Kcal Count at level 8

[rick6003]

The watch has continuously bumped me up on the levels, at level 8 30 minutes of stretching netted 0 cals. 19 min of exercise at 130 ave hr and a peak of 174hr netted 35 cals. I reset the level to 6 and the watch seemed to work at what I call normal results. Questions I have are:

What determines levels? time, a formula, or a wild guess.
How do I know that the watch is working as designed?


I do really like the watch, just lost some confidence in it. would like trust it again.

Rick

[Eddie Fletcher]

rick6003

The main criteria is MET value coupled with the duration and intensity - it's likely that if you are bumped up to Activity class 8 the METs have automatically increased as have the 'allowable' duration and intensity to get TE.

See my running guide for how to personlise your settings available here:

Fletcher Sport Science

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