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veen  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Watches, Wearables & You (and me)

I got the Polar H7 heart rate sensor today, and just finished my first workout with Endomondo. Starting with Couch to 5k because I'm horribly out of shape:

SO MUCH STATS, I love it. I can even get the GPS data and put it in ArcGIS if I'm really bored. But best of all is that it just tells me what to do. And there's a beautiful park right next door for me to run through. Thanks for the indirect tip, bro.

eightbitsamurai what about you?





user-inactivated  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm in the process of saving up for Smash Bros, so nothing yet, but all of those stats are increasing my heartrate.

How much did it cost ya, if I may ask?

veen  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was like $90? In part I bought it so that I kinda have to run - to reduce the price per run. Terrible strategy, I know.

I like the sensor. It's very accurate and even though I had some setup / Bluetooth issues, once it works it just works. Goes around your chest, but it's not one of those bands that you feel the entire run. Since I always carry my phone around for music, I didn't go for one of those watches because my phone already has GPS, gyro and accelerometers.

kleinbl00  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I love that hydration thing. It'll often say awesome things like "82.0 oz."