Pulse oximeter
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amandaeve
Posts: 723 Member
I've just been gifted a pulse Oximeter. Is there any way I can use this as a fitness tool? I'm not sure what the data can do outside of medical conditions.
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Unless you have a medical reason to monitor your blood oxygen, ... I dunno, maybe it might be useful for high altitude mountain climbers, or elite athletes training for or at altitudes? If you're just an average Joe, it seems like what we call majoring in the minors around here.1
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Seems a strange gift to me - as cant see the purpose for home use, unless one has a medical condition that needs monitoring perhaps - but that would be people with sever COPD on home oxygen or similar scenarios.
Average Joe Public doesn't need to know their O2 saturation in normal life.0 -
Most also monitor heart rate. If that is useful to you.0
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A healthy person will maintain a high O2 saturation, even at max exercise. It is not a parameter you can train, and it doesn’t require monitoring.3
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Sounds like it's not a thing for me to keep. I wonder if I know someone who could benefit from it. I'll be on the look out.1
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