Combining stylish looks with heart rate monitoring features, this larger Timex Personal Heart Rate Monitor watch (model T5G971) can be worn by both men and women. It features a chest strap heart rate monitor, easily accessible function buttons, durable resin case, and comfortable resin strap with a stylish tapered profile. For integrating heart rate monitoring into your training, this watch enables you to continuously track your heart rate during exercise as well as pre-set target heart rate zones with alarms that notify you when you are out of the zone. It also offers an automatic activity timer and a workout review that recalls activity time and average/peak heart rates. This streamlined watch also has a month/day/date displ (more…)

Whether training for a 10K race or exercising to lose some of that spare tire, the Timex T5D741 digital watch with integrated heart rate monitor will help you make the most of your training. Timekeeping features include a 100-hour stopwatch, 100-hour countdown timer, display of month/day/date and 24-hour clock, an alarm with 5-minute back-up, and a display with flipping system for easy reading. This midsize style for smaller wrists also features a polyurethane strap, a battery life of 3 years, and water resistance to 50 meters. Heart rate monitoring features include target zones with optional alarms, 5 target zones based on maximum heartbeat, average/peak heart rate data, recovery rate timer, and calories burned. The comforta (more…)

Featuring a new, slim design, the F4 is Polar’s first heart rate monitor designed specifically for women. It’s packed with innovative training features to help you toward your exercise goals, including:Zone Pointer: A visible and audible feature on the display of your heart rate monitor showing your target heart rate zone and where your current heart rate is within that zone. Polar OwnCal: Shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kiloca (more…)

Product DescriptionSigned up for a half-marathon and not sure what you’ve gotten yourself into? Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Half-Marathon Training: Get Ready to Run or Walk a 5K, 8K, 10K or Half-Marathon Race is an easy-to-understand introduction to the world of running half-marathon, or shorter, race. Endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, this book is packed with illustrations, notes on how to stay motivated and tips on how to train without pain. It will guide you through your marathon-training program and show you how to find the appropriate clothing and shoes, prevent and treat injuries and warm-up before running. Even if you are walking a shorter distance, this is a beneficial training manual. So run, or (more…)

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TIMEX® DIGITAL FITNESS HEART RATE MONITOR :: The Timex® Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor displays current heart rate in terms of percentage of your max, plus recovery rate and more. Digital transmission eliminates crosstalk.

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Whether training for a 10K race or exercising to lose some of that spare tire, the Timex T5C351 digital watch with integrated heart rate monitor will help you make the most of your training. Timekeeping features include a 100-hour stopwatch, 100-hour countdown timer, display of month/day/date and 24-hour clock, an alarm with 5-minute back-up, and a display with flipping system for easy reading. It also features a double-shot polyurethane strap, a battery life of 3 years, and water resistance to 50 meters. Heart rate monitoring features include target zones with optional alarms, 5 target zones based on maximum heartbeat, average/peak heart rate data, recovery rate timer, and calories burned. The comfortable heart rate sensor o (more…)

Combining GPS location data with heart rate monitoring, the Timex Ironman Trail Runner (model T5J985) is a great choice for serious and professional runners, providing latitude and longitude, altitude/elevation data, exact real-time/average/maximum speed, and pace calculation. It offers a stylish silver watch face accented with bright yellow, dark gray resin band with buckle closure, chest-strap heart rate monitor, and lightweight GPS receiver. Location features include the ability to record up to 10 waypoints, on-the-move compass directional heading, and a Track Back function to navigate you back to a selected waypoint. Speed and Distance features include tracking of your workout distance (with target distance alerts), conti (more…)

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# Easy to read over-sized LCD display
# Configurable backlight duration
# Configure display content on up to 4-screens
# Wireless heart rate monitor (HRM) included
# Firmware updatable via PC and Internet connection
# Stores 60,000 trackpoints, 600 waypoints and 100 laps
# SiRF Star III GPS chipset for accuracy and performance
# Same saved data can also be used to geotag digital photos with location
# 5-selectable languages (English, Spanish, French, German, & Italian)

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Product DescriptionTimex Ironman Bodylink® SystemCombines Watch, Speed and Distance Monitor and Heart Rate Monitor. Now with a NEW, compact designed GPS pod that’s 30% smaller to easily strap to arm or clip to shorts! All 3 components work together to give you all the information you need to monitor your training and improve your performance.

• Simple to use
• No GPS calibration necessary
• Works for all activities
• Works with highly accurate GPS satellite tracking system
• Includes adjustable arm strap and belt clip
• Continuous odometer
• Automatic time correction
• Synchronized transmission prevents cross talk from other heart rate monitors
• 100-hour chronograph with lap/ (more…)
  

Most health experts would tell us that exercise should become a daily habit in order to be physically fit and of course live the good life. But of course, exercise would vary depending on the condition of the person. There would be a different exercise program for the handicapped. Most especially, for the million out there afflicted with heart ailments, they need a special exercise program for their condition and a good companion: the best heart rate monitor.

This could help them in constantly checking their blood pressure levels and heart rate. Some could even monitor their cholesterol levels. What’s even great is that they won’t look like big hospital machines that you need to set up every time you use them. They are now portable and very lightweight that you won’t notice it at all. You just go about your daily routine or exercise and the device does it job.

But of course, you have to choose the best and right heart rate monitor for you. That means you need to know how you can find it. One of the first things that you can do is check online or magazine reviews that would give you a good analysis on the products that are currently available. Most of the time, they would feature a product that is really of good quality. The reviews can also help you determine exercise programs would go well with the product. Read the rest of this entry