HRM reviews

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cushygal
cushygal Posts: 586 Member
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Hello.

I just bought a HRM. I went with the solo 960, rather than the polar. Now after reading reviews I am not so sure, I think the buy at best buy may have upsold it to me(even though its 10$ cheaper than the polar) anyone familiar with it?

I bought this for the sole purpose to use when weight training, but I do like the extra functions for tracking my steps as I am a runner. I normally wear the Garmin 305 when I run and I wear a FitBit daily.

Is this HRM ok for what I need or should I get the Polar?

Thanks

Claudette

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  • cushygal
    cushygal Posts: 586 Member
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    anybody?
  • cushygal
    cushygal Posts: 586 Member
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    anyone???
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
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    No heart rate monitor (or other portable device.) is anywhere near accurate for weight training. They are all designed around steady state cardio. Just going to have to guess.
    Sorry.
  • epcooper
    epcooper Posts: 161 Member
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    I have a polar HRM and I really liked it for walking and running. It doesn't do much for weight training, and because of that I don't actually log my NROL calories. I've calculated how much I need to eat (with a 300 calorie cut) on active workout days and on non-workout days and I stick to that as best I can. I do some cardio on days I'm not weight training, so those days I'll wear my HRM to walk or run, and just eat my exercise calories back to net my "non-workout" calories.

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