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Hi Ray, as for HR spikes – I started using sonogel and on 3 bike training it was ok. But while running there ares till spikes. A mystery. :-o
Its been a busy week! On the StG issue, I’m just personally saddened that more people can’t enjoy the full distance out there. The big climbs on the bike (especially up to Veyo) are very different knowing that you had to do them all over again. Brutal? Yes, but also beautiful, challenging, and strategic.
Its a bit of a shame that we’re moving to a model where we no longer have room for anything but the most slam-dunk commercially successful races. I know that a full IM is expensive, but its not as if only 50 people were registering. Ah, well. Glad I had the chance to experience it at least.
Hi Ray, i was constantly plagued by HR spikes and hi error percentages in Firstbeat Athlete.
I started using a shirt that
have some percentage of cotton ( 36% cotton, 32% polyester, 26% viscose,6% elastane), to prevent electrostatic phenomena.
Tightening the belt strong enough, especially when running.
Wetting the shirt over the belt electrodes zone, besides wetting the electrodes.
Now i don´t have anymore spikes, and error percentage in FirstBeat Athelete is within one digit.
My explanation for those that use electrode gel and have spikes in running but not in bike training is: Running extra impact causes the movement of the electrodes on the skin ,causing extra signals, gel acts as lubricator, facilitating it.
As far as texting and biking goes…I’ve seen way too many people doing it. Almost had a couple hit me.
Holy hell, what are the people at Tanita smoking!!? That wifi adapter costs $199 – that’s just for the adapter!!! So to mimic the setup/functionality of the Withings scale – you’d have to pay $269 for the scale, $199 for the adapter, and $79 for the display. That’s a grand total of $550 to weigh yourself and jump through hoops to get the data uploaded to some crappy Tanita software that’s not Mac compliant. You can of course upload to Garmin Connect…but its interface is equally crappy in that it doesn’t allow you to view a report or even a list view of your historical health readings. All you have there is a line graph. I really wanted to have all of my data in Garmin Connect, and was considering the Tanita….until I realized what a complete rip-off and how inflexible their solution really is.
Agree, pretty much crazy-talk the way I see it.