Heart rate monitors…. A useful gadget worth investing in?
Heart rate is an important indicator of the intensity of effort and the body's physiological adaptation.
Heart rate monitoring is an important component especially in cardiovascular fitness assessment and fitness training programmes.
The have been developed to measure healthy people’s heart rate and help people exercise safely and effectively.
Here are four benefits of how a HRM’s can transform your training –
(1) CALORIES BURNED: By far the biggest attraction to females who work out especially is knowing what they’ve burned at the end of a session. HRMs’ calculate the number of calories expended during a training session based on your weight, height, age, gender, your individual maximum heart rate (HRmax) and how hard you’re training.
(2) IMPROVE HEALTH: HRMs can help you find and maintain the right exercise intensity to reach your goals. Specific zones and time requirements to reach weight loss and fitness performance goals are beneficial tools for the individual.
(3) MEASURE EFFORT: The work-rate of your heart is the most accurate method of determining how much benefit you are deriving from your specific workout.
(4) PREVENT OVERTRAINING: Feedback from HRMs can help prevent you from exercising too hard and avoid over-training. A resting heart rate that is higher than you expect before, during, or after a workout, can be a sign that your body is stressed and needs more recovery time.
(5) TRACK PROGRESS: HRMs are now able to store and display multiple training sessions, which will help you identify possible training errors, or hopefully just reinforce that you are on track and doing fine.
(6) SLEEP TRACKER: HRMs can give you useful information about the quality of your sleep, and then you can take steps to improve it if needs be.
Two good options include the Polar M400 and the Garmin Fr230, pictured below. Both available on Amazon for around the £100 mark. Links to each are provide above.
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