Heart Rate Monitor
Why is Heart Rate Important for Exercise?
Over-intense fitness workouts may cause fatigue,
dehydration even injury. While insufficiently intense exercise may greatly
reduce your health or weight-reduction benefits. The most effective way
to reach and maintain your optimum workout rate (exercise intensity),
is to monitor your heart-rate (or pulse) in order to remain within your
target-heart-rate zone.
What is a Heart Rate Monitor?
As the name suggests, a heart rate monitor
measures heart beats. It consists of a chest strap transmitter which is
worn around the chest across the heart. The transmitter detects the heart-beat
rather like an electro-cardiogram. The heart-rate is relayed to a display
unit which is worn on the wrist, like a wristwatch. Some heart rate monitors
transmit the results orally via earphones (eg. Heartalker models). A heart-rate
monitor is the easiest and most accurate way to measure your heart rate
while performing an exercise workout.
Different Types of Heart Rate Monitor
Basic Monitor
Typically displays beats per minute. Ideal for exercise beginners. Price
Guide: $30.00-$100.00
Weight Loss Monitor
These heart-rate monitors typically include weight-related, fat-burning
type calculations, and perform calorie calculations on calories burned
during your exercise workout. Price Guide: $50.00-$130.00
Advanced Monitor
These heart-rate monitors permit greater customization and offer more
features - like heart-rate zone alarm - to permit the dedicated fitness
person to monitor fitness goals and heart recovery rate. typically, they
also function as a stopwatch. Price Guide: $80.00-$300.00
Athlete-Level Monitor
This type of heart-rate monitor provides detailed fitness information
with memory data storage and a range of features, including: average heart
rate, lap times, and may be set to monitor multiple heart-rate targets.
Some of these sophisticated heart-rate monitors have computer interfaces
for transfer of fitness, heart-beat and other physiological data. Price
Guide: $100.00-$400.00
Who Benefits From a Heart Rate Monitor?
Anyone who wants to get maximum benefits
from their exercise workout, or who wants to lose weight, or who has specific
athletic performance goals, will derive considerable benefits from buying
a heart rate monitor.
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