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AQUATIC FITNESS

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over 4 years ago

Hi all, been using 945 for a couple of months now, AMAZING product overall... BUT I am having a lot of trouble recording any aquatic fitness activity... From research made in Italy with triathletes it turns out aqua cycling (yes pedaling in the water) allows to work extremely efficiently in recovery and base (zone 2) which everyone struggles to get in... water keeps your HR 30 to 40% lower than land AND water resistance is 1000 times higher than air resistance (yes a 1000 close to the surface) so you work way harder than in land !!! I think it would be a great addition, please let me know if its something you would consider and if there's anything I could do to help!! Thank you for your answer!!!

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    What are the issues you have recording aquatic fitness activities?

    ANT+ and Bluetooth LE can't be used underwater so that is nothing that can be fixed. HRM-Pro and HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim can be used underwater since they can store the heart rate and some other data and unload it when it connects to the watch.

    You will have to keep the sensors and watch above water or find sensors with cables so it can transmit from above water. Maybe sensors with cables that connects to a computer and the computer can then send the data to the watch with an ANT+ dongle.

    I use that method for my not so smart trainer. The trainer connects to a computer by USB and then I got two ANT+ dongles. An application [FortiusANT] is reading the data and doing some magic and transmits the data via one ANT+ dongle so my watch and bike computer can pick up the data. The other ANT+ dongle is used for receiving the same data so I can use the data in Zwift and Rouvy. Really cool system and actually works.

    Edit:
    Added the HRM-Swim after Twinaxx post below.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    I guess you mean there is no Aquatic fitness activity? In that case you can use the Pool Swim in drill mode, or just any cardio/other activity and name that what you want. I have done loads of pool running in the past with a HRM-Swim, it worked great.