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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I find most of those things poor at giving you valid information. My wife's Garmin does the 150 minutes of exercise a week calculation. She commuted by bike 5km each way. At the end of the day it said she had done 104 minutes towards her 150. It was less than 25 minutes each way, but the watch awards double time when doing "vigorous exercise" and also just keeps counting as long as your heart rate is up(which stays elevated for awhile). So what I would count as 50 minutes, the watch more than doubled. Plus without the chest strap the HR is wildly inaccurate.
These things are maybe good for getting you started. I used to track stuff but eventually I can just guess at my burn, and I don't really care.
I'd rather have $200 to spend on my bike. Kind of a peeve of mine, I do many things "correctly" for society, like not driving much, don't take transit, get my exercise commuting and not using up much road space, and do I ever get anything from the government for it? Nope!
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I wouldn't say its wildly inaccurate but yes a chest HR start is a far better sensor than a wrist based one, but you cant wear that 24/7, so establishing a baseline HR is of major benefit.
The vigorous exercise thing is a metric but even post work out elevated HR is your body "working" - see EPOC "excess post-exercise oxygen consumption"
I dont disagree about being able to spend $200 on a bike, maybe its more a Fitness Spending Account type deal that could be a multitude of options.