Frontier Heart Forum | carterit | Activity https://frontierheartforum.com/members/ian_cartertrimble-com/activity/ Activity feed for carterit. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:06:03 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=8.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 a6014934e8c5d1cb4e12fae240f19a17 Will the x2 flag up other heart rhythms such as atrial flutter (AFl) where HR is normal but the atrium is contracting more rapidly eg 2,3,4 or 5 atrial contractions for every left ventricle contraction ? https://frontierheartforum.com/home/p/6894/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 10:54:48 +0000

Will the x2 flag up other heart rhythms such as atrial flutter (AFl) where HR is normal but the atrium is contracting more rapidly eg 2,3,4 or 5 atrial contractions for every left ventricle contraction ?

]]> 1 3f2e06f106afbc57e67bbcc885a3dd89 I am now in my mid 60s but still go to the gym most days and concentrate on aerobic activities ie Xtrainer, concept 2 rower, stairmaster stepper and spin classes / watt bikes. I used to be a competitive road at times, and x country runner to a decent standard, over distances such as 5k, 5M,10K,10M and half marathon until OA of the knees forced me to retire from competition and move into the gym and switch to less load bearing activities. I started getting occasional palpitations last year and had it investigated. The ECG came out with a diagnosis of LVH (based on voltage criteria), and likely heart f ailure due to hypertension (which i don't have). I queried the diagnosis and put forward athletes heart as an alternate diagnosis - as i am still fit, ideal weight, low resting heart rate (40-45 bpm overnight), fast heart rate recovery after interval training (approx a drop of 40+ bpm in 1 minute), and able to complete high intensity interval training, during which my HR will reach approx 95% of my known max (approx 163 bpm). Long story short, i got a 2nd opinion which included an echocardiogram, and wearing a holter monitor for 5 days, including during a spin class. The upshot being that yes, i am more likely to have athletic heart than LVH/ Congestive heart failure. With this in mind, the features offered by the FF x2 intrigued me, with the ECG capabilities (which pick up my palpitations when they occur) and HRV, breathing rate and heart strain monitoring - give me the confidence that what i am doing is not apparently putting any undue load on my heart. So far, even after what felt like a tough interval session - the heart strain metric was still firmly in the blue range , while the breathing rate hit approx 46 , and HR reached 156 (about 94/95% of my max). Same with intervals on the rower, i have not ever reached the positive or negative green range for the heart strain metric. Similarly checking my HRV at rest, first thing in the morning for approx 5 mins, its averaging approx 35-45 ms, which would seem to be well within the expected range for a 65 year old male - and not one you would expect to get if you had LVH or some type of heart failure. https://frontierheartforum.com/home/p/6623/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:48:05 +0000

I am now in my mid 60s but still go to the gym most days and concentrate on aerobic activities ie Xtrainer, concept 2 rower, stairmaster stepper and spin classes / watt bikes.

I used to be a competitive road at times, and x country runner to a decent standard, over distances such as 5k, 5M,10K,10M and half marathon until OA of the knees…Read More

]]> 1 50560d2f427624a41d3eba10dfba3757 Hi Malcolm, i get a few of these and for me they seem to coincide with working fairly hard on intervals, and on occasions i may feel a palpitation - and more often than not, i see the marker symbol on the HR graph. If i click on that point, it also then lines up the 20 sec ECG trace,and the unusual heart beat tends to stand out - like the example below at the 11 sec point of the trace approx ie https://frontierheartforum.com/home/p/6543/ Sat, 13 Aug 2022 17:39:09 +0000

Hi Malcolm, i get a few of these and for me they seem to coincide with working fairly hard on intervals, and on occasions i may feel a palpitation – and more often than not, i see the marker symbol on the HR graph. If i click on that point, it also then lines up the 20 sec ECG trace,and the unusual heart beat tends to stand out – like the example…Read More

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]]> 1 1d5fef30d2f028f13dcd22afb54ca491 avg of -0.01. HRV also varied from min of 3 to max of 44 with avg of 12. HR varied from 88 to 126 avg and max 141. I am now 65 years old and used to compete at road and xcountry over 5k, 5M,10K,10Mile, half marathon and 20 miles at local,area,regional and national level events til 1998 when i retired due to OA of the knees. I am however well impressed with the ECG function as it confirmed and picked up the few PVC's i occasionally get when exercising https://frontierheartforum.com/home/p/6507/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:29:08 +0000

avg of -0.01. HRV also varied from min of 3 to max of 44 with avg of 12. HR varied from 88 to 126 avg and max 141. I am now 65 years old and used to compete at road and xcountry over 5k, 5M,10K,10Mile, half marathon and 20 miles at local,area,regional and national level events til 1998 when i retired due to OA of the knees.
I am however well…Read More

]]> 0 37b01639b4828c2e44e0328f6a4228a0 Are there any plans to increase the sampling rate for HRV. If its only updated/sampled every 20 secs, i would have thought that its accuracy is being compromised. Similarly the heart strain metric - which during a 25 min session on the stairmaster stepper at an average of 99 SPM, was a fairly demanding aerobic set, yet the heart strain vaied only from a min -0.03 to a max of 0.01 and an avg of https://frontierheartforum.com/home/p/6506/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:18:33 +0000

Are there any plans to increase the sampling rate for HRV. If its only updated/sampled every 20 secs, i would have thought that its accuracy is being compromised. Similarly the heart strain metric – which during a 25 min session on the stairmaster stepper at an average of 99 SPM, was a fairly demanding aerobic set, yet the heart strain vaied only…Read More

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