bsharrah Member

You are using your hrm incorrectly, and as a result, getting bad readings. Do the research, I just don't have the patience to explain it anymore.

This is exactly why I no longer use a HRM, and just roll my eyes when I read posts after posts how people praise the accuracy of their Polar, FitBit, or BodyBugg. I don't worry about how many calories I burned doing whatever exercise, and certainly could care less how many I burned mowing the lawn. I would never consider…

HRM's are not as accurate as people want to believe, so don't let yourself get too caught up with their readings. That said, the relationship between your heart rate and calories burned has only been shown to be statistically significant when the increased heart rate is the result of active cardio exercise, and even then…

To log or not to log is a personal choice. That said, if it is part of your everyday life, whether at home or at work, it is not exercise.......and wearing a pedometer, fitbit, or any other device while doing it doesn't magically make it exercise either.

Cell phone is kept in my arm band as it is also my MP3 player. Keys are attached to the pepper spray canister that I hold in my hand, with thumb close to trigger. Unleashed dogs are not going to wait for you to take it out of your fanny pack.

Practice more patience. You are going to need it if you intend to succeed at losing weight.

Too many variables to calculate. Contrary to what I am sure some will suggest, a hrm will not help.

Yes, it is bad. You only give yourself another excuse not to do real exercise. Too many people patting themselves on the back for mediocrity already.

So now the "eat your calories back" crowd is deciding who should or should not use this site? Get off you freaking high horse. It has not been tested in any way. It supposedly works for some, not others, as this thread alone shows. IMO, the same people who preach eating calories back are the same ones who believe their…

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Here is another if anyone is interested: http://www.amazon.co.uk/HIIT-Intensity-Interval-Training-Explained/dp/1477421599/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1/278-0260935-2223277. Costs a little less.

The cheap ones that tell you your heart rate and range is all you really need, because it is all they are designed to do accurately. None of them track calorie burn with enough accuracy to log (nor does any other consumer device). Nothing wrong with that as none of them claim to be "calorie burn trackers". Unfortunately,…

Eating back your calories to lose weight is sound advice, in theory, but it implies two important things. First, it implies you did not factor your exercise into your TDEE calculations. If you did, then the calorie count it gave you already took your exercise calorie burn into account. Second, you are accurately measuring…

I lost 20lbs during my first round of insanity then another 20lbs during the second. But I had the weight to lose. If you are 5'9" at 144 lbs, you don't have the extra weight to lose.

What results were you expecting? It is a cardio program so you were not going to put on muscle and it does not appear you have much extra weight to lose, if any at all. If you see improvements on the fit test, there are your results.

Stop eating back your calories.

......about as serious as I take a HRM's calorie burn reading.

Yes, you can. But keep in mind that results are going to be 80% nutrition.

http://rubberbanditz.com/pull-up-bands/

This should be required reading for anyone wishing to purchase a HRM. Excellent post!

When I am running, the last thing I want to do is stop and yell at a dog. I carry pepper spray. If a dog runs up to me, it gets sprayed, and without me ever stopping my run. If I have to stop, it gets sprayed twice.

I would say neither is any more accurate than the other. You can average the two for a ball park figure but that is as close to knowing as you will get. Your skepticism is well founded. HRM's are not as accurate as many people think. It is fun to read threads about how people take the readings so seriously though. More…

Absolutely correct!

I use it several times a week, typically before working out, but I try not to kid myself. What you are feeling is the caffeine, not the B vitamins, as studies have shown. The company likes to promote the high B vitamin content to appease to the healthy/fitness crowd, but it is no different than having a strong cup of…

You are going to want to use one with a strap but keep in mind you will never "know" what you are burning. They make calculated guesses, nothing more, using your heart rate, and the calculations assume you are preforming moderate to high cardio activity, such as running (they are much less accurate during activity such as…

What are you using it for? If you are just interested in checking, or even tracking, your pulse, either style is fine. If you are concerned about calories burned, then know that HRM's with a strap are the most accurate and even they are only about 75% accurate(when used properly), which is not accurate enough to bother…

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do

Define "once in a while"? Are we talking a slice or two every few weeks or half a pie once a week? Nothing wrong with pizza or ice cream, in moderation. One of my biggest downfalls in my earlier struggle to lose weight was my ability to convince myself that eating crap "once in a while" won't matter. Ask anyone who…

Magic bullet works well but you need to keep in mind it is designed for pulse blending. Never leave it on for more than 10-15 seconds at a time. You will burn the motor out otherwise. Many of these small blenders function the same way. Use it in short intervals only.

Its the blind faith issue that drives me nuts as well. The fact that these, and other devices, are not accurate is no secret, and has been stated many many times, even on this forum, but people believe what they want to believe. I see people posting over and over that hrm readings inflate calorie burn for strength…