Heart rate widgets - how it works?

Former Member over 8 years ago

There is a widget showing hear rate for lat 4 hours. It works well. I can see the data from my wrist. If you push "start" button then another screen appears which shows (should show) something called AVG.RHR for lat 7 days. On my watch is blank. Should I do something special to have this data?

Any advise?

BR,
Wojciech

0 tmk2 over 8 years ago

Does the HR widget (the first screen) show your current resting HR?
I'm not sure about this, but maybe the watch needs to accumulate daily resting HR for at least 7 consecutive days in order to calculate average 7-day resting HR, so - just for example - if the device is new and hasn't been used for 7 days so far, then it might show blank average resting HR until you reach 7 days.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

sandwell

Yes, it shows

I don't think seven consecutive days is the case. The average for each day and it shows 7 last days.

I understand that this widget shows Resting Heart Rate so perhaps I should wear the watch during the night?

W

0 tmk2 over 8 years ago

I don't think seven consecutive days is the case. The average for each day and it shows 7 last days.

The graph shows values for last 7 days, but the Avg. RHR is calculated as an average from those 7 values. Of that I am quite sure.

I understand that this widget shows Resting Heart Rate so perhaps I should wear the watch during the night?

If you want this value to be reliable, then you probably should, although if you still get the daily RHR - even if it does not represent your true RHR - then the average should be calculated, but - again - probably on the condition that the RHR has been recorded for the last 7 days.