Although the Ergatta tracked all my workouts, I was excited to compare the results to those when using the workout app on my Apple Watch. I was happy to see that my heart rate was pretty similar to my runs. For many of my rowing workouts when I really pushed my pace, my heart rate was much higher. It felt good to work this intensely!
And although I don't care about how many calories I burn during my workouts, it was interesting to see that for this workout, the Ergatta said I burned 467 calories, and the Apple Watch indicated that I burned 266 active calories and 349 total calories — very different results.
The Apple Watch was probably more accurate because it was tracking my heart rate. There is an option to track your heart rate through Ergatta by pairing a heart-rate monitor via Bluetooth, which would yield more accurate calorie results, but I didn't have one to pair.
