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I've seen the same thing - the MFP suggested calories are usually a lot lower than what I get based on my average-for-the-session monitored heart rate; often the difference is 2x. Some of that might be MFP subtracting out non-exercise cals (BMR) but (a) I can't find out how the MFP cals are calculated so I don't know if…
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I'd advise you revel in that pain; that's a very impressive amount of calories to be able to burn! What exercises are you doing???
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Darn I thought the suggestion to change the ticker would be my answer, but I tried that and it doesn't effect the only number I actually see, which is the badge on my Home. (I don't use the "ticker" anywhere.) So I still need to consider whether or not to change my start weight, in order to get that badge to show a…
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I ran RunKeeper, SportyPal Pro, and CardioTrianer on the same phone at the same time; under clear sky conditions they reported the same distances, but when I was on forest trails RunKeeper was way off the other two. I think each app has a different methods for deciding what track you were on whenever it didn't have GPS…
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In terms of weight loss, protein helps you feel full, more so than eating fats and carbs for the same total calories. [1] You need to eat enough protein to support building (or repairing) your muscle mass - but don't go overboard, extremely high-protein diets can be dangerous: keep your protein calories at about a quarter…
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I'd suggest valuing the strength training for its *fitness* benefits, because you really won't burn a ton more calories as a result of being more muscular: from what I read, the best recent estimates of the difference between a pound of fat and muscle is <20 cals/day. So yes, it affects the BMR but not a lot. For a short…
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Excellent plan to go riding, that's a lot of fun and spring is a great time for it! But, you should carry a patch kit or a spare tube in a seat pack, and have bike tire levers and a pump (or CO2 cannister, if you don't like to pump) with you whenever you go out ... after all, flats *do* happen and you won't want to hike…
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I'm no expert, but the reading I've done lately tells me that the key to trunk/leg fat reduction is in the intensity peaks - make sure you're doing lots of ultra-hi-intensity peaks, rather than the moderate-intensity cardiovascular training. If you like the academic supporting material, see the study done at Univ of NSW…
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Well, tandems carry that weight all the time, so bikes *can* be set up to do it (heck, a tandem even has that long extra span in the middle to weaken the frame geometry). It seems to me you might talk to your bike shop about setting up with some of the components they use in tandems: * a disc brake since normal rim-rubbing…
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Don't know if you're looking for the best possible estimation, but according to wikiedia, "220 - age" is " not considered by reputable health and fitness professionals to be a good predictor of HRmax" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate#Formula_for_maximum_heart_rate FWIW, the article then cites a 2002 review of…
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A cautionary note - urologists warn against "animal protein gluttony" (my urologist set the threshold at 4 oz at one meal) because the uric acid spike from processing a lot of animal protein at once can lead to uric kidney stone formation; also, high protein diets can (I have heard) cause you to excrete a lot of calcium,…
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I don't know about that particular HRM, but as a general concept HR can be a pretty good indicator of calories burned, if you take into account your weight, age, gender (and ideally your VO2max) ... if your HRM tracks your average HR over the session, there's an online calculator you might use to compare the number the HRM…
