Polar M430 Review – A Detailed Look Polar have delivered a nice upgrade for runners and in this Polar M430 Review we will look at their market-leading optical heart rate sensor and fantastic platform for your sports data. It’s pretty enough for a running watch. It feels good on the wrist. It comes…
Some exciting news today from Polar concerning one aspect of their future in the wareables/sport/activity market in an interview with Polar UK MD Malcolm Douglas (partial transcript below). As many of us thought, Polar were rightly waiting to get the technology right before releasing their technology to us being super sensitive about the accuracy of…
MIO first came to more widespread prominence with their MIO Link optical wrist band. The Link is a great product for what it is intended; some people, however, also ‘needed’ a watch-like display and increased functionality. So the RECENT incarnation of the MIO Alpha, the MIO Alpha 2, came into being. Why am I reviewing an…
Actually some slightly old news shared here from adidas. I’ve been looking at optical HRMs and related devices recently as they seem to be shaking up the sports watches activity tracking (wearables) markets quite a bit. Generally it’s obvious that nearly everyone would prefer them IF they were sufficiently accurate. Coupled with that is the…
The Epson Pulsense PS-500 is a wrist worn activity tracker. It’s builds upon Epson’s own optical heart rate (HR) technology and their pedigree of watch-making through their ownership of Seiko. The genre of products that use wrist-worn optical technology mark the lead of the third wave of wrist-wearable activity tracking; moving on significantly from the…
I’ve tested a few sports heart rate monitors (HRM) recently and used many over the years. Here’s a quick post to say which I think is the best. Firstly I’ve only looked at these from the point of view of sports-usage, rather than medical accuracy & usage. You’ll find a lot of Polar HRMs used…
I’ll be having a look at the latest TICKR heart rate product soon. A very interesting product with smart bits inside. Similar, but probably better, than Garmin’s HRM-RUN. PRESS RELEASE INFO TICKR X records up to 16 hours of heart rate, calorie burn, and elapsed time, as well as capturing indoor cycling cadence (London –…
Press release: Polar, the leading pioneer of heart rate monitoring and wearable sports devices has your Christmas gifts covered. This year, give the gift of energy: resolutions are easy to keep with the FT7 and Polar Loop, perfectly complemented by the H7 heart rate sensor.
I make no secret of my love of wrist based heart rate monitoring. I’ve just posted a quick mini review of the TomTom Cardio watch for runners. It’s a very straightforward but very good running watch. Accurate with all the bits you need built in. At just over <£200 here > it is not cheap…
I’ve just written a brief review of my experience with the BioForceHRV android app. I think it was an interesting experience. What do you think? Basically HRV analysis is simple to do and the benefit is that it might stop you from training TOO MUCH. Related articles the5krunner fraud? Garmin 910XT firmware upgrade from 2.70…
I’ve just written a brief review of my experience with the BioForceHRV android app. I think it was an interesting experience. What do you think? Basically HRV analysis is simple to do and the benefit is that it might stop you from training TOO MUCH. Related articles the5krunner fraud? Garmin 910XT firmware upgrade from 2.70…
The PulseOn (Beta) unit arrived today. Here it is in the photo – nice! It’s a minimal box, not as large as others. The most obvious reason being is that the heart rate functionality is built into the watch and so a bulky HR strap is not needed! The watch (beta) is VERY well made.…
Source: mioglobal To eliminate the need for a chest strap MIO use optical sensing (if you are techy – photoplesmographic technology). In optical sensing, a light is shone onto the skin, allowing the measurement of blood flow through the capillaries and the determination of heart rate. The technology has existed for some years – the…
And what should I do today? If you are following a plan the best advice is to stick to it. Sometimes you might be a little more or less able to do what the plan says (or what you thought you were going to do if you have no plan) But how do you KNOW what…
And what should I do today? If you are following a plan the best advice is to stick to it. Sometimes you might be a little more or less able to do what the plan says (or what you thought you were going to do if you have no plan) But how do you KNOW what…
Does what it says on the tin.
Does what it says on the tin.
Definitive look at this perennially annoying subject of heart rate spikes and dropouts with Garmin straps.
We triathletes all know that our optimal cadence is 90-95 right? Or so the literature tells us. Here’s an interesting test to do. You will need a turbo trainer and be able to record either speed or power as well as cadence and HR. We won’t be changing the resistance on the turbo so speed will be…
Solutions to Garmin heart rate spikes & dropouts
