Sport app for bluetooth hr sensor / not distance but time

yirara
yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Basically I want to determine my night min HR again and am looking for an app that I can run all night paired with my bluetooth hr sensor. All running apps record hr against distance, which of course doesn't work when you lay in bed. Any free app suggestions that record HR against time and run all night?

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  • brianpperkins131
    brianpperkins131 Posts: 90 Member
    Running apps record both distance and time so they would work, you'd just have no distance (especially if recorded as an indoor run with GPS disabled). The Map My Fitness family of apps has recovery as an activity option. Some HR straps record internally then transfer data to an app afterwards.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    My running app doesn't work for this unfortunately. Yes, there's a recovery option, but only for a few minutes, not hours. That's why I ask. My sensor also doesn't have a memory function. I'll have a look at the Map My apps. I'd normally not use them for running, but if they work for this then that's fine. Thanks.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Run keeper will run however long you want it to. Just switch it to a timer setting (rather than gps). I do this to record time for all my indoor workouts (with linked BT HRM). I don’t see why this wouldn’t work for what you want to do.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Don't most of these apps have a treadmill mode?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    Duck_Puddle wrote: »
    Run keeper will run however long you want it to. Just switch it to a timer setting (rather than gps). I do this to record time for all my indoor workouts (with linked BT HRM). I don’t see why this wouldn’t work for what you want to do.

    Cool, I will try runkeeper again. Have not used it in ages as the gps and digital elevation map they used in post processing was rubbish. But that's not an issue here.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Don't most of these apps have a treadmill mode?

    Well, some of them actually use the step counter and step length to still correlate hr to distance, like the one I use for running.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,574 Member
    I think you could do this with the free Wahoo Fitness app. I should pair with any Bluetooth/ANT HR monitor. I've never seen a limit on how long it can record. (And, it will be plugged in.)

    But, I point out that any Garmin Watch or Fitbit with HR does this automatically every night. Plus, it gives you your max and resting HR every day, which is useful to monitor overall training.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    I think you could do this with the free Wahoo Fitness app. I should pair with any Bluetooth/ANT HR monitor. I've never seen a limit on how long it can record. (And, it will be plugged in.)

    But, I point out that any Garmin Watch or Fitbit with HR does this automatically every night. Plus, it gives you your max and resting HR every day, which is useful to monitor overall training.

    Well, there's a reason why I don't do that: Fitbit does smooth and average the HR data outside of workouts, and their minHR is not the minHR but some kind of running average that never gets anywhere near the actual minHR.
  • brianpperkins131
    brianpperkins131 Posts: 90 Member
    Let's start with the basics. What apps and devices do you currently have to use in your endeavor?
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,574 Member
    @yirara : The strap is definitely more accurate (I have one). But, the watch is more comfortable and convenient. A nice feature is that the Garmin watches will automatically connect to a paired HR strap when you decide to wear it. (Sometimes, I'll wear the strap while I ride the indoor bike so that I can take the watch off and put it on the handlebars.)

    If you look at a HR trend at night, you can sometimes learn something. If you have a big day, for example, you can see your HR slowly decline as you sleep. The one below shows that I didn't get into that state and it remained at my typical min.

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    Ah, I found what I need! Wahoo Runfit does what I need, and allows export in convenient .csv file without having to make an account. Perfect. Data nerdery here I come :D
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    Thanks guys :)
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    Ah, I found what I need! Wahoo Runfit does what I need, and allows export in convenient .csv file without having to make an account. Perfect. Data nerdery here I come :D

    Golden Cheetah is a free, open source desktop app that won't do anything with your min and max HR, but can do some neat things with your workout HR. There's a big learning curve because it's nerdery on steroids.

    You probably know about it already but if not, everybody who likes to geek out on their data needs to play with GC.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Thank you for reminder about GC.
    Got years ago, and SportTracks did everything I wanted, so I didn't delve in to it.
    But now that ST has gone subscription model online only, nope. I keep using the program while I can refusing updates in case they remove more things.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,401 Member
    Cool! Thanks a lot. No, I didn't know it <3
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