“Does this work well for ALL sports/activities? Weight Lifting? Wondering if this would work well for people who weight lift or do hiit training. I want an accurate heart rate and calorie count. Can you use a chest strap with this model if you wanted? I run in the summer but due to super cold winters I choose more weight lifting, hiit workouts indoors during the winter months. Trying to find the best fitness tracker for what I am currently doing. I have never owned a fitness tracker so any help would be great. Does it set up challenges to challenge you workout to workout?”
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I do mostly indoor strength training/weight lifting with some cardio peppered in. The HR is very accurate as long as you wear it in the right spot (I have mine half an inch above the border of my wrist bone on my right arm, with the screen on the top of my forearm). I compared it to a doctor's HR reading and they were almost identical. I've never used a chest strap with it, but I haven't felt the need to as the readings have been good so far without. The calorie count is mostly based on the weight you enter when you set it up, I believe, in addition to your HR. That seems to have also been really accurate in the four+ months I've been using it (though I suppose it's always a little tough to get completely right). I haven't done anything regarding challenges, but they do have a "Step Up to the Challenge" part of the Garmin Connect app that the band utilizes. It's does friendly competitions, but I think it's primarily step counts?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The software does track weightlifting and can custom create any category. Accuracy with calories? It calculates per your weight and heart rate to give you a calorie number. I think all fitness bands do that via a mathematical formula.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, the vívosmart is great for weight lifting; the device reads heart rate data to configure the amount of calories that are burned. This model will only work with its built in optical heart rate monitor, the chest strap is not compatible with this device. This model does not have challenges for workouts. There’s limited information is will record for any activity, the main information recorded from the device is your heart rate and calories burned. ~JH
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