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Get the Most of your Workout With a Heart Rate Monitor
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in computer on August 26th, 2010
Since the 1970’s top athletes have been using heart rate monitors to get 100% out of their training. Now everyone can maximize their limited exercise time by using one of the many different heart rate monitors that are on the market starting at under $50.
Using a heart rate monitor is simple. A digital display will let you know what your current heart rate is. Ideally we want to have our heart rate in the target zone for at least 20 minutes to get the most our of our workout. Your target heart rate is generally between 70% and 85% of your working heart rate.
The working heart rate is the range that your heart rate falls in. This can be determined professional or you can get an approximate range by finding your resting heart rate and using an age guide for your maximum rate.
To calculate your maximum heart rate subtract your age from 220 for men or your age from 226 for women.
Your resting heart rate of course is what your heart rate is when you have done no physical activity. A good time to check this would be first thing in the morning before you even get out of bed.
I am a 37 year old male. My maximum heart rate would be 220-37 = 183.
I have measured my resting heart rate at 70. Therefore my working heart range is 113.
My target heart rate for exercising is between:
Lower target range = (113 * .7) + 70 = 149 Upper target range = (113 * .85) + 70 = 166
Most of today’s heart rate monitors will figure all this out for you. In fact the monitor that I use on my treadmill beeps when I am below – or over – my target heart range.
The main advantage to using a heart rate monitor is that you are measuring the effort that you are exerting during your workout. Often are perception is that we are working much harder then we are. You can usually go faster and further then you think!
Bill Doane is a regular contributor to exercise-equipment-review.org and is currently training for a marathon. Visit Exercise Equipment Review for information on heart rate monitors, treadmills and other exercise equipment.
Heart Rate Monitor Bras – Is It Fashion Or Fitness?
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in computer on August 25th, 2010
Wireless heart rate monitor bras are a tool that women into fitness and exercise have been looking for. With a chest strap or belt no longer needed your exercise level can be monitored and maintained in comfort â if not exactly sexy style! But then an exercise session doesn’t necessarily portray us at our best, does it?
All kidding aside, a heart rate monitor bra enables a woman to properly exercise at her optimal level. It works like all other monitoring systems. Fine mesh wires are woven into the fabric of the bra so that there is no sensation of their being there at all. No chaffing or rubbing that can cause sore spots. The transmitter fits between the breast and is small an lightweight enough to be completely unobtrusive. As with other systems the monitor is a wrist watch and can display the time, as well as heart rate and calories burned.
With any exercise regimen, it’s important to monitor your heart rate to achieve the maximum benefit from your exercise session â in the least amount of time. It’s a fast paced world and partly the reason why exercise and fitness has taken a back seat to fast food and driving instead of walking, of elevators instead of stairs and watching The Biggest Loser on television instead of doing your own exercise.
A heart rate monitor bra will help you correctly warm up, exercise at your optimal level for the right amount of time and then cool down the right way. Knowing what level your heart is at all times can prevent injury and help you make sure that your exercise session is long enough to be of maximum benefit to your body. Once you have your Target Heart Rate Zone, you can safely exercise within that zone â knowing that each minute of exercise is giving you the ultimate benefit of aerobic exercise. It’s a tool to enable a fast paced woman to take just a little time for herself â efficiently. Don’t worry about fashion while your exercising â the benefits of a more shapely body and level of fitness will soon be fashion all by itself!
Heart Rate Monitor Bras bring comfort to the fitness “battlefield. Comfort and technology – your path to fitness has been made easier!
Heart Rate Monitors
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in computer on August 22nd, 2010
A heart rate monitor is a gadget that grants exercise equipment
users the ability to keep in line their own heartbeat whilst
exercising. It ordinarily comprises 2 units, A receiver on the
wrist and a chest strap. The chest strap utilizes electrodes to
monitor your pulse and if the gadget is tied in to your training
machine, its screen will indicate your heart rate to you.
Receivers for heart rate monitors usually arrive in the shape of
digital watches that assess a pulse by figuring out the time
before blood pumps through your veins in the wrist. Cardiac rate
monitors are turning out to be more and more an essential and
most commercial grade fitness machines have got a pulse rate
monitor as part of the package.
If you have heart or blood pressure disorders, owning a heart
rate monitor whilst keeping fit is essential. You will not
simply be able to find out in what way your pump takes care of
hard work, you will also be able to control your pulse by
modifying speed settings on the exercise machines. Some
treadmills and elliptical trainers arrive with a built-in
heart-rate management system, which automatically slows down the
exercise machine if your heart beat is overly upward. This is
really useful, as it fends off a good deal of heart-related
ailments that happened at one time or another with people
getting in shape harder than their heart could manage.
Even with no cardiac disorders, it is still a good idea to use a
heart rate monitor now and then. This way, you shall be able to
track how your system deals with intense exertion. To make sure
you are in good health and there will be no disorders
subsequently, you should make a daily pulse-rate graph for a
single week or two, while training at the same intensity degree.
You will observe if there are extreme pitfalls or ascensions in
your pulse rate, but the best thing to do would be to show this
report to your doctor, who will immediately notice any
forthcoming problems.
If you are contriving to buy a quality heart rate monitor, one
of the common makers available is The Polar company. Polar
technology has been around for two decades now and the company
has achieved the status of being the industry leader in the
heart rate monitors field. They have various series for heart
rate monitors, ranging from initiates and intermediates to
professional athletes. You can also choose your heart rate
monitor from different categories, depending on what your needs
are: Cardiac Rehab, Jogging, Cycling, Swimming (this includes a
waterproof monitor-watch), Fitness, Weight Management and so
forth.
Heart rate monitors are an advance in working out at home, as
they might help to avoid numerous heart problems. Always pay
attention to your heart rate monitor and try not to push your
heart over the limits. Consult a doctor about what the normal
pulse rate should be for your body type, in an effort regime.
Combine this data with an exercise machine that supports heart
rate measuring systems and displays them on their console, or
even better, one that adjusts its speed to your pulse rate
Sophie Goldman writes for Exercise
Equipment Today, where she also writes about ellipticals and treadmills.
