heartbeats - whats too fast?

jacksonpt

Get a proper hrm and then check your heart rate. Gym equipment cant be as accurate, it used to give me silly readings. But my Garmin is amazing. I feel better now that i i know my average hr is about 165 on a long run where I'm pushing myself a lot. But i also know it might get as high as 187/190 too.

How do you know that your garmin is more accurate?

It’s not that hard to check the accuracy. A finger to your neck for 15 seconds times 4 will tell you how close the HRM is…. That was the first thing I did to know I could rely on my HRM.

So gym machines mis-count actual HR, or cals burned while exercising?

I didn't say that. Someone else did. All I said was it's not hard to verify that your HRM is accurate when you asked the question. I don’t use “machines” so someone else will have to speak to their accuracy.

Got it, sorry... got lost in the quotes.

Pangea250

Oh my. Things have taken a turn in here.

tigersword

I always find it amusing when I let go of the sensors on a treadmill and it continues to "track" my heart rate anyway. Heart rate goes up when I increase speed (and yells at me for holding on while running, I must have ghost hands or something,) and goes down if I slow the pace down.

Hilarious glitch.

mrslcoop

Oh my. Things have taken a turn in here.

My thoughts exactly....