Apple Watch Heart Rate sensor not giving proper readings during intense exercises like P90x3 and Insanity

i have the same error. The Data from the Apple watch regarding HR are very bad. I had a open call on Apple Support. The problem is nobody can told you when this problem are fixed. And if its a software bug or its bad hardware. I'm buy the Watch to replace my fenix2. This was not a good move. Before i buy the Apple Watch i have tested wrist-based heart rate monitoring with Mio Alpha. with the Mio Alpha i have no problems. I hope the will bring in the next weeks a patch for this problem. They have also replaced my watch. But the Problem a still existing.

Happy to see that, i am not alone 🙂

It is so frustrating that the heart monitor does not work accurately. I'll be lifting at the gym and I know my heart rate is well above 150, I'll look down to check and its reading at 65 or less. People at the gym that see it ask why my heart rate is so low and it is frustrating to know it is not accurately tracking one of the things it is meant to track. Apple, please fix this. i have so many people ask if they should get one and I'm forced to tell them about the glitches which turn most people off. I want to sell them on it, but honestly I wish I wouldn't have been sold on it for a myriad of reasons not even related to the busted heart rate monitors. Apple is known for their quality, but they have a lot of work to do if they want thebwatch to be just as great of a product as the other family of Apple products/

My workouts suffered from the same thing. Anytime my hear rate pushed 140+ while moving my arms, the watch reading was completely inaccurate. Through some experimenting, I've found a fix that works 99% of the time. However, based on how I was able to accomplish this, I'd like to look into pitching my idea to Apple or a 3rd party. Anyone know how I'd do this?

NothingLasts1987 wrote:

.. based on how I was able to accomplish this, I'd like to look into pitching my idea to Apple or a 3rd party. Anyone know how I'd do this?

If you would like to submit feedback to Apple, you can do so here:

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Now I'm getting curious. I've tried anything that I could think of and nothing did the trick. I even bought a third party heart rate monitor. It works perfectly now but I hate that I had to spend another 40 Euro to get something working that should have worked right out of the box. If Apple doesn't respond please make sure you ge your idea to the community somehow because it still is a big frustration. Apple seriously dropped the ball on this one. Apparently multi million test facilities couldn't expose this issue we found at our first training sessions. Or were conveniently overseen.

These screenshots were taken after this morning's workout (I'm sorry if they show up excessively large). Prior to implementing my idea, I hardly ever saw my Apple Watch register 140+ bpm unless I stopped moving. Since I've started using my idea, the highest heart rate I have logged on my phone from my watch is 180 bpm. I'm not sure how widespread this issue is but since surveys have shown that a good portion of Apple Watch user's are using it as a fitness companion, I'm hoping Apple will listen to my idea or at least come up with a better one on their own.

That's my personal theory as well-- when my heartrate exceeds 150 or so, it seems to divide it by 2.

So what's your idea? Surely you're aware that if Apple picks up on it you don't get a dime, so why not share it with the community?

my question is not about tracking a planned intense exercise response but rather a tool in tracking an unexpected medical event.

Am very curious as to what the limitations of the Apple Watch heart rate sensor are. I understand that the Apple Watch is not a medical device but it can be a useful tool in understanding a medical condition. My husband was recently diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) and hospitalized. He had been wearing an Apple Watch since June & we downloaded the heart rate data using QSAccess for review. It appears that occasionally the high rates (140-170) were captured but not reliably. We also recently purchased an AliveCor iPhone case which can take ECGs it also varies from the Apple Watch reading. Readings from a finger pulse-oximeter also often do not agree with the Apple Watch.

Any clues as to what the reading parameters are?

I experience the same issue where my heart rate is usually half of what it should be while working out (sometimes even when at rest). This leads me to believe Apple will be able to fix the issue via a software update. I've tried having the band both loose and tight, doesn't seem to matter. I live in Austin, TX - maybe I'll grt invited to help them debug at their campus 😝

I recently read an article regarding a suit being brought against Fitbit related to inaccuracy of the heart rate monitor during exercise. While I think the suit is garbage, I noticed in the article that they mentioned the Fitbit registering a HR about 1/2 of the actual HR during intense exercise (i.e. registering 82bpm when actual was above 160). That was interesting to me because of some poster's thoughts in here. I'm not saying I think it's as simple as the Apple Watch dividing the actual HR in half but more often than not the HR reading is closer to half than it is to actual. Again, this is during intense, non-rhythmic movement exercise only.

I have the same problem. Most of my exercises I get my heart rate very high and find once it's above 120 or so it starts to only track every other beat.

Same here. That's a typical distribution while intense training. And 56 is way below my resting heart rate.