Any Veeky Forumsbit fags?

Just got a fitbit charge hr, anybody know how accurate these are for calories burned? Also general fitbit thread

Other urls found in this thread:

sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244013004726
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

nice old lady accessory, faggot

thanks, it matches my laundry day granny panties

They're crap, get a refund and JUST FUCKING LIFT.

moderately accurate, have it far up your wrist for decent accuracy. I've gotten more use out of it competing with friends than actually using it for its main purpose, although it is much better tracking cardio than weights.

I like the hr monitor, and its neat how you can log workouts with it (hold the button to start/stop)

syncs with app, pretty cool

'twas a gift

cool, I keep it pretty high up there, I just wanted to see if I could reasonably trust it for a calorie deficit

Yeah the hr monitor is pretty sweet, it's gotten me to stop being a vape bro

Using it to make sure I'm eating enough for bulking on active days with cycling, as well as reminding me to meet a good TDEE on days where I'm more lazy

Probably won't use it when cutting though

I'm currently in a cut, so I try to take its stated calories out with a grain of whey protein. I've seen some people say it's super accurate and others say it's super inaccurate, so I figured I'd ask Veeky Forums

calories burned is based off your TDEE from the weight you enter

it adds calories based on your heartrate and activity, which is nice. even if not 100% accurate you can still gauge activity/cals pretty well, and compare workouts etc.

stop counting 'calories burned through'. shit is a crock. you're just looking for an excuse to eat more, and with that attitude you will stay fucking fat.

actually I've lost quite a bit and I make sure to have at least 1000 calorie deficit from what it's claiming, but wewlad anyway

This is why I won't wear it when I get on a cut, or if I start to put on weight faster than I want to. Having never bulked before, for initial cutting my calorie limit was always just a bit above my BMR and I only included dedicated cardio sessions to my caloric expenditure regardless of the load of walking I would do across my campus for classes.

Funny thing is I'm actually doing more cardio now than I was before because I'm starting to enjoy cycling. It's pretty jarring moving up that drastically in calorie intake though to compensate for what will be longer and longer rides and more intense training sessions. Within the next week or so I'll know if the Fitbit is gauging my personal activity accurately

Yeah, I knew that it was TDEE, wasn't really sure how it calculated it though, that explains the spikes on days when I smoke a bowl

Inaccurate trash, only good thing about it is the app for counting calories. Youd be better off spending 40 bucks more getting a watch with gps and an actual dedicated HR monitor like a polar watch.

Didn't they just show how inaccurate they are with cnn?

Interestingly the fitbit is consistently inaccurate so you an just multiply by .75 and it's about right.

why .75? arbitrary percentage?

even if it wasnt 100% accurate, you can still gauge activity week to week

look at bodyfat scales. they arent accurate, but it's still a measuring point you can compare to past data.

ive got a question for all these bracelet tracker things.

whats the best/cheapest one that will let me know which heart rate im in? meaning, if i set a target heart rate it will let me know if im out of it? i really want to give mattefone training a try

someone recommended a garmin 360 but that shit is like $400

Or you can just hold four fingers to the side of your wrist near the thumb and time it yourself.

maybe he's too fat for that

new pebble will have heartrate. shits not ready for like 2 months though

I've literally gone through 6 of these (got the first one as a gift, Best Buy insured it for a year and I kept on getting new ones as they broke) They're built like absolute shit. and don't wear it on the hand you jerk off with unless you want it auto logging Outdoor Biking as an exercise.

got one, really like it so far.

also im glad it has a watch with seconds, and a timer so I can rest between sets at equal intervals

the workout logging is cool, and its nice to see your heartrate range when lifting or doing cardio.

Best guess really. This study says they can be up to 36% off for distance. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244013004726

I can't sense my own heart rate and I'm not fat. It's just difficult for me.

strongly recommend against wrist based HRM. they are fucking trash. inaccurate as fuck and half of them require you to stand perfectly still for 30 seconds or some weird shit (i.e. are pretty much useless for getting constant measurement or measurement mid activity). if you care about getting accurate HRM then get a chest strap

How do the wrist ones even work?

Like this.

you're daft. he was asking about the tech.

basically by bullshit. two leds on the back of the watch flash at a fixed interval illuminating and exposing blood vessels immediately beneath the skin. the sensor is able to "measure" the rate of flow of blood in this way. of course the "measurement" is a crock and should not be taken as anywhere near precise or accurate

WEWLAD, calm the fuck down. I was showing that it does work, not how it works because he implied it doesn't even work when it does. By the way, the resting heart rate was exact compared to a medical grade heart rate monitor used in a hospital. I already said that it won't provide readings all the time but it gets past that by averaging readings over tine as shown in my graphs.

Do this with your hands.

>not how it works because he implied it doesn't even work when it does.

learn to basic reading comprehension sperglord

no hands, what do

In other words you have to sit perfectly still for fixed periods of time for them to get a reading which when averaged out after several samples can resemble something close to an accurate reading. then again sitting perfectly still kind of makes it pretty fucking useless as a tool for measuring active heart rates (i.e. during actual exercise). DERP

I have one, and i find it motivational.
Besides loggin weight and suchs is nice too.

Holy fuck this works so easily

I use my moms Garmin watch when doing cardio, it also has a heartbeat monitor which you strap around your chest.

How accurate would this be for measuring the amount of kcals burned?

It has gps to accuratly check my distance and speed, and you can also fill in your stats like height, weight and age.