I there, I wondered if anyone else had one & was surprised how little calories they burn when exercising? I have had the Lloyds Heart Rate Watch & Chest Strap about a fortnight & my calories burnt always seem so low!
I alternate my exercises every other week:
Monday - circuit training or aerobics
Wednesday - Latino fit (salsa dancing with dumbells) or sculpt and tone (lots of squats, sit ups & weights!)
Friday - circuits or Zumba
Sunday - run between 3-10km
I never seem to burn more than 200 calories in an hour, which doesn't seem like a lot!
your doing a great variety - quality exercise id say and good fun.
ok why not set the hrm to work at a rate during one of these sessions. your monday session is a great one - work at 70-80% max. a good circuit burns 700-1000 cals/hr depending on your bodyweight and work rate.
oh your weights circuit -you burn quite a few cals recovering your hrm wont record that
I do different exercises as I get bored if I do the same ones every week. Plus it stops it getting easy!
I work my bum off at circuit training & am always sweating & generally looking like a tramp by the time it's finished, which is why I don't understand why I'm not burning more! I'll set my watch to the higher bpm as currently it's set on the fat burning phase - thanks for the suggestion!