A weekend at home and in the pool with the Polar RCX5
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/05/weekend-at-home-and-in-pool-with-polar.htmlLeaving me exactly 8 minutes to get all my swim/underwater related pictures in for the RCX5 review.See, unlike the Garmin’s (which use ANT+ to communicate), the RCX5 actually reads your heart rate in the water via the Polar Hybrid strap. … But for a guy, or at least me, before a lap or two it’s down around my waist like a belt.Nonetheless, if you don’t have any slippage problems, then it will indeed display and record heart rate, as you can see on the top line in the photo below.Also of note is that unlike most watches, the lap/split time on the RCX5 is super-easy to read during a set/flip by just barely tilting your wrist.
The Garmin Forerunner 970 Complete Beginners Guide
www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/05/garmin-forerunner-970-complete-beginners-guide.html8:33 HRV Status (Heart Rate Variability)…
Moxy Launches Kickstarter for Training Portal Platform and Device
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/launches-kickstarter-training.htmlAthletes use these types of devices to get more granular data on how their muscles are responding to a very specific load, by measuring at the actual muscle (versus measuring via proxy, like heart rate, which is more laggy). … Their platform starts at the mobile app, which pairs up to three Moxy units concurrently, plus one heart rate strap.
Eurobike Aero Roundup: Notio, AeroLab, AeroPod, Swiss Side and other tidbits!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/07/eurobike-roundup-aerolab.htmlRemember: The goal of such a standard is so that you can pair an aero sensor the same way you pair a power meter or heart rate strap: It just works. … C) An engineering version aimed at bike/component companies that has a higher sampling rate.
Curiosity/Survey: Do you use a different device for running than cycling?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/09/curiositysurvey-different-cycling.htmlTo simplify: Today with ANT+ (and similar) you can wear a watch displaying your heart rate as your bike computer can also concurrently display the same information. … So for folks that may use one device for cycling and another for running, this could cause issues if both devices tried to connect to the heart rate strap at the same time.
The Smart Trainer Annual Recommendations Guide–2018 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/11/trainer-buyers-recommendations.htmlVirtually all devices use one or both of these low-power technologies to transmit and capture information such as heart rate, power, speed, cadence, and more. … Finally, the accuracy spec is only +/- 10%, which is the least accurate unit of the entire bunch.
Garmin Forerunner 570 Hands-On: Everything You Need to Know!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/05/garmin-forerunner-everything.htmlThe screen is easily visible in the bright summer-like light, and the accuracy of the heart rate and GPS is also solid (as expected).
Oura Ring & Apple Watch Integrations: A Closer Look
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/apple-integrations-closer.htmlNote that you can also use graph-like complications too, for example where I’ve got Apple activity tracking, I can do Oura Body Temp, Daily Movement, Heart Rate, Scores, Sleep Stages, Steps, or Active Calorie burn. … Of course, that would bring up the question of why you’d record a workout on the Oura ring instead of the (pretty darn accurate) Apple Watch optical HR sensor.
COROS September 2024 New Features: A Quick Recap
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/09/coros-september-features.html- Added New Data Fields: % FTP (Cycling), % Max HR, % Heart Rate Reserve (HRR), % Lactate Threshold HR…
Week in Review–December 8th, 2013
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/12/week-reviewdecember-8th-2013.htmlFor example, a smart watch acts as a hub gathering information from a Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitor while simultaneously acting as a peripheral to a smartphone — displaying new message notifications from the phone.” Translation: Now a single sensor can connect to multiple devices. … PeriPedal Trainer Software Update: A fairly big update including ANT+ PowerBeam Pro support added as well as support for Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitors.
Garmin Adds Wrist Temperature and More: How it Works
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/12/garmin-wrist-temperature.htmlGarmin has begun rolling out wrist temperature tracking to watches with the newer Garmin ELEVATE V5 optical heart rate sensor in them, which includes the Garmin Epix Pro, Fenix 7 Pro, Tactix 7 AMOLED, and Venu 3 series.
Beneath the trees near the track
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/06/beneath-trees-near-track.htmlFirst, my run’s would invariably include some little hills which would make it harder to determine what my actual pace was on that day at a specific heart rate. … Allowing for cleaner heart rate pacing on the run, and also apparently giving me some very solid heat and humidity acclimation.
