I seem to recall on R4 the other week a mention that smart watches/fitness trackers aren't very accurate regarding heart rates.
Minnie the Moocher did actually have the heart of a whale, while Richard Hammond may have the heart of a hamster.Some have the heart of a hamster, whilst others have the heart of a blue whale.
Make sure that you are relaxed, and breathe deeply...On the other hand apparently my blood pressure is a tad on the high side . Not been checked by doc though , just the monitor we have at home .
I've been using HRMs for 30 years or so now. Always use a hrm chest band for cycling but the watch seems accurate for running and every day use. Does depend on a few things though. Skin colour and hair and tattoos can block it.
For the sake of completeness I hammered myself last night up a slight grad / into a stiff headwind to achieve a reading of 95% max HR, which I think works out to about 185bpm.
I think this should be fairly accurate as I don't think I could have gone any harder and was ruined afterwards.. will reset the max on my device accordingly![]()
I do, it was 6/4/2009, when I was 220-170 years old.I don’t remember the last time I topped 170!
185 @ 95%?! I don’t remember the last time I topped 170!
it was an episode of Sliced Bread on R4 which I slightly misquoted; of the five watches they tried, two (one cheap, one expensive) were giving resting heart rate figures around double what they should be (compared to the 'approved' chest band he also wore) whilst the other three were all accurate enough.