Do you think 24x7 heart rate monitoring is useful?
05-26-18, 10:56 PM
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I've had a FitBit for a couple of years. I use the 24 hour HR tracking as a way to gauge how many calories I am burning that day and therefore how many calories I should eat. It's far from exact - I don't calculate the calories in of everything I eat and the tracking on my wrist isn't exact anyway - but it helps me a lot especially when I'm planning my evening meal.
Edit to post about accuracy of the wrist FitBit since it was mentioned earlier in this thread: I just finished a ride this morning. My FitBit shows I burned 2,124 calories, my Wahoo Bolt chest strap shoes I burned 2,219. The two are typically pretty close.
Edit to post about accuracy of the wrist FitBit since it was mentioned earlier in this thread: I just finished a ride this morning. My FitBit shows I burned 2,124 calories, my Wahoo Bolt chest strap shoes I burned 2,219. The two are typically pretty close.
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In the ICU, yes. Otherwise, I'm sure there are various corporate and gov't entities who would find it useful.
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05-27-18, 12:11 AM
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I just find data to always be useful. I use a FitBit blaze 24/7 and its useful to build a history of heart rate. My resting heart rate is still falling gently from 60 to 55 as I exercise more and I find it useful to know. Certainly not essential, but helpful.
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05-27-18, 02:07 PM
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I use a Mio Fuse heart rate monitor/watch to track heart rate while riding (it will sync to the bike computer and bike trainer via ANT+ where fitbits will not sync to the bike computer or trainer due to their only broadcasting in Bluetooth). I used to track my heart rate at night with it, but now just track my heart rate during the day. The app I use with it is from MIO global where the idea is to get 100 fitness points per week.
My wife uses a Mio Slice (I would too, but the wristband is too small for me even on the largest model), and it will track her heart rate 24/7 and has to be recharged every couple days vs. having to charge mine every day.
I am looking at a Garmin model for later on as it tracks VMO2 as well as heart rate.
My wife uses a Mio Slice (I would too, but the wristband is too small for me even on the largest model), and it will track her heart rate 24/7 and has to be recharged every couple days vs. having to charge mine every day.
I am looking at a Garmin model for later on as it tracks VMO2 as well as heart rate.
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My Garmin does this too. It'll say I had 47 bpm in the early morning, but give me a HRH of 51. I saw something on their site about it's the lowest 5 minute (?) average HR, or something like that, not just the lowest value it saw. I don't really agree that that's how it's supposed to be measured, but I think that's what it's doing, or something like it. Whatever formula it's using, at least it seems consistent in how it's applied.
05-30-18, 05:31 AM
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I do listen to Barracuda when on the trainer. But 24/7...nah.
05-30-18, 05:26 PM
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From what I can tell, these gizmos mainly serve to help inactive and moderately active people feel more active than they are. When my GF upgraded her Charge HR to an Ionic, I tried the Charge HR just to see what it was like.
The data is mildly interesting from a curiosity point of view if you want to see what you did in hindsight. But I wouldn't use it as a training or health monitoring tool. I keep seeing people flip out because the HR data spikes or plummets -- but they don't verify the numbers are good with a manual pulse check.
The data is mildly interesting from a curiosity point of view if you want to see what you did in hindsight. But I wouldn't use it as a training or health monitoring tool. I keep seeing people flip out because the HR data spikes or plummets -- but they don't verify the numbers are good with a manual pulse check.
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