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weight lifting, crossfit, and high intensityweight lifting, crossfit, and high intensity
interval training?interval training?
Last updated: 2017-04-28T00:27:21.000Z | Online Version
It depends! Mio products work by using an optical sensor to monitor the volume of blood in your veins.
Your blood volume changes as your heart beats, and sophisticated algorithms are applied to determine
which part of that change is due to your heart pumping blood, and which part is due to arm movement. Mio
algorithms have been refined over the course of several years, and if you're running, cycling, or doing
some other type of rhythmic activity, your Mio device quickly recognizes the activity and is able to provide
an EKG-accurate heart rate signal.
If you're performing an activity that involves more erratic arm motions (such as playing tennis, boxing, or
doing intervals of plyometrics), your heart rate signal is more difficult to filter. Often in these types of
workouts you're more interested in monitoring your heart rate during the recovery period between sets
anyway, and if that's the case your Mio device will be great! But, if you need to look at your wrist and see
your exact heart rate right in the middle of a set/round/interval, optical heart rate monitoring may not be
the best technology match for you. Many Mio customers have fantastic results during these kinds of
activities, but we can't guarantee that heart rate monitoring will be as accurate as it is with running or
cycling.
To make sure you're getting the best possible results, try these tips:
Move your Mio device further up your arm so that it doesn't get in the way of wrist movements
Make sure your device has a snug fit around your arm. It doesn't need to be extremely tight; just
make sure it doesn't move around
Try wearing your Mio device with the sensor on the underside of your forearm, instead of the outside
of your wrist
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