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The 2021 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/12/gear-swim-bike.html

Heart Rate Strap: Polar H10: If I had to pick just a single strap I use the most, it’s the Polar H10. … If you're looking for my specific recommendations on gear, you’ll find my GPS watch recommendations here, my cycling GPS guide here, and my trainer recommendations here (still accurate from last year given only one new trainer in 2021, the JetBlack VOLT was released, which I’ve added to the recommendations guide).

Run around Rome

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I had written down my expected heart rate zones and allotted times on my hand – a rarity actually.

Week in Review–March 1st, 2020

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/03/week-review-march-1st-2020.html

Garmin Instinct Firmware Update BETA: Adds Swim 2 autorest functionality, plus abnormal heart rate alerts, and a few other fixes/tweaks. … 2) Power meter company offering components at $6/unit: This is of course to be integrated into cranksets of other companies, but that’s the starting point to implement a power meter into a crankset.

Week in Review–July 14th, 2014

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I suspect they probably can measure some of it, like heart rate and some of the other muscle monitoring metrics just fine (they have some history elsewhere in that department).

Week in Review–February 23rd, 2014

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/02/reviewfebruary-23rd-2014.html

Glowfaster Smart Jacket with heart rate glowing – A Bluetooth Smart connected jacket.

Week in Review–August 19th, 2018

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/08/week-in-review-august-19th-2018.html

Garmin Fenix 5 Series Firmware Update: Added abnormal heart rate alerts, Android canned text replies, and a file of bug fixes.

Interbike 2011 Day 3 Overview (Sports Technology)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/09/interbike-2011-day-3-overview-sports.html

I’ve still got lots of really cool stuff to get out the door, of particular note are the following posts: 1) Everything you ever wanted to know about the Polar/Look Keo Pedal Based Power Meter (essentially the same type of post as the Garmin Vector one I did) 2) An overview of the FOX Intelligent Suspension Configuration system using the Garmin Edge 800 (and a Bluetooth Android App) 3) An overview of the CycleOps PowerCal power-meter heart rate strap 4) The complete posting of the 90-minute Aero+Power seminar (video) that’s gotten rave reviews from those that attended.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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I had left mine back down at the DCR Cave for the weekend, and needed one more device to collect heart rate strap data…so hers got commissioned.

The new DC Rainmaker Cave…and new Bertie’s Cake Studio in Paris!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/rainmaker-caveand-berties.html

Do you need a heart rate strap?… This allows me, for example, to have a treadmill test suite for watches that claim to do indoor pace accurately without a footpod (most still suck there).

Friday Tidbits: Stages Factory Install, Apple ECG in Europe, and COROS adds Navigation

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/tidbits-factory-navigation.html

After that’s done you will need to enable the feature on the watch by going into the Watch App and…… But, in theory it should work and their video I linked below illustrates it using another app.

A flooded run and some brotherly love with new incoming gear

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/flooded-brotherly-incoming.html

The workout was structured as such: 10 minute warm-up5 minute build to mid-high intensity1 x (5min @ mid-high intensity, 2.5min…

A curious look at Active.com Schwaggle deals

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/10/curious-look-at-activecom-schwaggle.html

In this case, they offered it via a 3rd party company for $165 – including the ANT+ heart rate (HR) strap. … Neither of these scales integrate with other services and/or systems, which is primary reason I argue the value of something like either the Tanita BC-1000 or the Withings WiFi Scale, so in my mind, you might as well just save the money.

5 (Very) Random Things I Did This Weekend

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I wrapped up about 14.6 miles of Z2 heart rate pace in 1:50:22.

A Week of Sunshine Swim/Bike/Run/Hike in Mallorca

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/week-sunshine-mallorca.html

I turned around a bit after the 1-hour marker, and ultimately clocked in 25.5km/16mi in a touch over 2 hours at a nice easy heart rate. … The lady doing the test seemed moderately horrified at my current hydration/nutrition strategy for long training/racing (which, was basically one gel an hour and maybe half a bottle of water).

Week in Review– March 7th, 2021

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8) Google measures heart rate via camera: This is slated for tomorrow, to Google Pixel devices.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/04/5-random-things-did-this-weekend-43.html

Additional heart rate sensors for comparison data on the Suunto Wrist HR.

The New Stages Dash M200 & L200: Hands-On Details

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/stages-hands-details.html

I also paired up my power meter, heart rate strap, and Varia radar as well, which you can see here:…

Week in Review–March 20th, 2011

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1) Average Pace vs Lap Pace vs Instant Pace 2) Attaching Timex Global Trainer to Triathlon Bikes 3) Heart Rate Strap Batteries You can read all my past weekly mailbags at Slowtwitch here.

Garmin Forerunner 110 – First Look Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/03/garmin-forerunner-110-first-look-review.html

That little middle icon above (red one) is also interesting, as they note in the specs that is it indeed using heart rate based algorithms to determine calorie use – something that was introduced last year to some of the other watches. … This is good, as it helps to make the calorie calculations more accurate – something key to the ‘fit in that bikini/speedo’ crowd (and me, let’s be honest, I just want to eat cupcakes all day).

Friday Roundup: Interbike cancelled for 2019, and Zwift encroaches on Strava with new update

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/12/interbike-cancelled-encroaches.html

- New post-activity analytics including graphs on speed/power/heart rate. … I will say that having the venues separated by so far was a bit of a pain, but the structure made it work out so that it mostly didn’t matter to people.

Week in Review–April 1st, 2018

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6) Apple Watch heart rate data used in murder trial: As usual, when you murder someone, you should treat it like taking off in an airplane – stow away all electronic devices.

Week in Review–December 14th, 2014

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/reviewdecember-14th-2014.html

9) Man captures his heart rate during a marriage proposal: Yup, pretty awesome.

Tip of the day: Remembering to retire your running shoes

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/tip-of-day-remembering-to-retire-your.html

This is Polar’s latest running heart rate watch aimed at triathletes with GPS support.

Week in Review – Jan 8th, 2024

www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/week-review-2024.html

Monday: Garmin HRM-FIT In-Depth Review: Best Women’s Heart Rate Monitor?… It’ll be interesting to see how this integrates with their Fitness+ program at that time.

How to export fitness data from the Samsung wearables (and Samsung Health app)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/export-samsung-galaxy.html

A) Use the .GPX export option from within Samsung Health: This mostly works fine for doing it one file at a time, except one catch: It doesn’t export your heart rate data.

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