saint72

Anyone point me in the direction of a decent hear rate monitor? I itend to up the amount of cv I am doing and want to make sure I am going at the right intensity. I would prefer a wrist one idealy but never used one before so don't know if they are any good?

Many thanks

JawD

I picked one up but went for the cheapest one. If all you want is your HR, then I wouldnt go spending too much. I paid about £25 which was the watch and chest strap.

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Jock

You can get them from argos for about £25, TBH I have bought about 3-4 in the last few years as the cheap crappy ones never last if you are using them enough.

Spend a bit more on a nike/polar one and they will last.

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saint72

thanks Jock gonna get one of the nike or polar ones tomorrow depending on what they got in stock.

Ollie B

can you buy a heart rate monitor that does calories aswell and only goes on your wrist rather then having the chest strap as they are a pain. Anyone??

wogihao

http://www.medisave.co.uk/omron-637i...tor-p-248.html

Very nice one, has a PC link - a friend uses this.

however this has similar functions and is cheaper..

http://www.medisave.co.uk/seinex-se3...ink-p-771.html


I just picked up a cheap arm band one from the chemist for £9.99.

if you want a realy pimped out bp monitor then get this..

http://www.medisave.co.uk/aampd-tm26...ut-p-8136.html

Ollie B

they look stupid mate if you want the truth. I was looking for something made by polar to be honest.

wogihao

They do look weird, but there the medical grade ones.

We used to sell the watch type monitors in my old work and to be honest the amount we had back because they said that the guy was dead or had a heart rate of a zombie from the omiga man was shocking at least 30% came back.

I was chatting with a doctor about the digital monitors aparently you need them to be realy well calibrated for them to give even a semi acurate mesurement. He reconded that the digital monitors that you see on watches and on gym machines were no more that toys realy.

I dont know about the models your looking at but the ones we used to sell had a band that went round your chest and realy realy sucked they rubbed like a bastard.

saint72

About to head of and get the polar fs3 from Argos seems ok for the price.

Been searching around for a post I read a while ago that explained how to make sure you was at the right intensity for fat burning during cardio with a heart rate monitor, unfortunatly I dont seem able to find the post again now, anyone please explain to me how to work it out again as I am pretty sure most my cardio is done to quickly hence why I am getting the monitor.

Many thanks.

saint72

Ok I got the Polar fs3 seems pretty good so thanks for the advice there Jock. I have managed to find 2 different formulas on heart rates but I am a bit confused which is the one I should be using.

Formula 1
220-35 x 0.65 = 120 bpm 65%
220-35 x 0.70 = 129 bpm 70%

Formula 2

Using this other formula I found you can see there is quite a difference.

(max - resting) x 0.65 + resting = 65%
(max - resting) x 0.70 + resting = 70%

for example we'll use my heart rates
my resting is 66 beats per minute
my max is 185 beats per minute
so
(185 - 66) x 0.65 + 66 = 143 bpm 65%
(185 - 66) x 0.70 + 66 = 149 bpm 70%


As you can see 2 very different results? be very greatful for any advice :crazy:

Jock

Mate formulas like that are only a very rough guide and take no account of so many different factors.

If Fat-burning is your goal then stick with the first formula.

I have low intensity stuff and it's not for me, I don't get the results and the carry-over to the heart and lungs for an athelte is negliable.

I usually do my low-intensity training at between 150-160pm, I have 5g of Glutamine before hand and thats it.

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robbiedont

Polar and nothing else, I have an RS100 and a S625X, the latter is maybe a bit beyond what you need but you won't go wrong with any of their range.

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