Has anyone else tried wearing their Garmin Edge to bed?
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Has anyone else tried wearing their Garmin Edge to bed?
Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:55 am
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!
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Postby wizardhat » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:14 am
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Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:18 am
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!MarkG wrote:Oh... I had something else in mind when you said "Garmin / HR monitor / Bed "
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Postby vander » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:45 am
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/119582594
That is my old sleep thing. Very average quality I think.
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Postby CommuRider » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:52 am
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.
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Postby Nate » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:59 am
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.
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Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:07 pm
You sleep longer than me It's reassuring to see that I'm not the only spiky one.vander wrote: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.
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Postby Lizzy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:11 pm
Well I'm so low tech as to be practically Amish but now I totally want one of those.
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Postby grasshopper » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:16 pm
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Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:24 pm
I turn the GPS off to save the battery. You lost height because the atmospheric pressure increased during the night. Rain on the waygrasshopper wrote: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.
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Postby RobRollin » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:50 pm
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Postby HappyHumber » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:03 pm
So are you lacking a HRM or a sex life to try yourself?RobRollin wrote:Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Postby alf » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:03 pm
Not grasshopper apparently he had no vertical gainRobRollin wrote:Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.
grasshopper wrote: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.
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Postby RobM » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:18 pm
How else are you supposed to figure out your Max HR?RobRollin wrote:Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.
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Postby grasshopper » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:38 pm
Really? Must try it again.arkle wrote:I turn the GPS off to save the battery. You lost height because the atmospheric pressure increased during the night. Rain on the waygrasshopper wrote: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.
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Postby MarkG » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:52 pm
I tried it once - then my wife came home and I got yelled at .. then the HR really went up...RobRollin wrote:Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.
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Postby alf » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:31 pm
You needed a better story then.......MarkG wrote:
I tried it once - then my wife came home and I got yelled at .. then the HR really went up...
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Postby gorilla monsoon » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:48 pm
"Sexual relations". Is that the wife's family?RobRollin wrote:Okay...who has tried wearing their heart rate monitors whilst having sexual relations? I've got a genuine interest in hear rate results.
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Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:38 pm
Wow that's awesome! We should do an experiment to see how our sleeping resting HR correlates with our 5 minute strava power.PawPaw wrote:Just remember, a lower HR isn't always better. The goal isn't zero.
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Postby trailgumby » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:23 pm
Now you've all got me interested. Will wear mine while I sleep tonight.
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Postby arkle » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:38 pm
Just turn the GPS off while you're sleeping (or doing spin class). It saves the battery, and it always defaults to on when you cycle the power. It's a new competition - who has the lowest sleeping HR? Proof required.trailgumby wrote:@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.
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Postby PawPaw » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:23 pm
Ark, not necessarily. I'm 52 and have a bit of medical history. and recently found out my thyroid gland is giving up the ghost, and had to go on medication for it.arkle wrote:PawPaw wrote: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.
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A clapped out thyroid can in itself lower heart rate, which may explain my HR in that chart dipping into the 30s (chart from september last year)
There's a lot of medical conditions that can lower heart rate, and very intense exercise can hurt the heart.
So never take anything on face value.
Nevertheless, I had a RHR around 50 when i was in my late teens and 20s, and placed in national rowing titles at the time.
But enough shlt happens in life to not go and intentionally wreak havoc on your body by poor lifestyle choices.
So, if whoever reads this is interested in improving health and sports performance, look after your diet, sleep, exercise, relationships, and stress levels.
It is never anyone else's responsibility, and medicine is always a very very second best.
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