We’ve all experienced it: you're in the middle of a perfect threshold interval, your chest strap loses connection for a few seconds, and suddenly your data shows your heart rate plummeting to zero. Those annoying glitches completely throw off your average HR for the entire workout, ruining an otherwise pristine data file.
At FitConvert, we're a little nitpicky about data tidiness and, since you're here, we assume you feel similarly. That's why we're thrilled to announce our newest tool: Heart Rate Smoothing.
Fix the Drops with a Simple Drag and Drop
Before you convert your files between FIT, TCX, GPX, and CSV in seconds, you can now seamlessly clean up your heart rate data directly within FitConvert.
If your monitor suddenly dropped out or spiked unnaturally, simply open the chart view. Click, drag, and drop across the glitchy section of your chart. Our tool will automatically smooth out the heart rate from the start of your selection to the end, giving you a clean, accurate file that reflects your actual effort.
By pairing Heart Rate Smoothing with our previously launched Activity Trimming tool, you have ultimate control over your performance files, ensuring you keep your history intact across every platform.
Pro Tips: How to Prevent Heart Rate Glitches
While our new smoothing feature is here to save your data after the fact, the best offense is a good defense. Here are two highly effective ways to stop those annoying dropouts before they happen:
- Keep Your Strap Clean: Sweat and salt buildup can severely degrade the electrical connection between your skin and the sensor pads over time. If you use a Polar heart rate monitor, for example, you can actually detach the plastic sensor module and run the fabric strap right through your washing machine to keep it fresh and highly conductive.
- Use Spectra 360 Electrode Gel: We often rely on our own sweat to create a connection, which is why chest straps notoriously drop out during the first 10 minutes of a cold run before we're fully warmed up. Applying a dab of Spectra 360 Electrode Gel to the sensor pads before you put the strap on creates an instant, flawless electrical connection. Speaking from personal experience, this simple addition can completely eliminate early-workout dropouts!
Stop Leaving Your Data Behind
You work too hard to let a dry sensor pad or a random hardware drop ruin your fitness stats. Don't leave your hard-earned PRs behind!
