Need HRM to show how many calories burned in workout

[andieje]

Hi

I have just read a post where someone said that their heart rate monitor told them how many calories they burned in a workout.

Please can you recommend agood HRM that will estimate how many calories I burn doing exercise dvd (e.g. low max) and whilst walking

Many thanks
andrea

 

[pixie9]

Hi Andrea-
Polar makes tons of HRMs with many different functions. I would suggest going to www.polarusa.com to find out which ones give estimated calorie expenditure. You should also figure out what other features you are looking for. For example, my HRM gives calorie info but doesn't give me my average HR for the workout which I would have found helpful. Some HRMs will also keep track of your workouts and have settings for more than one user. I think some even have pedometers that you strap to your shoes for walking or running.
Carolyn

 

[luvtorun]

Andrea,

I have a Polar F4. It gives max HR, avg HR, calories burned. I had a more complicated Polar before this one, can't remember the model, but it had split times and other functions I could never figure out. I took it back. Someone on this forum recommended the F4. It is a very good HRM, I love it.

 

[lorajc]

I have the Mio-shape and I love it. You can set it with your resting heartrate, weight, gender, and age. I bought a Polar once and took it back, as it only started counting the calories you burn when you got in your target heartrate range. The one I have will tell you how many calories you burn no matter what your heartrate is.