Not sure if this one is even possible, but figured that you guys are most likely to know the answer. I’m looking for a chest-strap HR monitor that will natively feed into an active workout in the standard workouts app.

The reasons for the requirements:

- When doing exercise, I’m noticing that, regardless of effort level, the watch HR sensor comes in around 30-40BPM less than I’d expect in any circumstance where my arms are significantly above my heart (usually overhead or chest press weight activities).

- Part of the reason for pushing on this kind of thing is the integration with my health insurance app (Vitality, UK) (more activity = more benefits), but this only works for workouts that are generated by the workouts app. Anything that’s a 3rd party app that imports doesn’t feed across (which is a major pain for things like Strava and MySwimPro).

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Most of the straps that I’ve seen seem to push down their own app, which obviously won’t do for the needs.

Alternatively, if there’s a way that I can make the watch sensor more accurate, or a confirmation that it’s actually the case, I’d be happy with that too!