Heart Rate Monitors

Jon123456

Jon123456

Jon123456

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I play ping pong and want to get myself a heart monitor to work out calorie burn etc. I understand you have a watch that is wirelessly connected to a chest strap.

Do these chest straps stay in place or do they slip? I am wondering because when you play ping pong at a good level, you are leaping around all over the place!

Thanks,

Jon
 
The straps are adjustable so should stay in place, but heart rate isn't a particularly accurate way of measuring calories anyway. Not sure how it would work in ping pong as its generally paired with speed/pace in running/swimming/cycling etc.
 
Jon123456 said:
Do these chest straps stay in place or do they slip? I am wondering because when you play ping pong at a good level, you are leaping around all over the place!
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I have a garmin HR strap which connects to my bike computer. I'v used it for MTB races which can be pretty rough and shake you around quite a bit. The strap has never slipped or moved at all.
 
Jon123456 said:
I play ping pong and want to get myself a heart monitor to work out calorie burn etc.
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When it comes to calculating calorie burn, uou may as well just make up a number.

If you want to do heart rate based training, then buy a heart rate monitor. If you don't, then don't bother.
 
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/11/how-calorie-measurement-works-on-garmin.html
How calorie measurement works on Garmin fitness devices
They measure calories based upon your heart rate, age, weight, gender etc.
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yea distance/speed doesn't come into it unless you aren't using a strap or use a device that isn't capable of calorie calculation based on the gap between heart beats.

the HR ones get more accurate over time as they learn you so at first likely exaggerate a lot
 
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Jon123456 said:
How inaccurate are they? What percentage?
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tells you on the website I linked all of them are different.
first beat have a white paper showing how they calculate it and they calibrated it with athletes.

first beat gen 2 is supposed to be accurate to within 10%

but they learn your fitness and improve accuracy over time so it is likely well outside of 10% for at least a month
 
arknor said:
tells you on the website I linked all of them are different.
first beat have a white paper showing how they calculate it and they calibrated it with athletes.

first beat gen 2 is supposed to be accurate to within 10%

but they learn your fitness and improve accuracy over time so it is likely well outside of 10% for at least a month
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One issue I would have with using first beat is how is Garmin setting the various parameters? if the input parameters aren't accurate, then that 10% figure could be blown miles out - e.g. if your estimated HRmax > 10% outside of actual
 
oli collett said:
One issue I would have with using first beat is how is Garmin setting the various parameters? if the input parameters aren't accurate, then that 10% figure could be blown miles out - e.g. if your estimated HRmax > 10% outside of actual
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of course they are only as accurate as the data you give them for your profile

you can find your max heart rate your self
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/general/heart-rate-training-find-your-maximum-heart-rate/181.html

you are supposed to measure you resting heartbeat as soon as you wake up so I guess you would have to sleep with the strap on or something..

anyway supposed to be as accurate as you can get without lab tests

anyway I don't think I would bother getting one for pingpong tbh most people buy garmins etc for all the other data they log
 
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I wouldn't run without my HR monitor, it's good to know how hard you are working and train to HR, I've worn mine for marathons and you don't even notice it, I probably wouldn't bother for ping pong lol
 
MrMoonX said:
I wouldn't run without my HR monitor, it's good to know how hard you are working and train to HR, I've worn mine for marathons and you don't even notice it, I probably wouldn't bother for ping pong lol
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yea mine feels tight when I first put it on but when I come back from a ride sometimes I forget it's on until I'm about to step into the shower so it's not like they are uncomfortable or anything

TBH without my garmin/strava I doubt I would be anywhere near as motivated as I am when it comes to exercise
 
Jon123456 said:
Why does your gamin motivate you? What is the reason?
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well my garmin is a cycle computer
that log's all kinds of stuff like this
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/372110611
it allows me to track my progress and visualize my improvements over time.

and then there's the competitive nature when you upload the gpx files the garmin creates to strava.
you can create segments from your gps trail on a map like I can ride down a road.
create a segment for that road on strava which creates a leader board if someone hasn't made one already and I can see how fast I am compared to other people etc and try to improve my times which encourages me to go faster.

obviously for pingpong you don't get all this stuff so there's no real reason to buy a garmin for it

you can also make clubs on strava to compete with people for the most miles a week etc like we have the ocuk club on there
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which encourages me to get out more and try to get the miles in

although this week I've been lazy :|
 
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