Well I’ve been exercising a lot, and everything says make sure you burning X amount of calories. But how do you really know? I mean I know there are websites you can type in your activity, but that’s more of an estimate.
My boyfriend said to get a Pedometer, but that seems to only measure distance/steps for walkers. I walk/run & bike ride + I’ll be adding in some weight training.
Someone else at school said to get a watch that monitors your heart rate and you can calculate calories burned from that…but I wouldn’t know how?
OK…now I’m over confused. Which is better? Does anyone have any they’ve used and liked?
I thought about this one, but will it help when I ride my bike, or only when I’m walking/running?
I’m sort of on a budget, I don’t want to spend more than , and cheaper would be better. Since half the time stuff that’s more expensive just has more gadgets but not anything I really need.
Lastly, are all these pointless? Or will they be helpful and motivational? Would hate to waste the money if I’m going to end up calculating calories burned by hand anyway…
How accurate do you think the heart rate monitors are on Precor ellipticals in gyms? I work out on the ones with the sensors on the handle bars and the "ski arms." I want to work out in my target zone, as I think I’ve been "over doing it" alot. Do you think these sensors are as accurate as a chest-belt version HRM?
I am very confused. I thought the more you worked out and sweated, the more weight you would lose. But I talked to someone that was really into fitness this weekend, and he told me to keep my heart rate at about the 75% level to be in the fat loss zone, but above that, it really just works out your heart. I tried that yesterday, but I feel that I wasn’t working out as intense as I normally had been and I didn’t sweat as much. I didn’t feel exhausted too much afterwards… it just didn’t seem as hard for me… is this right? Should I do more of it then? Say, instead an hour of this instead of 30 minutes or 45 minutes? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I recently purchased the polar ft4 heart rate monitor adn used the calorie counter to how many calories i burn in a 24hr period. I burned 5992 in 24hrs. 782 of that was during my 1 hr weight lifting. This doesn’t sound right. Any thoughts? Also i was off work so i sat around watching tv most of the day.
A few years ago my father-in-law had a heart attack. The damage to his heart was so severe that the specialist told my ex that if he recovered, he wouldn’t be able to lift his hand to comb his own hair. Heart tissue can’t recover. It forms a scar and a heart so severely damaged can never function normally again.
We assumed the doctor was trying to prepare us for his father’s death and accepted it. He couldn’t breathe for himself and was connected to life supporting machines and monitors. We didn’t pray for recovery, just that God’s will be done.
I was sitting with him that night, as we took turns to stay by his side, when I noticed the doctor coming in to check the monitors, walking out, and coming back to check again, as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. Even I could see that his fast, uneven heartbeat was stabilizing.
A day or two later he was so much better that they could take him off the machines. He recovered fully and could take up a fitness program for heart patients. My father-in-law loved God. He simply said that God had taken his hand.
A team of highly-skilled doctors was involved. They didn’t misdiagnose, as my one friend suggested. They all agreed that what had happened was medically impossible. One joked that they were going to exhibit him in a glass cubicle at the hospital as an example of a miracle.
Do you believe that miracles still happen? Have you had a similar experience?
To Mo: I’m so sorry to hear about your father. My father-in-law finally died of leukemia, about ten years later. By telling my story I didn’t mean to say that people will never suffer or die because God can do miracles, just that God lives, that he does miracles. I don’t know why he allows people to suffer, but I do know this: when you suffer he is there to hold you…
Buttrfly: Nobody was using any form of ‘mind power’. We didn’t expect a miracle at all, weren’t even praying for it, as I explained. We were waiting for him to die.
I did more research on the Garmin Forerunner 405CX, Garmin Forerunner 310XT, Polar FT80, and the Polar FT60. I frequently workout, but mostly cardio based. I run about 6 miles a day, or I do INSANITY by beach body.I am currently training for a half marathon, and a full marathon. Then a half triathelon in a little over a year. What heart rate monitor would work for me the best?
