Relax and heart rate

[ebrillblaiddes]

I just upgraded to a Charge 3 from a One so maybe this is normal, but — when I use the "Relax" feature, my heart rate at the end is usually higher than when it started, which seems to me like the opposite of relaxing.

Could it be because the breathing pace it guides me through is faster than I would usually breathe (except if I were exercising)? If so, is there a setting for that?

Or is there something I'm overlooking?

Thanks!

[WavyDavey]

Hi @ebrillblaiddes,

Sorry, there's no setting to adjust on Relax. The goal of the app is to increase your heart rate variability. The heart rate tends to increase on inhalation, and decrease on exhalation. So if Relax is guiding you to inhale longer than you normally do, it would make sense that your heart rate would increase. It's nothing to worry about.