I'm burning enough in the day to lose weight. Which is better for me to use for that purpose? Your help is greatly appreciated! :flowerforyou:

    I would like to know too:flowerforyou: It would be a great Christmas Gift for my husband to give me. But...it would be nice to have now:noway:
  • aabelein
    aabelein Posts: 379 Member
    gowearfit sounds great but man i dont have that kind of money! lol and i want something now.... maybe i'll buy the polar just so i have something now and in a few months maybe i can get the gowearfit. we'll see. so i'm assuming then that a heart rate monitor would be better then a pedometer?
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
    Yeah - for tracking calories burned while exercising a HRM is better than a pedometer because not all exercise involves steps (such a cycling, weight lifting, Yoga, etc.) - a HRM would be more accurate in those kind of situations.

    Edited to add: BTW, you can buy the GoWearFit for a little cheaper off Amazon.com than the company's website ($179 for the basic device) and it comes with 3 months free subscription.
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