Polar Heart Rate Sensor

zzz1302
zzz1302 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello!
Ive been having issues with the Polar App on my iPhone. The sensor connects to the phone perfectly, but not to the app, so I dont get to calculate calories of my strength workouts... Does anybody know another app that does it?

Im asking for a new app cause Ive tried everythiiiing to make it connect to the Polar Beat App unsuccessfully.

Thanks a lot!

-Z.

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,373 Member
    I don't use the app so I can't help in terms of it connecting, but if it is a bluetooth HRM strap it can connect to any of the apps like Endomondo, MapMyFitness, and others.

    Having said that, Heart Rate Monitors are useless for anything but steady state cardio calorie estimate. In other words, it will not give an accurate number of calories burned for weight lifting so don't use it for that.
  • SwindonJogger
    SwindonJogger Posts: 325 Member
    i have used digifit icardio app with the polar h7 belt.
  • MyFreakingNameIsScott
    MyFreakingNameIsScott Posts: 199 Member
    edited October 2016
    It won't calculate calories for lifting. If you aren't sure if it is connecting or not, simply select a cardio option like running or walking and you will see a circle above the activity indicator (for lack of a better phrase) and in that circle will be your heart rate. If you see the heart rate, everything is connected.

    The Beat app is awesome and the H7 is one of the more accurate HRM's out there. Within a beat of an EKG in testing. I use those two 4-5 times a week and I love it.

    P.S. It could also be a battery issue.
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