Thanks
Bryce
I am relatively new to working out and I like running on the treadmill for a good cardiovascular push. I run at about 6 mph for 30 minutes, but I bought a polar heart rate monitor because I wanted to monitor myself. I found out I was way above my 85% of max heart rate, is this okay? At age 32, I should have a max heart rate of 188 and 85% of my max heart rate is 160. I’m usually running at 170-175, but feel fine. I know if I push to 7 mph on the treadmill, I get winded quick. Is this okay to run at this heart rate?
So far thanks, I’m not sure if it’s important – I use a Polar Heart Rate Strap to monitor my heart rate.
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Hi there, i recently started using a treadmill with pulse sensory pads on the handrails. When running my heart-rate gets to around 90-100bpm which i presumed was normal. However, on the treadmill it has a little chart which is titled ‘heart rate training zones’ and for my age it says my heart rate should be between 125 and 165bpm. Obviously i know that if i run faster i will be able to achieve this but i just wanted to know what it means. I run pretty fast to get to around 100bpm so what do these ‘training zones’ actually represent? Thanks for helping if you can understand the question!
I’ve recently started going to the gym and a lot of machines have heart rate monitors which ask you to put your age in so that it can tell you if your heart rate is low, normal, high.
When it flashes up telling me that my heart rate is high, does this mean I should slow down, or does it mean I’m at maximum HR/fat burning speeds? Or am I going to have a heart attack shortly?
I wanted to use a heart rate monitor during grappling but don’t want to injure my partner or break the device. I think i need a device that is sturdy, has a long range sensor (so i can keep the watch portion in my bag off the mat), shaped in such a way that it won’t injure my training partner, and won’t interfere with my movements. I don’t know anyone that actually uses heart rate monitors when grappling, but I thought I’d give it try. I’m also open to opinions as to why this isn’t a good idea. Thanks.
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I got this as a gift and it came with a T317 Transmitter-do I have to use the chest strap in order to read my calories burned?
(I don’t care about monitoring heart rate….)
I am doing my first triathlon in about 11 weeks. I began my training program, but the running part is a little tough. I have a heart rate monitor and have been trying to train in my aerobic zone. Im 28/ F and it says my aerobic zone is about 140-160. So, I have been warming up, then jogging until i hit 161 then walking briskly until I hit 139. Then I run again and so on…..
Is this right?
Right now, I can not run very long (about 60-90 seconds) before I go over the aerobic zone. Will this improve? My goal is to be able to jog the entire (or at least a majority) of the running part of the tri. I know I have a long way to go, but am I doing it right? Tips would also be appreciated!!
BTW – I am brand new to running. I am an experienced swimmer and biker though.
www.heartratewatchcompany.com The Suunto t1c is an excellent heart rate monitor with the most comfortable chest strap we’ve ever tested. It displays heart rate in a very intuitive way like a speedometer that wraps around the bezel. It also displays calories burned in real-time. You’ll find it very motivating and it also works great as an everyday watch.
I am using a professional treadmill at the gym. It is a Precor 966i. To get my heart rate I grasp the monitoring grips and the HR then displays then goes off when I remove my hands. When I am wearing a personal HR monitor, the HR display on the treadmill goes on and stays on even when I do not grip the monitor so this tells me that the treadmill is getting a reading from my chest strap.Yes or no ? Is my treadmill reading from my chest strap monitor or from the treadmill itself? Remember that I am not touching the treadmill grips .
I know there are now heart rate monitors that have the option of counting calories burned, but I have an older version of one of the heart rate monitors. I was hoping to keep and use this one instead of buying a new one and just manually determine my calories burned during exercise.
I am 14 years old. Healthy, and pretty fit. And whats bothering me is that I have a high heart rate, whenever we do fitness blast in gym at school.
We run around and basically do stuff to raise our heart rate. After of 10 or so minutes of exercising, we find our pulse and count how many beats of our heart we get in 10 seconds. I always end up in the 28-36 region, which means that i get to about 170-210 bpm!
My heart rate is probably the fastest in class and that gets me pretty worried. Should I really worry about this? I never had a heart attack or any heart problem, and I dont do drugs or anything. I never fainted from running or exercising too much, and I feel tired the same way everybody else does.
My normal heart rate (right now sitting) is near 100.
I weight 121 lbs and I am 4’9 ft
IS THIS AN ISSUE?