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Why You Should Monitor Your Heart When Exercising

Most people just keep themselves fit by exercising without monitoring their progress on each exercise activity. What they are missing is the importance of keeping track of their heart rate and calorie expenditure during their workout. With the use of a heart rate monitor, it will allow you to reap more benefit from your fitness program and even improve... [Read more of this review]

Using Heart Rate Monitors Will Help You Lose Weight

We live in a disparaging world where most people seem to be concerned more about our social, financial, intellectual and physical well-being. Though all of us wouldn’t agree to it, our physical appearance is more often than not, the first to be scrutinized and judged by man. Naturally, everybody would feel accepted if they excel or at the very... [Read more of this review]

Heart Rate Monitor Watches for Women

During exercise, our heart rate tells us how hard we are working out. This is why many athletes as well as people who love to work out use a heart rate monitor to track their progress during training, or to simply monitor their current physical state. But because each user has special needs and activities, heart rate monitors are made differently in... [Read more of this review]

Heart Rate Monitors with GPS

Heart rate monitors come with a variety of functions to suit the needs of its user. The GPS or Global Positioning System perhaps, is one of the most advanced features fitted inside this kind of device. Any device that is GPS-enabled can track the real-time location of the user or any position on the face of the planet. It generates maps, roads, infrastructures,... [Read more of this review]

Are Strapless Heart Rate Monitors Useful?

Generally, heart rate monitors are subdivided into two major categories: those with chest strap transmitters and the strapless type. Knowing which type of heart rate monitor is suited for you depend on your intentions of using it. If you have noticed, conventional heart rate monitors include a transmitter that is worn around the chest to pick up electrical... [Read more of this review]

Target Heart Rate: Getting the Optimum Heart Rate

When working out, a target heart rate is essential as it guides an individual of keeping his intensity within his or her upper and lower heart rate limits. Exercising below your limits will not burn enough calories and bring about minor or no results in terms of improving your cardiovascular fitness. Likewise, overtraining will also burn too much calories... [Read more of this review]

Heart Rate Monitors and Calorie Expenditure

What a heart rate monitor does is self-explanatory. But did you know that some models include rough estimation of the calories burned during training? Energy expenditure, expressed in Kcal, is a typical feature in most modern generation of heart rate monitors. To name a few, Polar F4, F6, F11, and S-410 models can predict this value depending on an... [Read more of this review]

Features of a Heart Rate Monitor

Since its invention in 1977, heart rate monitors have gone through a lot of changes. There are already hundreds of styles and generations of heart rate monitors, and several companies have joined in the development of such fitness equipment. In the long run, the simple gadget that used to take only the heart rate of the Finnish Ski team has evolved... [Read more of this review]

Introduction to Heart Rate Monitors

Using a heart rate monitor during workout has become the latest trend for sport circles. Why? Because it can determine the efficiency and impact of an individual’s training through his/her heart rate for a specific activity. Our body uses oxygen to fuel our cells and generate energy. When there is an increase in the activity, the demand for oxygen... [Read more of this review]

Heart Rate Monitoring Devices

When working out, you don’t know how fast or slow you already are. Oftentimes, you just want to exercise hard and see the results immediately. As a result, you are actually doing more harm than good. A heart rate monitor is an exercise tool that determines whether your efforts are matched to your target training level. Typically, it consists of two... [Read more of this review]

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