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Discovery Vitality in 2016
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robdarussian
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Many factors can influence your ability to increase your HR. You can have day-to-day variations even if you kept the exercise exactly the same - you could have had a bad night's sleep, meds (BP) or a few too many cups of coffee, or hormonal changes, or temperature changes etc.
Try an exercise that involves more muscle groups, e.g. rowing (as opposed to cycling e.g.).
Actually try this:
- google "DB thrusters" and watch the youtube video.
- do 40 seconds of thrusters, and rest for 20 seconds.
- repeat this 4 times (i.e. 4 minutes worth)
- if that doesn't take your HR above 130, I give up!
Using the Karvonen formula my max heart rate would be 193 and which puts my 85%-90% range withtin 173-179 bpm.
Doing HITT cardio and getting around those figures with fitbit seems relatively accurate.
I might need to compare with the treadmill devlce's HR monitor to see whether there is a big difference.
Many factors can influence your ability to increase your HR. You can have day-to-day variations even if you kept the exercise exactly the same - you could have had a bad night's sleep, meds (BP) or a few too many cups of coffee, or hormonal changes, or temperature changes etc.
Try an exercise that involves more muscle groups, e.g. rowing (as opposed to cycling e.g.).
Actually try this:
- google "DB thrusters" and watch the youtube video.
- do 40 seconds of thrusters, and rest for 20 seconds.
- repeat this 4 times (i.e. 4 minutes worth)
- if that doesn't take your HR above 130, I give up!
I do this at the gym ... never knew what it was called. Just did it because it "felt" like it worked more muscles. I dont do that many reps since I go for higher weight but will try to do that for for lower weights.
RogueTr00per
Honorary Master
Using the Moves app since yesterday and it logged 5k steps quite nicely so met my goal for the week (200 pts) with one gym visit (150 pts) and 5k steps (50 pts).
Tinuva
The Magician
Ah awesome didnt know about that. Free pedo meter.
RogueTr00per
Honorary Master
Yeah, whatwhat's post had me looking into the Fitbit app which i thought could miraculously turn other devices into a free pedometer, which then led me to Strava and Moves. Pretty cool as now I can continue to meet my goals exactly and not overachieve and have them up my target by too much at each increment
The moves app destroys your battery
Tinuva
The Magician
I did expect my battery usage to go up. Will see how it goes, however I manage to have 50-60% battery usage left end of day before loading moves, and that is receiving calls, whatsapp the wholeday and 2x 40min gps trips. Will see how badly Moves affects that, but I reckon I should have enough battery left for a day before recharging at night.
What a lot of ppl don't know is phones like Galaxy S series, iphones etc have ANT+ receiver built in, and can track heart rate through any compatible ant+ strap
MongooseMan
Expert Member
iPhones don't have Ant+
List of phones that do: https://www.thisisant.com/consumer/ant-101/ant-in-phones
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Thanks, I stand corrected. Helpful list. I've tracked my HR and earned Vitality points via my Oneplus One phone for over a year now
RogueTr00per
Honorary Master
I am gonna want to look at disabling Moves once i have reached my weekly target... Overshot my target by 50 pts.
I do find a lot of discrepancy in the values though.
The fitbit app, using the iPhone's sensor will pick up 3000 steps - while the Health app using the same sensor and my Apple watch records double it.
The fitbit app, using the iPhone's sensor will pick up 3000 steps - while the Health app using the same sensor and my Apple watch records double it.
splinter_watsup
Well-Known Member
Hey Guys. This week I reached 1200 points! I am really hoping this is the max for the year and that next year it will go down as I will only be getting 100 points for entering a gym. I train 6 days a week and get between 7500-12500 steps a day so its possible for me to achive more HOWEVER there is only so much you can do.
I am actually thinking about disabling the fitbit so I can lose some point before all the benifits kick in next year.
I am actually thinking about disabling the fitbit so I can lose some point before all the benifits kick in next year.
RogueTr00per
Honorary Master
I ran from one end of canal walk to the Kauai in the middle of the shopping centre and Moves logged it as a run and i got 150 points! Prior to that i was on track for five thousand steps. . Won't even need to go to gym at this rate as i only need 250 points.