Has anyone else tried wearing their Garmin Edge to bed?

[arkle]

It's quite good fun! Every night seems to follow the same pattern - a gradual slowing down (falling asleep), a period of calm (fallen asleep), then spikes (dreams?) alternating with a general downward shift before it starts to shift upwards prior to awakening. Not what I expected at all.



It's also great for finding your true resting HR. Normally mine is 55-65bpm when I'm awake, but at night it has dropped to 46!

arkle

[MarkG]

Oh... I had something else in mind when you said "Garmin / HR monitor / Bed "

[wizardhat]

I've often thought about setting an alarm for 12am so I could put it on and then see how many calories I burn in an average day.

[arkle]

Oh... I had something else in mind when you said "Garmin / HR monitor / Bed "

Heh heh yeah before anyone makes any funny comments about exactly what I was doing during the HR spikes I can assure you that I was lying fast asleep!

arkle

[vander]

I have worn mine to bed before and its not pretty I have big spikes all through the night. I have always been a bad sleeper but.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/119582594

That is my old sleep thing. Very average quality I think.

[CommuRider]

Garmin nerds

Had a weird dream today, I was stuck in the north of Canada and they were selling shoes made out of seal fur. Very soft. LOL, I wonder what the Garmin reading of that would have been.

[Nate]

Its the perfect way to see if you're getting sick!

2-3 days before getting the sniffles you'll see a jump in heart rate as your body starts to fight it - immune system kicks in & resting heart rate rises.

[arkle]

I have worn mine to bed before and its not pretty I have big spikes all through the night. I have always been a bad sleeper but.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/119582594

That is my old sleep thing. Very average quality I think.

You sleep longer than me It's reassuring to see that I'm not the only spiky one.

arkle

[Lizzy]

Well I'm so low tech as to be practically Amish but now I totally want one of those.

[Oxford]

done it too, apparently according to the GPS, I wandered all over the neighborhood.

resting HR according to it was low 40's, did have some spikes as well.

[grasshopper]

Just once. Settled quickly and hovered 49-51 most of the night. Still don't know how I hit 0.8 km/h and dropped 80m but had no vertical gain though.

[arkle]

Just once. Settled quickly and hovered 49-51 most of the night. Still don't know how I hit 0.8 km/h and dropped 80m but had no vertical gain though.

I turn the GPS off to save the battery. You lost height because the atmospheric pressure increased during the night. Rain on the way

arkle

[RobRollin]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

[HappyHumber]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

So are you lacking a HRM or a sex life to try yourself?

[alf]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

Not grasshopper apparently he had no vertical gain

Just once. Settled quickly and hovered 49-51 most of the night. Still don't know how I hit 0.8 km/h and dropped 80m but had no vertical gain though.

[RobM]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

How else are you supposed to figure out your Max HR?

[grasshopper]

Just once. Settled quickly and hovered 49-51 most of the night. Still don't know how I hit 0.8 km/h and dropped 80m but had no vertical gain though.

I turn the GPS off to save the battery. You lost height because the atmospheric pressure increased during the night. Rain on the way

Really? Must try it again.

[MarkG]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

I tried it once - then my wife came home and I got yelled at .. then the HR really went up...

[alf]

I tried it once - then my wife came home and I got yelled at .. then the HR really went up...

You needed a better story then.......

[heay]

When I was 16 years of age in high school (early 90's) I got the chance to sleep with a HRM. I was a top long distance runner in Australia and when they downloaded the data found that my resting HR was 27 BPM.....

[PawPaw]

Just remember, a lower HR isn't always better. The goal isn't zero.

[gorilla monsoon]

Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.

"Sexual relations". Is that the wife's family?

[Oxford]

Just remember, a lower HR isn't always better. The goal isn't zero.

everyone reaches zero eventually.

[arkle]

Just remember, a lower HR isn't always better. The goal isn't zero.

Wow that's awesome! We should do an experiment to see how our sleeping resting HR correlates with our 5 minute strava power.

arkle

[trailgumby]

@Oxford: I wear mine when I do spin clases to record HR. Somehow I manage to wander several kilometres while on a stationary bike. I didn't think my body english was that bad

Now you've all got me interested. Will wear mine while I sleep tonight.