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If you feel like watching England in a penalty shootout could give you a heart attack, you might be on to something. At least if data from fitness trackers is to be believed.
The stress of watching the Colombia game on Tuesday sent pulses rocketing. And some fans wearing Apple Watches were sent messages of concern: ”Apple Watch detected a heart rate that rose above 120 while you appeared to be inactive during the 10-minute period”.
Some found that their heart appeared to be beating more than twice as fast as expected. Charts taken from fitness trackers show heart rates rapidly surging around 9pm, when it became clear the team would have to play through extra time and then penalties.
But the same warnings were triggered during the football match, as the stress of watching England during penalties forced people’s hearts to beat in a way that suggested something was potentially very wrong.
On an iPhone with an Apple Watch, the data can be found inside the Health app, which stores all the information collected from the Apple Watch. To find it, head into the App, click on "Health Data" and choose the "Heart Rate" option, which will show the graph broken down by hours.
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