Stryd: Hands-on with the first running power meter
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/01/stryd-first-running.htmlBut this helps to have a more specific data point than just pace (which is impacted by terrain), or heart rate (which is impacted by fatigue). … The trick however to running power will be to demonstrate to people the value of using power over pace (or heart rate), as is done today.
Wahoo KICKR 2018 Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/07/wahoo-kickr-2018-trainer-depth-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … For some reason the other companies think we enjoy purchasing and installing a cassette separately.
InsideRide E-Motion SmartPower Rollers with Floating Fork: In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/insideride-smartpower-floating.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … This main portion costs $900, but does incorporate the ‘e-motion’ concept, which means the whole platform slides front and back as you’ll see in the video.
First look at new Wahoo Fitness RFLKT Bluetooth Smart bike computer
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/first-look-at-new-wahoo-fitness-rflkt.htmlheart rate strap, power meter, etc…) on behalf of the RFLKT. … With the compatible build they had at the show, they were showing up to four data fields on the RFLKT, but he noted that by time release they’ll allow you to display up to eight data fields – the same as the higher end Garmin bike computers: As they near release, they’ll also be adding in graphing too – enabling apps to display simple graphs of your choice, such as elevation or heart rate.
A look at the competitive booth games of Interbike
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/09/competitive-booth-interbike.htmlIt connected to Bluetooth Smart heart rate straps, and displayed the metrics for all to see. … Each competitor wore the heart rate strap during the competition.
Garmin Epix Pro: The Complete Beginners Guide
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/07/garmin-epix-pro-complete-beginners.html29:49 Sensor Pairing and Heart Rate Broadcasting…
Week in Review–October 7th, 2012
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/week-in-reviewoctober-7th-2012.htmlDeer vs Skateboarder 7) FitBit analyzes the debates…from a heart rate standpoint: Using some cameras that appear to measure heart rate visually, they make some (admittedly significant) assumptions on stress levels of each candidate during questions.
Tacx Flux S Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/10/tacx-trainer-depth-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … Either way, for me personally, it’s hard to separate the fact that I’m riding indoors from outdoors.
Florence Marathon Race Report: Perhaps not my cup of ‘THE’
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/12/florence-marathon-perhaps.htmlHeart rate and all that other jazz would be recorded, but it wasn’t on my main screen (on the FR620). … As I exited one of these such places around the 11ish or so mile marker, I accidentally caught a glance of the Adidas watch showing my heart rate.
Week in Review–September 23rd, 2012
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/week-in-reviewseptember-23rd-2012.htmlSunday: Week in Review–September 16th, 2012 Monday: StageONE $699 ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart crank-based power meter announced Tuesday: The Belgium Runaround Wednesday: And thus begins Interbike 2012… Wednesday: First look at new Wahoo Fitness RFLKT Bluetooth Smart bike computer Wednesday: Wahoo Fitness announces KICKR trainer pricing/availability Thursday: An early quick look at the Tacx iPad trainer app Thursday: A photographic look at the CrossVegas Cyclocross Race 2012 Thursday: 4iiii’s debuts Viiiiva Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ Consolidator Heart Rate Strap Thursday: Hands on with the ICEdot helmet crash notification alerting system Thursday: Quick FYI- StageONE power meter post updated with answers to a gazillion of your questions Thursday: First look at the BKOOL ANT+ resistance controlled trainer Friday: The Interbike 2012 Sports Tech Golden Nuggets (with Polar, Garmin, Timex, TrainingPeaks, Metawatch and more! (Note: answered a ton of your questions on Sunday) Paris blog posts this past week: Here’s all the Parisian fun we’ve been having on our Paris sub-blog. … Potentially occasionally frustrated.
No, Zwift Racing Wasn’t Hacked. Yet. Sorta. Let Me Explain.
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/racing-hacked-explain.htmlThey’ve configured an Xbox controller to modify power, cadence, and heart rate. … C) Doesn’t correctly emulate the nuances of a human’s heart rate
Wahoo KICKR ROLLR Smart Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/02/wahoo-kickr-rollr-trainer-review.htmlThen, you’ll pair your heart rate sensor like normal. … That’s because no roller company to date has mastered getting even vaguely accurate power on a roller (due to lack of constant pressure on the wheel), and in this case, Wahoo decided against offering power altogether.
Stages Bike (SB20) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/07/stages-smart-review.htmlIt allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. … To illustrate the dumb luck aspect, here’s another half-hearted sprint a short bit later.
