Posted: 6/20/2009 11:14:45 AM EDT
| I am interested in a good heart rate monitor (wrist watch type). Any suggestions from experience would be appreciated. |
| I have a sportline that I bought at the Wal-mart. It has both the chest band and the touch heartrate features. It has a stop watch and a lap counter, tells time, and has some other stuff I never use. At 50 bucks it was well worth the money. I haven't had any problems with it and would highly recommend it. |
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My intended use would be for the gym (cycling classes) maybe some running. I don't need gps type currently just something of good quality. A chest strap would be good to have in addition to the watch. So no features beyond HR? Get the cheapest Polar then. Compatible with most gym aerobic gear. |
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How hard is it to calculate the duration and the average heart rate during the work out? I mean I know theres other variables such as age, height and weight but I dont get why it would be that inaccurate when its recording that actual heart rate.
Im not being a smart ass, im a self proclaimed noob at this. Id just like to know why it would be inaccurate. (sorry for the grammar, im high off vicodin from a wisdom tooth extraction) |
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How hard is it to calculate the duration and the average heart rate during the work out? I mean I know theres other variables such as age, height and weight but I dont get why it would be that inaccurate when its recording that actual heart rate. Im not being a smart ass, im a self proclaimed noob at this. Id just like to know why it would be inaccurate. (sorry for the grammar, im high off vicodin from a wisdom tooth extraction) Because there are a lot of variables that go into heart rate that have nothing to do with how much work you are doing. Work = calories. For instance, drink 6 cups of coffee in 5 minutes. HR goes up, but you aren't burning any more calories - other than a couple to make your heart beat. Compare HR during runs at 50 degrees and 90 degrees. HR is much higher when it's hotter, but you don't do any more work. When I have a cold coming on, I can't get my HR above 145-150, no matter how hard I go. Does that mean I am doing less work running 7 minute miles when I'm about to be sick. The equations that go into HR vs calories are very generalized. For instance, my 120 pound girlfriend has a HR of 175-180 when doing a long (14+ mile) run at a moderate pace. My 190 pound self has a HR of 135-140 on the same run. Bottom line, there are very many variables that go into a person's HR - exertion, sleep, hydration, temperature, emotional stress, etc. Power (work/time) is only one. |