Subject: RE: How many calories per hour? mlaugustine - 2005-01-13 1:05 PM I just started using a Polar S725 (LOVE IT) and the OwnCalorie index seems low to me as compared say to an exercise bike. I feel like the Polar should be more accurate, but feel like the machine has more info i.e. wattage output which should give a more accurate reading. Any thoughts? I would love to put this to rest in my head. Mike I just got a Polar (s210) which also has owncal. I'm going with the counts from my hrm because it has more information about me (weight, age, approximate activity level etc) than any machine at the gym or any online calculator has. Since my hrm has more information I'm HOPING that it all goes into whatever equation it's using. Along those lines, I swam for 1 hour 8 minutes today, and according to my hrm I bunred around 530 cals. WHAT? Only 530? Surely it's wrong. So I come home, go to an online calculator and... 528 calories burned. I can run for an hour, feel like I had an "ok" workout and burn somewhere around 675 cals. Or I can swim for an hour, be completely wiped out, and burn 530 cals. Mom was right, life ISN'T fair. |