I'd love to see those comparisons, buddy. I've never seen a Garmin device drop bpm, unless there was a hardware issue or the software crashed (a one off rather than a pattern) or a user error.
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You can ask GPT or Gemini, easier, plenty of cases of Garmin dropping HR.
Also I am not trying to convert you, I said for me AW is more accurate compared against my Polar chest strap, if Garmin works better for you great, stick with it.
Yes Garmin can bug out and lose HR readings. What I was referring to is Apple purposefully ignoring HR data points. Garmin doesn't do that. If you set it to record every sec you'll have an HR point every second. With Apple there's no consistency, you can very easily see this in any HR comparison graph - go to DC Rainmaker if you want a concrete reference (I won't insult you by suggesting you should use AI). That's how they make their HR "accurate" and fool punters into believing that an AW can be better than a chest strap.
Yes I know Apple uses algorithms, but to me that’s not a deal breaker, the point is how closely it matches my chest strap, if Apple’s algorithms is accurate and matches better than Garmin, I don’t have issues with it. What’s the point of Garmin trying to read every second but loses track of the HR or gave false reading?
And you said you never heard of Garmin drops HR and insinuated like I made it up, and now says it can bug out and lose readings, come on now.
Err no. I said - quote: "I've never seen a Garmin device drop bpm, unless there was a hardware issue or the software crashed (a one off rather than a pattern)"
Apple dropping HR is not a hardware/software issue, it's a design choice. And you're happy because it happens to match your HR chest strap - when it decides to take a reading. It's a bit like saying a broken clock is right 2x per day, that's why it's fine because it still matches the correct time every now and then.
Except it’s not broken twice a day, it actually matches a Polar chest strap better. Where as the Garmin will drop or give false reading. So what good does reading HR every second when it can’t do it reliably.
Well I decided to shave my left wrist to see if that will solve my HR not reading issues.
I had considered it from a suggestion in a post above , but yesterday when weight lifting for first time I experienced the HR not reading issue, multiple times.
Nothing changed that could account for it.
FWIW I lift 2-3 times a week and never had it happen.
My typical avg HR is low 100’s
Yesterday was 91
I had considered it from a suggestion in a post above , but yesterday when weight lifting for first time I experienced the HR not reading issue, multiple times.
Nothing changed that could account for it.
FWIW I lift 2-3 times a week and never had it happen.
My typical avg HR is low 100’s
Yesterday was 91
misses 
Apple ignores erroneous results, the gray 0 bpm portions from earlier in the thread. If it bothers you, you can goto the health app, search heart, today, scroll down to All Recorded Data and remove heart recordings from specific times, although they MIGHT not be there since they aren't values the Apple Watch can record (30-200bpm).
For this post I'm not seeing it not reporting I'm just seeing a more consistent workout, lowest being 73 bpm, 39 bpm high to low variance vs 48 bpm.
10-15 bpm variance doing the same workout is common especially when HR isn't a factor (lifting). Conversely it's common to see distance changes between workouts while maintain X bpm for X time. There are a dozen things that can affect HR of a workout (sleep, temp, stress, pre-workout, etc etc). My HR varies more than that going to the gym before vs after work.
Congrats on the weight loss, keep it up.
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Thing is, I know my body, it’s HR, it’s HR recovery.
Very predictable, for this weight lifting session it’s wrong, not recording.
I do 3 sets, 15-12-10 reps, 14 - 17 seconds rest between reps.
The HR was not going up, it was wrong.
My typical lifting session is this
Thing is, I know my body, it’s HR, it’s HR recovery.
Very predictable, for this weight lifting session it’s wrong, not recording.
I do 3 sets, 15-12-10 reps, 14 - 17 seconds rest between reps.
The HR was not going up, it was wrong.
My typical lifting session is this