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heartbeats - whats too fast?

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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    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
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
    Oh my. Things have taken a turn in here.
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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    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
    mrslcoop Posts: 317 Member
    Oh my. Things have taken a turn in here.
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    My thoughts exactly....
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