Help I need to know what the best heart rate monitor for fitness is!
Have you been considering buying a heart rate monitor and been confused with the mountain of information and the many different types of monitor that are available. To help you decide which one to go for just follow these theses simply steps.
Step one. How serious is you training?
If you are a professional athlete then you are obviously going to need the most advanced heart rate monitor to help you achieve your true potential. All your competitors will be using a heart rate monitor to maximize their training efforts and to keep up you will need an advanced model. If on the other hand you are just using exercise to keep your self-fit and healthy then you will not need such an advanced model. You simply need one that can tell you at a glance you current heat rate.
Step two. Decide if you want to go for a strapless model.
The strapless model simply sits on your wrist and will give you a reading of your current heart rate. These are light and convenient but have their limitations. You will have to press a sensor to give you your reading. This may not be convenient depending on the type of exercise that you are carrying out.
Step three.
If not strapless then it will have to be a monitor that is feed the information from a belt worn on the chest. These also have a receiver that can be either a watch or a monitor to receive the information.
Step four. Decide on what features you need on your heart rate monitor.
Features that you can get with the more advanced models include audible alarms for warning if you fall out of your zonal setting (high and low heart rate) A calculator for working out how many calories you have burned, stop watch, backlite and also many have an standard time setting.
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