03-14-2023 04:57 AM - last edited on 03-14-2023 10:57 AM by Jane
Hi, I have a long standing problem which I've tweeted Strava support about but had nothing back. I have Apple Watch Series 6, latest watch OS, iOS installed. When I start an outdoor run on the watch's strava app, the heartrate recorded starts very high (circa 170bpm) before normalising back down to my proper heart rate after approx. 5 minutes. My resting heart rate is 45bpm and around 60bpm when I'm walking around, so I know that a starting heart rate of 170bpm isn't real! (When the watch has normalised my max. is 140 bpm or thereabouts). Interestingly this only happens on Outdoor Runs, if I do an Outdoor ride or another activity, the heart rate is fine throughout. Has anyone else had this problem?
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03-14-2023 10:57 AM
Hello @gmangadsby
Thanks for posting about this and sorry to hear about the issue you're having.
Apple has a couple of support articles I would encourage you to check out, where they discuss how to get the most accurate heart rate measurements with Apple Watch.
In particular, I would double check that the "Wrist Detection" is set to on.
Please let us know if that helps.
04-14-2024 04:44 AM
Same thing happens to me on every run for past two years (except some indoor treadmill runs). I even tried switching Apple Watches with my son - and same thing happened with his watch.
here’s yesterdays run, for example - takes a full 1km for the HR reading to normalize:
07-23-2023 02:56 PM
I have the same issue - only with Strava Run, not when I record bike rides, etc
05-06-2023 11:06 AM
I have to a exact same issue can’t seem to fix it!
03-14-2023 10:57 AM
Hello @gmangadsby
Thanks for posting about this and sorry to hear about the issue you're having.
Apple has a couple of support articles I would encourage you to check out, where they discuss how to get the most accurate heart rate measurements with Apple Watch.
In particular, I would double check that the "Wrist Detection" is set to on.
Please let us know if that helps.
03-16-2024 12:30 PM
How is this a helpful response when OP says it does eventually pick up the accurate heart rate? Is there a real solution to this problem?
01-07-2024 03:51 PM
I have this same issue as well and have ensured the wrist detection setting is on for a series 8
05-06-2023 11:06 AM
Still can’t seem to figure it out
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