Heart rate - idle vs manually checked

[mazz0]

This has bugged me for a while:

My watch reports an idle heart rate in the low 60s, but whenever I check it myself (not doing anything else, still sitting about like a lazy bum) it says it's in the low 70s. Is the idle record unreliable, or is it likely that simply turning my wrist to view my watch raises by heart rate by 10bpm? Given that when "idle" I was usually working at a computer that actually involves much arm movement than using my watch I'm inclined to suspect the former. Anybody else find this?

 

[waw74]

you can see every measurement and the time it was taken in the health app on your phone.

 

[mazz0]

you can see every measurement and the time it was taken in the health app on your phone.

Yes I know. I’m not sure how that answers my question?
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Looking at the graph though the Resting line is way below the average of measurements taken when I was just sitting at a desk. Does just sitting at a desk not count as resting?

Perhaps I have a new question: what does ”resting” mean to Apple?
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See what I mean? I was sat at a desk all day.

 

[waw74]

You can see the actual numbers, and put them to a time, so see when you're actually at 65, and figure out what you were doing at that time.
You're moving around your desk, and turning your wrist, and possibly a small amount of stress from your work. you're not resting

I googled "Apple resting heart rate"
1st response.

Understand Your Apple Watch's Heart Rate Numbers

Your heart beats fast when you’re exercising hard, and slower when you’re resting or sleeping. Your Apple Watch is taking your pulse all day long, and

vitals.lifehacker.com

Resting Heart Rate
This is your heart rate while resting. Your heart rate tends to be lowest while you sleep, so if you wear the watch at night, you may get a lower resting heart rate than if you only wear it during the day.

The more athletic you are, the stronger your heart will be. A strong heart doesn’t need to beat very many times per minute to keep your body full of fresh blood. Really fit people tend to see lower numbers here than people who don’t work out. And as you get more fit, you may see your resting heart rate drop over time.

On the flip side, if your resting heart rate is increasing, something may be wrong. You might be overtraining (exercising so much you’re feeling burned out) or you could be sick or stressed.

What’s normal? This number should be a bit lower than what you’d see while you’re up and walking around—maybe 60 to 80 beats per minute for most of us, lower if you’re really fit.

2nd response

Monitor your heart rate with Apple Watch - Apple Support

Learn how Apple Watch measures your heart rate.

support.apple.com

Apple Watch also calculates a daily resting rate and walking average by correlating background heart rate readings with accelerometer data when sufficient background readings are available

 

[mazz0]

You can see the actual numbers, and put them to a time, so see when you're actually at 65, and figure out what you were doing at that time.
You're moving around your desk, and turning your wrist, and possibly a small amount of stress from your work. you're not resting

I googled "Apple resting heart rate"
1st response.

Understand Your Apple Watch's Heart Rate Numbers

Your heart beats fast when you’re exercising hard, and slower when you’re resting or sleeping. Your Apple Watch is taking your pulse all day long, and

vitals.lifehacker.com

2nd response

Monitor your heart rate with Apple Watch - Apple Support

Learn how Apple Watch measures your heart rate.

support.apple.com

That’s the thing though, I was doing the same thing (sitting around at a desk) pretty consistently, I wasn’t doing anything extra restful like lying down or anything during the periods when it was low. <shrugs> I don’t get it. Maybe I should set up a camera! I could record myself, then look back to a time it thought I was resting and see if I had frozen or something.

 

[locksmack]

The act of (knowingly) measuring your heart rate can be enough to increase it as you may be anxious of the result.

 

[mazz0]

The act of (knowingly) measuring your heart rate can be enough to increase it as you may be anxious of the result.

I don’t think so, I just felt like messing about with my watch a bit