Fenix 3 hr calculates my BMR way too high. it does not change even if i change my activity class. I have changed it to zero last night hoping that my BMR will drop something around 1650 but it is still 1980. I don't want to change my age or something to alter it. when it is 19:31 PM my resting cal is already 1612. Does anyone knows how it estimates the resting cal. I am male,39, 175 cm, 75 kg. When I use a BMR calculator it calculates as 1654 cal/day but my watch says it is 1980. (my activity class is set to zero!!!) How is it calculating that 1980 number ? thanks in advance. :)
Fenix 3 hr calculates my BMR way too high. it does not change even if i change my activity class. I have changed it to zero last night hoping that my BMR will drop something around 1650 but it is still 1980. I don't want to change my age or something to alter it. when it is 19:31 PM my resting cal is already 1612. Does anyone knows how it estimates the resting cal. I am male,39, 175 cm, 75 kg. When I use a BMR calculator it calculates as 1654 cal/day but my watch says it is 1980. (my activity class is set to zero!!!) How is it calculating that 1980 number ? thanks in advance. :)
Garmin typically calculates base BMR using the St Jeor formula. Then multiplies by 1.2 to match a "sedendary" activity multiplier.
So any activity you track/record ontop of that is over and above a typical sedentary person.
1654*1.2 is very close to 1980 so think its working as designed for you.
Garmin typically calculates base BMR using the St Jeor formula. Then multiplies by 1.2 to match a "sedendary" activity multiplier.
So any activity you track/record ontop of that is over and above a typical sedentary person.
1654*1.2 is very close to 1980 so think its working as designed for you.
I got confused on 3rd of april (I think there was a problem in connect iq that day). april 3, 9355 steps 6,54 km and 952 calories. april 6, 9622 steps 6,98 km and 634 calories. On april 3 it did something wrong i think. I ended up with 3316 calories with a short workout. With my polar v 800 this would be a record for me :)
I was expecting to get my resting calories to be 1654 if I set my activity class to zero (i am new to connect iq and this setting) Plus the calories of the activity of the day plus my workout is equal to the total calories of the day. BUT as i can understand even if the setting is zero it calculates BMR*1.2. Wright? That 1.2 is already assuming my daily activity calories. Is it correct this way? So I should multiply my daily activities (from steps) by 0,8 + workout to calculate my total daily calories. Am I missing something? :)
I got confused on 3rd of april (I think there was a problem in connect iq that day). april 3, 9355 steps 6,54 km and 952 calories. april 6, 9622 steps 6,98 km and 634 calories. On april 3 it did something wrong i think. I ended up with 3316 calories with a short workout. With my polar v 800 this would be a record for me :)
I was expecting to get my resting calories to be 1654 if I set my activity class to zero (i am new to connect iq and this setting) Plus the calories of the activity of the day plus my workout is equal to the total calories of the day. BUT as i can understand even if the setting is zero it calculates BMR*1.2. Wright? That 1.2 is already assuming my daily activity calories. Is it correct this way? So I should multiply my daily activities (from steps) by 0,8 + workout to calculate my total daily calories. Am I missing something? :)
activity class has nothing to do with resting calories.
any steps and recorded activities are over and above your BMR*1.2. That is working as designed. You don't need to calculate anything by .8 etc.
Look up definition of BMR and St Jeor formula. the 1.2 assumes you do little to no exercise. so any steps/recorded activities then add to your daily burn above that.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple calculation using a person’s height and weight. The formula is BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person’s weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared.
