Photography as Fitness Activity (workout)

• Heart rate, calorie, & distant monitoring of a wedding photographer at work
• Wedding photography can be an intense workout.

VenturaPhoto.com is the first (& only) photographer to monitor physical activities of a
wedding photographer on the job - Just for fun

I used to be obsessed about physical fitness.  I used to bench-press 225lb 10 years ago.  I still workout but I'm not that obsessed anymore.  (I am 158lb, 5'7")

For last several years, my ongoing question was "How much exercise do I get from a wedding photography gig?"  So I decided to make this my new project.

In order to do this, I had to upgrade my heart rate monitor.  The heart rate monitor I had was too old (and not fun).  I purchased a very sophisticated heart rate monitor that will transfer data to my computer.  With this, I will have a comprehensive understanding.

Heart rate monitors: Old and New

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Heart Rate Monitoring - 8 Hours At Work

First, I wanted to know what my 9 to 5 workday was like.  So I wore my new heart rate monitor to work one day.  Below is my normal workday - I burnt 637 Calories.

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Heart Rate Monitoring - 6 Hours at Wedding

I had my first opportunity to test my heart rate monitor at a real wedding.  I turned on my heart rate monitor when I arrived at the wedding site .  Then I turned it off when my job was done.  I worked 6 hours and 19 minutes total.  I burned 2754 Calories

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Measuring physical activities at the wedding only takes a few seconds.  I find it entertaining to monitor my physical activity at the wedding.  I believe I am the only person in the world providing this kind of data. It's just fun.