Ganj
Bluelighter
Im not entirely sure if this belongs on BL or not but it is directly related to harm reduction so ill post it.
It is very easy to get a rough idea of your heart rate (accurate to about 5-10bpm) using this method if you are in a club/ at a party / anywhere where there is dance music playing. The vast majority of modern dance and house music is 128-132 bpm. Older dance music tends to be around 120 but I don't know enough about it to confirm that. This type of music also tends to have a handy 4/4 kick which makes this even easier.
If you have a musical bone in your body you should be able to easily identify a 8 bar section. Count the amount of pulses in this section and multiply it by 4 to get your rough BPM.
Using 130 as a rough average, each bar lasts 1.84 seconds, therefore 8 bars lasts 14.72/15 seconds. 15 goes into 60 4 times so if you multiply the number of pulses in a 8 bar section by 4, you get your rough BPM.
In a situation where you wouldn't want to leave the room and check your rate the traditional way but are worried about your BPM, this is an easy way to discretely put your mind at peace as the majority of your time your heart is going a lot slower than you might think. All you have to do is sit down and put your hand on your wrist for 15 seconds.
Although not accurate it shows the difference between 150bpm which is not too much of an issue and 200 which is a lot riskier.
Hope someone might find this useful, I use it often.
It is very easy to get a rough idea of your heart rate (accurate to about 5-10bpm) using this method if you are in a club/ at a party / anywhere where there is dance music playing. The vast majority of modern dance and house music is 128-132 bpm. Older dance music tends to be around 120 but I don't know enough about it to confirm that. This type of music also tends to have a handy 4/4 kick which makes this even easier.
If you have a musical bone in your body you should be able to easily identify a 8 bar section. Count the amount of pulses in this section and multiply it by 4 to get your rough BPM.
Using 130 as a rough average, each bar lasts 1.84 seconds, therefore 8 bars lasts 14.72/15 seconds. 15 goes into 60 4 times so if you multiply the number of pulses in a 8 bar section by 4, you get your rough BPM.
In a situation where you wouldn't want to leave the room and check your rate the traditional way but are worried about your BPM, this is an easy way to discretely put your mind at peace as the majority of your time your heart is going a lot slower than you might think. All you have to do is sit down and put your hand on your wrist for 15 seconds.
Although not accurate it shows the difference between 150bpm which is not too much of an issue and 200 which is a lot riskier.
Hope someone might find this useful, I use it often.
