Heart rate alarms

[ColleenVisser]

I would like to set my Surge to vibrate once I hit my maximum heart rate and then to vibrate again when it goes down to 65%. This is for interval training. Is this possible?

[SteveH]

No, at the moment this is not possible. Sorry.

[VivisFitbit]

Welcome to the Community @ColleenVisser! As @SteveH mentioned this is not possible, however, you can submit your this and any other idea in our Feature Request board. Our developers are constantly taking a look a this board to find the ways to provide you the best experience with your Fitbit. 

Hope this helps! 

[shipo · Accepted solution]

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@ColleenVisser wrote:
I would like to set my Surge to vibrate once I hit my maximum heart rate and then to vibrate again when it goes down to 65%. This is for interval training. Is this possible?

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What do you call "Maximum Heart Rate"?  I ask because the old and seriously unproven/outmoded addage of 220-Age (which I believe is what Fitbit uses) is garbage.  Yes, it is true for some folks, but if it was accurate for even half the population I'd be surprised.

Instead of paying attention to your heart rate, I would pay attention to your breathing; if you're having a hard time breathing, you're going too fast/too hard; if you're about at your limit breathing wise, then you're probably near your maximum sustained exertion level, and if you can carry on a conversation in short sentences, then you're at a good training level of exertion.

FWIW, back to the Max BPM subject, Fitbit says my "Maximum" rate is 161; I can routinely average that for ten mile runs or more; often hitting into the high 170s or low 180s when climbing a nasty hill or cranking the pace for a few miles.

[Jartmanjr]

And I can't get mine past 153, and that's when I am about to pass out. My resting bpm is 47. Like you said that 220 minus your age is BS.