Heart rate spike post exercise

[luckylouise08]

Hello, I have a question about heart rate. I exercise with a trainer and my heart rate we looked at live from my wrist monitor. When I was exercising my heart rate did not change much. However, when I stood still after exercising my heart rate started shooting up. Is this delay in heart rate going high normal ? Just wondered because I have been trying to investigate my health for a long time to no avail. It could be totally normal but I wanted to see if anyone knew.

[SteveSeddon]

I’d be inclined to doubt my watch. They aren’t always reliable and often they display late. It’s hard to know for sure but yesterday my watch was displaying a heart rate of 110, but when I measured my pulse it was 74. So measure your pulse in the traditional way to check.

[CardioTT in reply to SteveSeddon]

The rehab nurses used to labour the need to do a warm up and cool down period before and after exercise for this very reason. I used to suffer the same thing and put it down to not doing enough cooling down exercise which enables your heart to gently return to normal.

[Phil_London]

Hi, I would agree with other comments, I bought what is noted to be a very accurate Garmin watch and is accurate 90% of the time but I do not delay in response. I run up an incline and feel the HR change, but my watch will take about give or take 30 seconds to acknowledge the change, I also note on cool down, my HR will be 10-15 beat slower than what my watch is telling me, and that is specifically always on cool down. so I do often check the differences, not that I am obsessed (much) but I am post HA of 18 months with one stent so I do monitor my exercise rates now and its always interesting in sharing experiences.

[Mikedabike]

I can only agree with the other posts. I have a Garmin watch that since my operation I wear 24 hours a day. I find it gives a more accurate reading when I wear it with the face and sensors on the inside of my wrist. In general it is a very useful tool, but at times can give wildly innacurate readings. On odd occasions it has has shown my heart rate completely level, when I know I am working hard walking up a steep hill, other times it has shown very high readings when I am out for a gentle stroll. A quick manual check of my pulse confirms that it is the watch that is wrong. As others have also said, there is a delay before the watch reacts to the varying heart rate, depending on make and model of watch.