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Nice job, Heybales. Finally . . . someone who gets it. And yes, mathematics were essential to the scientific and clinical studies regarding caloric expenditures, NOT heart rate monitors.
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DITTO. (not to mention an oxymoron: "accurate heart rate monitor") Heart rate monitors are wildly inaccurate. They don't take into account intensity, among many other things.
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Yes, speed affects calories burned very much. The physiological standard for calorie burn is calculated using METs, or Metabolic Equivalent of Task, which takes body weight into consideration along with speed. Definitions: "It is commonly used in medicine to express metabolic rates measured during a treadmill test. Two…
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Dear Kassiebby, I am new to MyFitnessPal, so please forgive me if I belabor any points already made by prior users. Your original post is relatively new, so I am astonished at the quick and voluminous response that new posts typically receive on the community boards. It appears to me that Mrs. Ratfire and Neandermagnon…
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Bump also. Loved reading the posts. Where is the original poster?
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