Heart rate is useful, but again, not so much But this is not reflected in the app's calories measurement. Really, I have the same problem with most of my training - when you become advanced at jogging, walking, whatever, the intensity decreases - and you need to increase it. But myfitnesspal always shows me 700 per hour! Wow! I should be losing weight like mad -) Actu

I guess that in an hour of ashtanga yoga, I might burn 400 calories max. In fact, using CO2 effectively will reduce your heart rate, and you will burn fewer calories.Īt this point, for me, the myfitnesspal is worthless in terms of calorie counting. They sweat like pigs and probably DO burn 700 calories in an hour! But once you get past the beginner stage in yoga, and you get some breath training, the object is to NOT sweat like a pig. Most people fail at yoga, really, because they hyperventilate. See, I want to actually see the improvement in my calorie burning, or lack thereof.

With all the technology at our disposal, the number of calories burned is simply a 'canned' number - someone's idea of what the average person burns doing 'this brand' of exercise, for this amount of time.

The most disappointing thing about every fitness app I've ever seen is that they don't actually measure the calories burned.

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