Yoga and HRM-Run

Hello everybody,

I am using HRM-Run during morning set of exercises: Run, then Strength and finally Yoga. During Run and Strength sessions wrist HR LEDs are out. This is expected. However, during Yoga LEDs are shining despite the fact HRM-Run is still on me. Is this a feature or a bug? Where from the HR readings come when I write my Yoga exercise?

(q6, 13:10)

0 mcalista over 4 years ago

The wrist LED's will remain on while connected to the chest strap if Garmin Pay has been activated within the last 24 hours (security measure to detect that the watch is still on your wrist). The HR data would come from the chest strap in this situation, not the LEDs.

I'm not sure if this applies to your situation, but it is one possibility.

0 COBABAPBAPA over 4 years ago in reply to mcalista

No, sorry, not my case.

First, I have never set up Garmin Pay. Second, LEDs go off during Run or Strength.

0 eezytiger over 4 years ago

Is it possible that during yoga you do not sweat, your skin remains dry and the strap turns off, or doesn't even turn on at all? Without a signal from the strap it would force WHR to be used instead. What happens if you moisten the strap for yoga?

0 COBABAPBAPA over 4 years ago in reply to eezytiger

Nope. It is not a case. Yoga is 3rd activity in a row, so HRM-Run is already confirmed working.

0 Ɛpsilon over 4 years ago in reply to COBABAPBAPA

That shouldn't happen - but a good way to ensure its only from the HRM is to put the watch into Jacket Mode before you start. I use a HRM run for running and I don't see this. The only other thing could be if you have Pulse Ox on and it's taking SpO2 readings

0 COBABAPBAPA over 4 years ago in reply to Ɛpsilon

Ɛpsilon said:
HRM is to put the watch into Jacket Mode before you start.

Well, I tried that. So, it looks like HR is taken from the HRM-Run. However, pulse LEDs are still blinking during Yoga activity.

Ɛpsilon said:
The only other thing could be if you have Pulse Ox on and it's taking SpO2 readings

Well, could it be just a bug, a software glitch? And, no, PulseOx is suppose to be active during sleep only.

0 Ɛpsilon over 4 years ago in reply to COBABAPBAPA

May be a Yoga related activity bug then I guess, the only other thing that springs to mind is whether you have that data field that compares HR from optical and belt on.

Are you saying that during Yoga even with Jacket mode on, its happening? Then if that's the case, that's almost certainly a bug and would need reporting

0 sevk over 4 years ago

Normal thing with Yoga. It measure hrv data only with wrist hr sensor.

0 COBABAPBAPA over 4 years ago in reply to sevk

Does not look normal for me, since HRV only could be correctly measured with belt HR monitor. But at least now I can conclude that it is feature, not a bug...

0 Ɛpsilon over 4 years ago in reply to sevk

Since you can measure HRV with a belt, I'd consider it more a bug than a feature.