Heart Rate Widget

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi,

On the Fenix 5x the heart rate Widget is showing last 4 hours highest HR as 113bpm.

I went for a walk and used the walk activity on the watch, after the walk I sync the watch and I could see the walk activity on Garmin connect. The maximum HR was 124bpm on the GC website but the watch is still showing Max HR as 113bpm for the last 4 hours which is wrong.

Does anyone else have a similar issue with the HR Widget?

Thanks

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

I'm not sure but this could be due to recording frequency. I assume the HR for the widget is recorded infrequently in order to save battery but when recording an activity the hr is recorded (in the corresponding fit file) at a rate which depends on the watch setting (1 sec, smart etc). It is possible, therefore, that during the activity your heart rate went to 124 for some of it but the widget did not take a sample whilst it was that high as it is sampling at a lower rate.