Does HRM send signals to the cardio machine at gym?

dannylives3
dannylives3 Posts: 70 Member
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
I started taking my Heart rate monitor to the gym and am wondering if it might somehow send my heart rate signal to whatever piece of cardio equipment I might be on at the time. Does anyone know?

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  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    some of the newer machines can sync with an HRM. ask an employee.
  • Jessica2Skinny
    Jessica2Skinny Posts: 118 Member
    mashed potatoes?
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Most of them, if capable, will connect automatically. Wear it...hop on and if it registers...the answer is yes.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I think so...

    mine matches the ones at the gym without it even taking my HR.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Most gym machines are "Polar compatible." I have a Sigma Shape HRM and it will signal to the machines at the gym, but my husband's Timex doesn't.
  • bethvandenberg
    bethvandenberg Posts: 1,496 Member
    mine does with the machines at our gym and if someone else is wearing one close to me then it can screw with it.
  • JaysBlondeBrownie
    JaysBlondeBrownie Posts: 64 Member
    I have a Polar Ft7 and it does indeed sync with most of the machines at my gym.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Yes, most machines today do link with most HRM's today.
  • millerch88
    millerch88 Posts: 56 Member
    Mine syncs with the machines as well. But I find the machines can't keep up with it sometimes. My watch will say 170, but the treadmill will only be registering 150 or so. So accuracy may be an issue.

    Plus I feel the machines at the gym are inaccurate when it comes to calories burned, so I just stick with what my watch says.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    mine does with the machines at our gym and if someone else is wearing one close to me then it can screw with it.

    Yes, we do have trouble with this at my gym in the spin class -- the bikes are too close together, so if someone is near you, what reads on the bike may or may not be your true HR!
  • sunshinesher01
    sunshinesher01 Posts: 82 Member
    What does this mean? When you guys say the HR monitor "syncs" with the machine... What exactly does it do? I just bought a polar FT7 yesterday... I used it at the gym yesterday too but I don't know what you are talking about. lol Help a newbie out.... Please :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    What does this mean? When you guys say the HR monitor "syncs" with the machine... What exactly does it do? I just bought a polar FT7 yesterday... I used it at the gym yesterday too but I don't know what you are talking about. lol Help a newbie out.... Please :)

    Hey hun,
    what we mean is that when you use a machine the same heart rate will come up on the machine that is displayed on your watch. Hope this helps :) xo
  • dannylives3
    dannylives3 Posts: 70 Member
    What does this mean? When you guys say the HR monitor "syncs" with the machine... What exactly does it do? I just bought a polar FT7 yesterday... I used it at the gym yesterday too but I don't know what you are talking about. lol Help a newbie out.... Please :)

    The last 2 times Iv'e been on the recumbent bike, my heart rate reads basically the same on my Polar watch as well as the actual machine. It might be a beat off every so often but they're both virtually giving me the same reading throughout the workout. This made me wonder if my HRM (Polar FT7) was sending my heart rate information to the bike I was riding.
  • sunshinesher01
    sunshinesher01 Posts: 82 Member
    What does this mean? When you guys say the HR monitor "syncs" with the machine... What exactly does it do? I just bought a polar FT7 yesterday... I used it at the gym yesterday too but I don't know what you are talking about. lol Help a newbie out.... Please :)

    The last 2 times Iv'e been on the recumbent bike, my heart rate reads basically the same on my Polar watch as well as the actual machine. It might be a beat off every so often but they're both virtually giving me the same reading throughout the workout. This made me wonder if my HRM (Polar FT7) was sending my heart rate information to the bike I was riding.

    So... I am still confused. Cuz if you hold the sensors on the machine, it finds your heart rate... and the heart rate monitor finds your heart rate....So they shoud be the same right? What makes you think they sync together?I am sorry for the dumb questions, I am just confused.
  • laurensohn22
    laurensohn22 Posts: 163 Member
    I'm getting a polar ft4 and will mine register with the machine to?
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Some do, life fitness equipment reads polar and garmin.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    The treadmills at my gym connect automatically and anytime someone walks by, it picks theirs up
  • dannylives3
    dannylives3 Posts: 70 Member
    What does this mean? When you guys say the HR monitor "syncs" with the machine... What exactly does it do? I just bought a polar FT7 yesterday... I used it at the gym yesterday too but I don't know what you are talking about. lol Help a newbie out.... Please :)

    The last 2 times Iv'e been on the recumbent bike, my heart rate reads basically the same on my Polar watch as well as the actual machine. It might be a beat off every so often but they're both virtually giving me the same reading throughout the workout. This made me wonder if my HRM (Polar FT7) was sending my heart rate information to the bike I was riding.

    So... I am still confused. Cuz if you hold the sensors on the machine, it finds your heart rate... and the heart rate monitor finds your heart rate....So they shoud be the same right? What makes you think they sync together?I am sorry for the dumb questions, I am just confused.

    The strap that you're wearing sends a signal out to your watch. I suppose it sends the signal out farther than your arm and into the machine, which in turn is totally taken over by your Polar FT7 heart rate monitor and almost becomes hypnotized or possessed to only read your Polar FT7 signal. If I didnt take the HRM with me and wear it, the machine would not get possessed or hypnotized, and give me a completely different reading and probably a far LESS ACCURATE reading.
  • dannylives3
    dannylives3 Posts: 70 Member
    I'm getting a polar ft4 and will mine register with the machine to?

    After reading some of the responses here, I say that it probably will.
  • dannylives3
    dannylives3 Posts: 70 Member
    Glad I went with Polar, then.
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