Heart rate alarm without activity? Deep HR-analysis?

Former Member over 7 years ago

I was wondering if it would be possible to set a heart rate alarm when not in an activity? For example: if heart rate goes over xyz = vibrate. This would be useful in monitoring your behavior (HR) in non activity type situations.

My second questions is: Is there an app that could actually monitor your hear rate changes according to some chart? By this I mean: would it be possible to detect abnormalities in your HR with some kind of an app?

0 mcalista over 7 years ago

I think you will find that Garmin steers well clear of these types of apps, as the don't want all the regulation that goes with being a "medical device" rather than just a sports and fitness device.

0 Teekman over 7 years ago

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I'm starting to wonder if Garmin are missing a trick here.

The Apple watch has been gaining ground and improving the use of its HRM with alerts for heart conditions and other aliments. So I'm wondering what Garmin is doing with all the collated heart rate and pulse data they are collecting, and why they can't use it for health as well as for fitness particularly as the data points collect all the necessary heart rate trends for an individual already.

A medical alert system would be great if this was added to the watch because it could be useful to everyone using a GARMIN with a HRM, I'm not really looking to move to an Apple Watch but this kind of innovation is making the move more and more compelling.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

I picked up a Forerunner 35. It has optical heart rate monitoring and can be paired with the chest strap sensor as an option. Pretty good, so far. It also has a high heart rate vibrate alarm feature too. Except. Except, it seems the lowest BPM you can set is 120 BPM. There are many who would love to be able to know if their resting heart rate departs from normal (let's say 75) and then increases due to some stressor or other malady and goes higher (let's say to 95). In the case of the FR35, the 120 setting leaves some wanting for a lower set point. I currently use a Polar HRM from 1992. It has a chest strap and reports to a wrist band where I can dial in a high heart rate alarm of 20, if I wanted. It is that flexible. When it hits the high alarm point, the Polar sounds an audible beep that persists for the duration of the high alarm. Neat. It would wonderful, if the FR35 could do that too, even with a vibration alert.