Discovery Vitality in 2016

[Archer]

Looks like I was totally wrong saying they wouldn't ditch this thing soon - the changes they are making will probably cut 80% or more people out of the rewards.

Guess I will attempt to get my backup plan working this weekend

 

[cYcLIc]

Safest and cheapest bet is the Polar H7 chest strap. Its one of the most accurate heart rate sensors, if not the most accurate, and the Polar Beat app syncs automatically directly to Discovery.

 

[Alacrity]

The old rules was done by a doctor and was actually very cleverly done. This new rules was obviously done by the financial manager without any professional input from a doctor or someone who actually has a clue what is healthy.

The purpose of Vitality is to encourage healthy living but these rules does the opposite in two ways.
1. It is demotivating
2. I suspect this level of exercise is unhealthy

 

[Tinuva]

So what happens to everyone that bought a HR strap and synced it to those apps. Will they now lose out?

Need just a HR belt since they still dont support the Fitbit Charge HR

No idea.

Can someone confirm if the Polar Beat app can pick up the Muvit HRM?

Safest and cheapest bet is the Polar H7 chest strap. Its one of the most accurate heart rate sensors, if not the most accurate, and the Polar Beat app syncs automatically directly to Discovery.

Its still more expensive than these straps should be. As for accuracy, most of these straps are probably equally accurate.
If you want to talk about accuracy though, I agree the watches that reads your heart rate on you wrist...totally different story.

 

[abudabi]

Can someone confirm if the Polar Beat app can pick up the Muvit HRM?

It apparently works with the wahoo tickr so I'm holding thumbs that it will. Will check tonight.

 

[Tinuva]

Polar beat app looks like absolute crap. /sigh

 

[whatwhat]

I'm opening a cocaine shop outside the gym, for those that need a little extra HR during their session for maximum points.

 

[jman]

No idea.

Can someone confirm if the Polar Beat app can pick up the Muvit HRM?

I'll try this tonight. Holding thumbs!

 

[Denyed]

Thus is really ridiculous. If I am fit my hr is much lower than an unfit person's. Tdf cyclists average hr is like 115bpm for many days... You can't tell me they are not working hard...

 

[Cray]

Thus is really ridiculous. If I am fit my hr is much lower than an unfit person's. Tdf cyclists average hr is like 115bpm for many days... You can't tell me they are not working hard...

Yup, same with long distance runners, their heart rates goes down over time. It should be a percentage of your resting heart rate, not a specific number.

 

[AntennaMan]

The old rules was done by a doctor and was actually very cleverly done. This new rules was obviously done by the financial manager without any professional input from a doctor or someone who actually has a clue what is healthy.

The purpose of Vitality is to encourage healthy living but these rules does the opposite in two ways.
1. It is demotivating
2. I suspect this level of exercise is unhealthy

This was done by the Actuaries. I have some inside knowledge about the goings at at Discovery Health. The actuaries over there are trying the most ridiculous things to save money. Things that border on illegal.
This is not out of spite, but they don't know anything about medication and therefore there models are flawed.

 

[AntennaMan]

I'm no expert but that sounds like an abnormally low HR for your age?

My wife is on heart medication that slows down her heart rate quite considerably. With vigorous exercise it maxes out around 1210 bpm with an average of 97 bpm. It's almost impossible for her to get points based on heart rate.

 

[Alacrity]

Does anyone here know anybody who would qualify for the 1500 or 3000 points with heart rate monitoring?

 

[gifs]

Luckily my heart rate monitor gives some pretty bad readings fairly regularly which pushes up my avg rate:

 

[cYcLIc]

Does anyone here know anybody who would qualify for the 1500 or 3000 points with heart rate monitoring?

I've managed 76% on a +-2 hour mountain biking ride and to be honest, I wasn't really pushing super hard, but that's not the point. The point is that not everyone can do that and it's not something I'd like to do every time I go out for a ride.

 

[Alacrity]

I've managed 76% on a +-2 hour mountain biking ride and to be honest, I wasn't really pushing super hard, but that's not the point. The point is that not everyone can do that and it's not something I'd like to do every time I go out for a ride.

That is only 300 points...

 

[cYcLIc]

That is only 300 points...

Yes I know, but what I'm saying is that I wasn't pushing that hard, therefore getting to 80% would not be that difficult i.e. it can be done.

 

[Kerrits]

Yes I know, but what I'm saying is that I wasn't pushing that hard, therefore getting to 80% would not be that difficult i.e. it can be done.

Reaching 300 points every now and then isn't that hard. It's reaching it consistently 4 times a week which is the difficult part.
Lifting weights won't get me to 70%, and even if it did, I don't lift for 90 minutes a day, 3 times a week.
That leaves running, etc. Again, not something I can do for 90 minutes a day, 3 - 4 times week. So I will have to target 80% for 30 minutes. Doable, but going to be tough, especially in addition to an hour lifting session.

 

[cYcLIc]

Reaching 300 points every now and then isn't that hard. It's reaching it consistently 4 times a week which is the difficult part.
Lifting weights won't get me to 70%, and even if it did, I don't lift for 90 minutes a day, 3 times a week.
That leaves running, etc. Again, not something I can do for 90 minutes a day, 3 - 4 times week. So I will have to target 80% for 30 minutes. Doable, but going to be tough, especially in addition to an hour lifting session.

Yeah, it will be very tough for someone like you. My strategy, if all this nonsense is here to stay, is to aim for 1500 or 3000 on my weekend MTB ride. Then accumulate whatever I can on my shorter bike park rides and gym time during the week. I should be fine, and honestly, a part of me is excited for the challenge.

 

[Alacrity]

Anybody tried putting a heart rate monitor on a cat yet?