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  • I've adjusted my max heart rate to the highest I've seen read while exercising (excepting spurious readings from chest strap not contacting properly). It's higher than my age calculated max, but not by much. The zones are interesting. I'm using zones based on heart rate reserve (percentage of max - min) and they seem…
  • I'd been wondering about this, as the Garmin Adjustment is huge! Though it seems to be assuming I'll maintain the same rate of work throughout the rest of the day - even while asleep!! I'd forgotten that MFP's adjustment to goal was about 500 Calories, as it sets my goal about 1600. So it assumes my usage, based on telling…
  • You are not alone with pizza for breakfast. It is nice, straight from the fridge. The grease tends to solidify at the lower temperature. :wink:
  • My body seems to quite resolutely want to maintain weight and apart from the past 6 months has been very stable. I'm trying the Fit4Life program this time which should give ongoing motivation. I've only just started so no idea yet how well I'm doing. I do note though that the recommended rate of weight loss has reduced.…
  • This looks interesting: http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=you_asked_how_accurate_is_my_heart_rate_monitor_for_strength_training Climbing does use a lot of muscle groups - certainly legs and arms. I think I have to take the accuracy of both in and out Calories as limited with MyFitnessPal. Hopefully for me just…
  • I deleted the automatic activity and copied over as "Rock Climbing". This didn't cause duplication so I seem to have solved the problem. Garmin claim that their heart rate algorithms are valid for all sorts of exercise. Its result was slightly lower than MyFitnessPal's estimate for Calories per Hour. I was climbing with…
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