Heart Fitness
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health & Fitness | Free | Salim Mimouni | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Best results for iPhone 4G, works on 3GS.
Whether you're a marathon runner or a couch potato (sedentary), you probably have some idea of how fit you are. But having more than a general sense of your fitness level can help you set fitness goals, monitor how you're doing and maintain your motivation.
This application offers an easy way to measure your heart fitness—one of the most important indicators of your overall physical health.
Heart fitness is a prime bulwark against myriad medical problems, including but not limited to the No. 1 killer in the United States, heart disease; more than 70 million Americans suffer from some form of it.
This test really couldn't be easier: all you need is to cover iPhone camera with your fingertip and proceed to 30s physiological measurement. During measurement the instantaneous heart rate is monitored in beats per minute (BPM) and the physiological plethysmographic signal is also displayed.
Make sure that finger detection gauge is green and full before and while you are making measurement, and that you are in sitting position for 5 min at least.
A low heart rate at rest suggests that your body is physically fit—a key element of a healthy body—so the lower the figure, the greater your cardio fitness. (Source: American heart association). Once you have the number of beats per minute, it's easy to gauge your situation and to compare it with friends.
Don’t despair over an unsatisfactory result, however: Your level of cardio fitness can improve remarkably quickly, with as little as 20 minutes of physical exercise four to five times a week.
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that you assess four crucial components of physical fitness before you start a regular program of exercise. These include aerobic fitness, maximum and reserve heart rate. Set aside some time to calculate your Training Chart. Once you know where you're starting from, you can plan where you want to go.
Keeping track of your progress is an excellent way to maintain your motivation. Assess your fitness level 2 weeks after your initial measurement and every three to weeks afterward.
Repeat your assessment a year after your first measurement to see how far you've come. Celebrate your progress and set new goals.
Reviews
A Very Dependable Heart Rate Monitor!!!
Candy-Gatherer
Tips: These finger-tip measuring heart rate monitoring apps are super sensitive to movements, and to the amount of finger-tip pressure applied to the camera lens area. To get the heart rate, I'd cover both lens & flash horizontally with my left finger tip (instead of vertically as pictured in the app) with the finger tip pointing to the right, and let the phone/lens-flash area rest on my finger tip/hand, while my hand/arm rests on something. Be sure to keep especially your finger tip/hand/arm super still while these types of apps are in the process of taking your pulse/heart beat. **************************************************Pro: This app is almost perfect! I've had this app for a long while now, and I've checked its results against my Omron chest strap heart monitor, my oximeter, and Azumio's app, and this app's results have been consistently on the mark. I also like the fact that the results are given in decimals and not rounded to whole numbers. (The Azumio's app is not dependable. Its results are mostly 1 beat lower, and its paid $2.99 StandUp Test is useless--I want my money back, but I do like its Tags / Notes features. The Tags / Notes features provide meaningful interpretations of the results when viewed again in later days.) Con: I wish this Heart Fitness app would offer tags/notes to make the heart rate readings meaningful for reference when viewed again weeks/ months/ years later--was this resting heart rate taken in bed or was I sitting at the time, was it taken while I was standing, was it taken the morning after a hard workout, was it taken after insufficient sleep...???) Having meaningful reviews would really be helpful in recognizing cause&effects / trends... Conclusion: Get this app. You can depend on the numbers it provides. Stay healthy.
Needs iOS 7 support
UCF Striker 22
Do not purchase this application! Crashes every time you try to measure your heart rate, the app shuts down.
Crashing after iOS7
Pasta addict
Used to love this app and use it regularly but now it crashes . . . Hope they see this and fix it, ASAP! "App support" lands you nowhere but on a domain page . . .
Was great before ios7, now won't work
IcuErRN
Loved it before the recent update (9-13). Now it won't stay open for more than 2 seconds.
Crashes in iOS 7
Nevalla
It's too bad, because I've used this app for years, but it looks like there's no more support for it. I checked the website to notify the dev's of the problem, but it's gone.
Doesn't work anymore
Theocanada
Opens, can click whichever section, but if I click to check my heart rate it crashes.
