Heart Rate Monitors

Welcome to the Heart Rate Monitors page, this is our guide to buying a heart rate monitor online from brands such as Polar, Nike, Reebok, York and many others.

Heart rate monitors are used to measure the rate at which the heart beats during exercise, they are a very good way to tell how fit you are and what impact the exercise is having on your fitness. The most popular type of heart rate monitor is the type that is worn on the wrist like a watch, most heart rate monitors also have the basic features that watches have such as displaying the time. There are many brands that offer heart rate monitors and they include Polar, Reebok, Nike, York and many others, Polar are the leaders and sell lots of different heart rate monitors.

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When you are exercising your heart rate will increase and over time you will be able to do more exercise before your heart beat increases, this is because you are fitter. There is an ideal heart beat range that is good to aim for when you are exercising, this varies for different people depending on age and sex. Having a heart rate monitor enables you to monitor the rate of your heart so that you know when your heart beat is in that ideal range, keeping it in that range during the exercise is the target. Heart rate monitors also tell you if your heart beat rate is below above your ideal range, if it is below then you are unlikely to be getting much out of the exercise and if it is above then you are risking injury, these are the reasons that show how important a heart rate monitor can be to your fitness training.

Heart rate monitors also give you an insight into the improvements that are happening to your fitness levels, changes do not occur to your body with exercise for at least 6-8 weeks but the improvement to your heart rate is noticeable much more quickly, you will see that your heart rate is improving as you exercise.

Heart rate monitors also offer lots of features, the basic features offered are the duration of the work out, your heart rate, your average heart rate and the time of day. On most heart rate monitors you also have to input your minimum and maximum heart rates so that the heart rate monitor can warn you should your level either drop below or rise above your recommended limits, this warning is usually a sound. The other common feature is the ability to count calories that are used during the work out, this tells you how much energy you are using while exercising, the more calories that you burn while exercising the more weight you will lose as a result.

Water proof heart rate monitors are also very popular, most are water proof but the levels to which they can go in water vary. Water proof heart rate monitors are important if you wish to use them while swimming so if this is the case then make sure you check if the heart rate monitor is water proof. There are also lots of other advanced features that heart rate monitors offer, these include the ability to work out a programme of exercise for you depending on how fit you wish to become and the time you have available, personal weight management which helps you lose weight or maintain your weight, the monitoring of how many calories you have burnt compared to your weekly average, an inbuilt compass to help with navigation and lots more, the features tend to favour specific sports so it is worth having a look through the heart rate monitor models to find one with suitable features.

So when buying a heart rate monitor there are a few things to consider, there are lots of models available from brands such as Polar, York, Reebok, Nike and many others. Nike, Reebok and York are general sports brands who offer a general selection of heart rate monitors, Polar offer a much bigger selection with lots of specialist features which makes Polar the leader in the heart rate monitor market. Most heart rate monitors have the standard features such as displaying the time, your heart beat rate, your average heart rate and the duration of the exercise, most also offer features such as helping maintain your ideal heart beat rate and counting the calories that you have burnt during the work out. If you are looking for a cheap heart rate monitor then have a good shop around, generally the brands like Nike, Reebok and York have the cheap models with Polar having the more expensive, specialist models, many of the shops also have cheap special offers and deals where money can be saved.

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