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Polar ft4 said my Heart Rate was 200+ today
Can someone tell me if this is maybe a battery issue. I use my HRM for swimming. Yesterday I noticed I swam the same laps in the same time as always - however I had burned much less calories. I thought maybe I was reaching a plateau. but today at the end of my swim it started reading 232. this is crazy. I think the highest…
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HR in the evening vrs in the morning?
Can anyone help me understand - why when I swam the other evening same length of time (1 hour) same number of lengths (80) - my calorie burn was 511 and average heart rate was 137 with a maximum of 160. And this morning when I swam (1hour / 80 lengths) my calorie burn was 382 average heart rate was 119 with a maximum of…
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really struggling today. anyone else out there?
I missed my swim this morning. just plain talked myself out of it. it was my weigh day and I was up two pounds (my food sucked this week). I am thinking I will try to leave work early and see if I can make myself swim this afternoon - but I am already talking myself out of that. I hate working out after work. just venting.
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why does going up the stairs hurt so much
ok - I swim 5 days a week / 88 lengths in an hour. i am very heavy 201lbs, and old - 53, and my knees hurt! but i thought i was getting into shape. just went to up and down the stairs for 15 minutes - all so i can have an extra biscuit at red lobster tonight. :( now - i feel horrible. i can't stop coughing and my knees are…
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used my new polar ft4 today and have some questions
I used my new polar ft4 today for my swim. very cool gadget. Normally when I swim my beginner triathlon swim the MFP says I burn like 700 calories. this was always impossible to eat my calories burned. The new gadget / polar ft4 said I burned 407 calories. much more manageable. I registered the device on the website. but I…
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how do i caculate calories burned if my body has become more
How do I calculate the calories burned for my regular swim – if I have been doing it a long time and my body has become more efficient so is burning less calories than the myfitnesspal shows? I swim 5 days a week / an hour each day. Three of those days I swim a practice for beginner triathlon (swimming only). It is a tough…
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Plateau question
I swim 5 days a week for an hour. My pace is moderate – about 66 lengths in an hour. I swim the front crawl. I love to swim. I really hate other exercises – especially the treadmill and elliptical machine. I just don’t want to cross train. I just want to swim. However, I have stopped loosing weight. I was loosing a 1lb a…
