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Calories and heart rate?!

Former Member over 4 years ago

Good evening ... is it true that Garmin's algorithm recognizes if the increase in heart rate is due to stress or anxiety, or if it is due to more intense activities (not necessarily sport)?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

but the morning routine is always the same ... it's just that sometimes the heart rate is higher and consequently the calories are higher for the same activities ... as soon as it happens again I take pictures

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

t's just that sometimes the heart rate is higher and consequently the calories are higher for the same activities

Could be simply higher because of higher effort, or because of rushing more, hence burning more energy, or because your HR is elevated due to the workout the day before (so called EPOC).

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to trux

... and BTW, stress leads to faster Calorie burn anyway. Not telling that it is the right way to go, but it is so. (read about it for example here: www.medicalnewstoday.com/.../stress-weight-loss)

So, if the Firstbeat algorithms differentiate between the stress and sport, it does not mean the faster metabolism iduced by stress is completely ignored, and not taken in account.

0 7017726 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

If that calorie count is what the website says, I wouldn't trust anything else it says either. A calorie burn like that reflects an active period. In fact, many less fit people cannot sustain such a level of calorie burn for even an hour.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

What could have happened .... fenix error?

I state that the time is awake and wrong ... because I got up at 6.00

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

What could have happened .... fenix error?

Not sure what you mean. I see a very strong peek of stress at the wake up time, that can very well add those 63 Calories (the resting 543 Calories are just the Resting Metabolic Rate). Seems credible to me.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

Exactly ... upon awakening the stress increased due to high heart rate ... but I did not do any activity to justify a calorie consumption of 63 calories.

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

but I did not do any activity to justify a calorie consumption of 63 calories.

Stress alone can consume that many Calories easily