Calories burned?

[wonderwoman]

I bought a heart rate moniter over the weekend and I wore it yesterday to do Gym Styles Chest&Tricep. However, I did the Timesaver premix (32min) and the heart rate moniter said my average heart rate was 82bpm and I burned only 36 calories. Does this sound right?

 

[RapidBreath]

well, no, not really. Unless, you weren't working very hard at all. But, when I do weight workouts my hr isn't very high. They don't really (usually) give much of a calorie burn. The leads on your chest strap (I'm assuming that you have one.) might not have been moistened/damp. I always run my chest strap under a little water so that it can pick up my heart rate more easily.

Of course, you might just be that fit.

 

[atompki1]

32 sounds pretty low For me the upper body workouts don't tend to burn many calories. I typically will get about 300 burned though. But it seems like you could walk around the house for 10 minutes and burn 32 calories.

 

[fit44]

It does seem low. I think it may have not had a good connection. I think you could burn 32 calories 30 minutes of sleeping!

 

[wonderwoman]

Last night I did Gym Style Leg premix which was 33min long and the HR moniter said I burned 149 calories and average HR was 116 and max was 153. That sounds about right. Maybe I need to break it in! LOL