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Twenty-one healthy adults participated in running and cycling incremental test protocols to exhaustion, both with rest before and after. Movesense HR+ demonstrated consistent and accurate R-peak detection, with an overall sensitivity of 99.7% and precision of 99.6% compared to the criterion; Garmin HRM sensitivity and precision were 84.7% and 87.7%, respectively. Bland\u2013Altman analysis compared to the criterion indicated mean differences (SD) in RR\u2019 intervals of 0.23 (22.3) ms for Movesense HR+ at rest and 0.38 (18.7) ms during the incremental test. The mean difference for Garmin HRM-Pro at rest was \u22128.5 (111.5) ms and 27.7 (128.7) ms for the incremental test. The incremental test correlation was very strong (r = 0.98) between Movesense HR+ and criterion, and moderate (r = 0.66) for Garmin HRM-Pro. 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