Keeshu
Smash Ace
I recently got a heart rate monitor for multiple reasons and decided to test it out while playing smash out of curiosity. I mainly wanted to know when my mind shifts gears and to know if it's a good indicator of when I start to panic when playing the game since I have a pretty weak mental game when it comes to people's shenanigans sometimes, that way I can figure out what + when something keeps throwing me off my game. So a kind of success, but as expected it's not quite that simple.
I've had the heart rate monitor for 2 days and played a bunch of matches in that time. Normal heart rate is around 75-80 for me, Casual/matches where I don't try the heart rate is around 85-90. However the interesting part is my heart rate when using Lucario is usually around 95-105 when playing normally, but if I try very hard it's around 120-130 (that's pretty close to a normal exercise where I get 140-150!). With Meta Knight he is around 95-105 as well, but generally only around 110-120 when I try hard with him. With that said though, when I play Ike or Ridley they stick around 85-95 when I play normally, and peaking at only around 100 when I try hard with them.
So this got me wondering is it bad/good to have a higher/lower heart rate? Does it depend on the character? Pros/cons for each? Like perhaps if you have a high heart rate your inputs are faster, but you're more likely to be impulsive? Or is it always better to have a lower heart rate where you are calm and collected? Also is it possible to have a high heart rate without panicing and if that is so, is there a way to get benefits out of that? Would that be like entering flow state, or can flow state be achieved with low heart rate?
I know heart rate isn't going to tell you exactly what's going on with what's going on in your mind, but it does at least give an indicator that something is happening.
Let me know what you think! I tried looking around but couldn't find anything on this subject.
I've had the heart rate monitor for 2 days and played a bunch of matches in that time. Normal heart rate is around 75-80 for me, Casual/matches where I don't try the heart rate is around 85-90. However the interesting part is my heart rate when using Lucario is usually around 95-105 when playing normally, but if I try very hard it's around 120-130 (that's pretty close to a normal exercise where I get 140-150!). With Meta Knight he is around 95-105 as well, but generally only around 110-120 when I try hard with him. With that said though, when I play Ike or Ridley they stick around 85-95 when I play normally, and peaking at only around 100 when I try hard with them.
So this got me wondering is it bad/good to have a higher/lower heart rate? Does it depend on the character? Pros/cons for each? Like perhaps if you have a high heart rate your inputs are faster, but you're more likely to be impulsive? Or is it always better to have a lower heart rate where you are calm and collected? Also is it possible to have a high heart rate without panicing and if that is so, is there a way to get benefits out of that? Would that be like entering flow state, or can flow state be achieved with low heart rate?
I know heart rate isn't going to tell you exactly what's going on with what's going on in your mind, but it does at least give an indicator that something is happening.
Let me know what you think! I tried looking around but couldn't find anything on this subject.