Wayne Potgieter Posted April 9, 2018 Share Lately I have been struggle by with my heart rate monitor strap slipping during exercise. I have finally lost my tummy and now the strap is constantly slipping down. It’s annoying. Especially when running or doing cardio training at the gym Anyone else have the same issue? Was thinking of taking an old bra of my wife’s and sewing the straps onto the hrm to create some sort of over shoulder holder or maybe buying a cheap kiddy suspender set to try do the same thing? No, I will not be giving back my man card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kona Kula Posted April 9, 2018 Share Lately I have been struggle by with my heart rate monitor strap slipping during exercise. I have finally lost my tummy and now the strap is constantly slipping down. It’s annoying. Especially when running or doing cardio training at the gym Anyone else have the same issue? Was thinking of taking an old bra of my wife’s and sewing the straps onto the hrm to create some sort of over shoulder holder or maybe buying a cheap kiddy suspender set to try do the same thing? No, I will not be giving back my man card.No we insist, please give the man card back. intern, popcorn_skollie, mrbaker and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted April 9, 2018 Share No we insist, please give the man card back.but I don’t wanna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sias Posted April 9, 2018 Share Maybe just buy a smaller strap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted April 9, 2018 Share Maybe just buy a smaller strap?tried tightening it to a point of no return but as soon as it gets sweaty it starts expanding and slipping. lechatnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted April 9, 2018 Share Try one of the optical arm types, whilst the Garmin F5x optical HRM is crap for running and gym work HIIT etc, these work well https://www.scosche.com/rhythm-plus-heart-rate-monitor-armband https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/scosches-rhythm-24-optical-hr-sensor.html Wayne Potgieter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted April 9, 2018 Share Lately I have been struggle by with my heart rate monitor strap slipping during exercise. I have finally lost my tummy and now the strap is constantly slipping down. It’s annoying. Especially when running or doing cardio training at the gym Anyone else have the same issue? Was thinking of taking an old bra of my wife’s and sewing the straps onto the hrm to create some sort of over shoulder holder or maybe buying a cheap kiddy suspender set to try do the same thing? No, I will not be giving back my man card. had the same issue the new generation polar straps have some extra "rubber bits" giving some extra grip. https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/polar-pro-chest-strap/4003 the strap works with my garmin and powecal units, but I had to trim the rubber around the contacts Wayne Potgieter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbelBuys Posted April 9, 2018 Share Does you HRM's strap have silicone 1 side? Edit: Someone just posted a bit faster what I've suggested. Edited April 9, 2018 by DubbelBuys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted April 9, 2018 Share I used to battle with this a lot, as a climber and paddler having slightly developed lats makes the issue even worse. I switched to wrist based HR monitor a while back and I will never ever wear a hr strap again. as for the accuracy it was within 5% of my old HR strap readings when I wore both for a wattbike session so all good. Plus you never need to clean it and never forget your strap again. Wayne Potgieter and HDW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Potgieter Posted April 9, 2018 Share Thanks guys. I use a Fenix 5x which has built in hr. But I find with hiit it is a little inaccurate. So hence the reason for using a chest strap. Glad to see I was not alone in this. I will give the suspenders a try and also might try some kinesio tape to hold it down. See which one is best. Keep the ideas coming. Maybe there is something better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breezer Posted April 9, 2018 Share If you dont have a tummy, you dont need a heart rate monitor anymore. ???? Edited April 9, 2018 by Breezer JTK, MDJ and Skubarra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS2 Posted April 9, 2018 Share had the same issue the new generation polar straps have some extra "rubber bits" giving some extra grip. https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/polar-pro-chest-strap/4003 the strap works with my garmin and powecal units, but I had to trim the rubber around the contacts I did the same. Polar strap is so much better in every way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDW Posted April 9, 2018 Share I can only imagine that if the pro athletes, that are really skinny, manage to keep the HR-monitor up it might be that yours are maybe a bit worn out/over stretched too much? Perhaps time for a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted April 9, 2018 Share I can like to use a toit shirt - holds the strap in place on a "vee shaped body". Saag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclewizz Posted April 9, 2018 Share you might not be the only one with this problem but you seem to be the only one that wants to use this as a reason to wear women's underwear ???? Your wife is going to MOER you if you cut up her bras !!!! Is the elastic of the HR monitor stretched ?Maybe you just need a new strap ? Pikey, Saag, Jakalaka and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted April 9, 2018 Share tried tightening it to a point of no return but as soon as it gets sweaty it starts expanding and slipping. so many things to say here, but it's a family show... Jakalaka, BSG and Fat Boab 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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