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My parents are lying to FitBit. They get rewards from some place as Amazon gift certs, so my dad has built a step faker using an electric motor. They have made about $50 from this so far.
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So how aware are you of your heart-rate? I'm keenly aware of when my heart-rate rises, I notice it jump if I sprint up a stairwell. When it gets too high I can feel the pressure in my neck and temples. I'm the most out of shape I've ever been at this point in my life and I'm alarmed sometimes at how often my heart-rate stays high after seemingly inconsequential physical exertion so I'm wondering if it's something you…
When I'm doing something active I'm conscious of it. When I'm sitting at a desk I'm not at all conscious of it. I assume it's normal at such times, but how wouldI know if not?
My parents are lying to FitBit. They get rewards from some place as Amazon gift certs, so my dad has built a step faker using an electric motor. They have made about $50 from this so far.
Your dad is more of a hacker than ninety percent of the people in this thread
In the 1970s he was a computer mechanic, with a spanner and oil and all that kind of stuff. There were only two of those computers in the country, one at Raleigh Cycles and one at Cabdury Chocolate. They used them to do the wages. They had an agreement that if one broke he or his opposite number could jump in a car and drive to the other with a box of cards to run the batch and then fix it later.
He used to take me to work on a Monday night and it's where I got interested in computers. He stopped working in 1978. I wish I had been old enough to understand it more. I was 6-8 at the time.
I had a Charge HR for almost a month, got one for my wife too. I finally returned them this week. They're nice to wear and pleasant to use, but the battery lasts one day and the reported steps/calories/distance is basically science fiction.
You must have had faulty devices. My wife and I both have one as well and the battery lasts about 5-6 days before needing a recharge.
(The HN title has "might be" where the page currently has "is".) > However Teresa Black, along with two other claimants, is arguing that her Fitbit reported a heart-rate of 82 bpm while her personal trainer recorded this at 160 bpm. I find it somewhat hard to believe that you can be this oblivious as to your own heart rate, especially at high levels. [Edit for personal anecdata] Also "approaching the maximum recommen…
Various things affect HR, for example race-day HR is usually 10BPM higher than normal. For this reason HR is more of a helpful secondary metric for an sport with 'real' metrics like speed/distance/weight.
Did the fitbit put her at risk? Only if she ignored all other signs of overexertion or danger, like chest pains, dizzyness, pounding heart beats, etc.