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Best way to estimate calories burned from lifting heavy?
So, from all the old forum topics I read while searching for an answer to this, and from other research, I understand that a heart rate monitor is only really accurate for giving calories burned from cardio exercise. Knowing that my heart rate gets elevated for different reasons from, say, squatting than it does from…
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For experienced distance runners out there... Training at lo
I just ran my first half-marathon today (yay!). I'm already thinking about my next long race. However, I live at sea level, and some of the fantasy races I would like to travel to do are not. Specifically, I have my eye on the Rock and Roll series in Nashville, where the elevation is about 500 above sea level. I am sure…
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Runners: How do I know for sure that my HRM is giving me an
As a tiny bit of background, I am running my first half-marathon in almost exactly a month, and I've been training seriously since this past September. For Christmas, I got my first heart-rate monitor. It's a Garmin FR 60 watch bundle with the foot pod and everything. Today I decided to wear it around during my normal…
