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My Fitness Pal and Samsung Health
I'm using an Android phone, actually two, a Pixel 7 Pro on Android 13, and a Samsung S20 FE on Android 12. Neither can connect to the MFP servers when I try to log in, after putting in the password, and trying to connect, the little icon just spins. That being said, I need to connect MFP to Samsung health, but the only…
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MFP and Samsung Health
Has anyone been successful at getting MFP to talk to Samsung Health? If you have, there's a beer waiting for anyone that can tell me how to accomplish this.
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Interval Training rest time.
I'm a 68 year old male that has been grossly overweight for most of my life. However about 3 years ago, I began using MFP, and exercise to loose a little over 100 lbs, and now am ready to address my actual "fitness". I have been studying VO2 Max, and it's relationship to fitness, and am ready to give the HIIT, or Interval…
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Discrapancy between HRM calories, and Power Meter (Joules)
Okay, I'm normally not too concerned with how many calories I burn during exercise, however, I am curious about a huge discrepancy between the calories burned during my cardio classes, (Silver Sneakers), my weight training, and bike riding. The normal calorie burn is fairly constant for the Silver Sneakers classes, as it…
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Heart rate slows during exercise
I have noticed that when doing my cardio, which is basically 30 minutes of Cross Country module on a stationary bike, then I move to the treadmill, and do a module that will keep my heart rate at 75-80% of max for an hour. I have noticed that when I'm doing the heart rate module, that about half way into the routine, my…
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Anyone want a Polar FT60?
Moderator, I'm not sure if I can do this, and if I'm out of line, please delete the post, and let me know. Otherwise, I have a nearly new Polar FT60 HRM, complete with a new, in the package chest strap, and sending unit, along with another belt/sending unit that I had been using. Both belts are the M-XXL size, not the…
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HUGE calorie calculation difference Whats up?
I am still wondering about calorie counts, almost to the point of giving up. I use a Garmin 910XT Heart Rate monitor, along with the deluxe strap, and a footpod for my exercises indoors. Today, I worked out with weights for an hour and 44 minutes, doing my arms and legs routine, along with a 10 minute Rowing machine warm…
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Increasing Calorie Intake from 1200
I have a question that I hope someone here can help with. I started out over 300 lbs, and decided to exercise as much as I could at that rate. All I could do at that time was walk about 1/2 mile at 2 MPH. I bought a heart rate monitor to keep track of the heart rate zones, etc, started walking on a treadmill, and limited…
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Body Fat % Fluctuations, What's up with that?
I have over the last year lost close to 100 Lbs, and now need to "tone up", or whatever the PC term is for getting rid of my bat wings. Bat wings, on everything I own, arms, legs, belly, chest, etc. I've recently joined a gym, as I don't have the right equipment to do this at home, and am really enjoying my workouts. I…
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Muscle Milk?
I have been considering using a dietary supplement on the days that I do strength training. I have lost almost 100 Lbs, and am trying to now "tone", or "fill in" the excess skin. I am doing strength training 3 days a week, breaking it up into body parts, ie. Monday - Arms, Shoulders; Wed - Chest, Back; Friday Legs, and…
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Can anyone 'splain this?
Okay, I've changed my routine/reporting methods. I dumped the Polar FT60, and have started using a Suunto T6D heart monitor, along with the Firstbeat program to keep track of "Training Effect", along with a myriad of other computations. So far, I'm truly impressed, although I am wondering about the different methods of…
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Calorie Discrapancy Help me understand this, Please!
I have recently began including a bicycle ride in my exercise routine, and have a Garmin Edge 705 bike computer to assist in tracking my development. However, I have noticed a major difference in the calorie burn between the calculation that the Fitbit website uses to calculate calories, and what the Edge says that I…
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Calorie accuracy in MFP
I was wondering, currently, I do some weight training, according to a schedule. I use a Polar FT60 to keep track of the heart zones, and calories burned, then enter that information into Fitbit, which comes over to MFP as "Weight training from FT60". I see that MFP has an area for "Weight Training" for exercises, but it…
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Calorie Discrapancy
Hello (again). I am doing much better on the bicycle, able to go farther with less stops, and am quite proud of my progress. Now, after blowing my own horn, I do have a question as to which is "right" I purchased a Garmin Edge 705 Bike "Computer/GPS", and used it today for the first time. I LOVE it! Let's me see everything…
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Adding Bicycling to activities.
I am just starting out, and am seemingly full of questions training, and limits. First, I have to say that since I first decided that 300+ pounds was too much to be carrying around, I have made it down to the 230-ish mark and am happy to continue in that direction. I have been doing about 20 minutes of treadmill daily,…
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Time between exercise sets
I have been doing pretty well, but am wondering something about the actual time between sets of exercises. Mostly, when I'm doing my weight exercises, my HRM (A Polar FT60) states that I'm in the middle, or "Zone 2" area with my heart rate. That's fine, and I will wait the "recommended" 30 seconds between sets. However,…
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Accuracy of Calories burned Using HRM
I have a Polar FT7 HRM, that shows the calories that were burned during an exercise session, and I'm assuming it's calculated from the heartrate vs. body weight, time, etc. I'd like to know just how accurate these devices really are. I believe they're more accurate than either the treadmill, or MFP, but an hour of weight…
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Fitbit, MFP Exercise relationship
I'm brand new to MFP, and am using a Fitbit Ultra,along with a Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor, that I use when I am doing weight training, every other day. My question is that I don't use the information on the FT7 when I use the treadmill, (which is every day), as I figure the steps function of the Fitbit will "take care"…
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How to get rid of "Bat Wings"
I'm a 64 year old male, that has recently gone from around 300lbs down to 235, and am totally happy, and proud to have done so. There's more to loose, but I'm working on it. However, there's one thing I cannot seem to find an answer to. Having lost that much weight, I now have much more skin than I have "me". This is ugly,…
