Heart Rate Monitor

AlyssaNorth

Do they keep track of how many calories you burn my ur HR? Where do u buy one?

rainbowbow

Heart rate monitors can be bought at walmart, best buy, target, etc. One of the most popular (and more reliable brans in my opinion) is Polar.

Different watches will tell you different things depending on how much money you are willing to spend. Most generally tell you average heart rate, how many calories burned, and time within certain heart rate ranges.

All heart rate monitors by polar use the exact same chest strap to take your heart rate and the watches has the different features.

pastryari

Yes, I do. I have a Polar FT4 and I never workout with out it. You can buy it cheaper on Amazon.com.

Tilran

Polar is the most popular brand. The FT4 is a nice starting HRM that is great for running/jogging and other cardio machines. If you do alot of strength training or workout 5-7 days a week you may want to get the FT40 or FT60 as those are more advanced and actually adjust to your fitness as you use them more and more. I have the FT40 and love it.

Motorola has a pretty sweet one called the MOTOACTV which has an MP3 player built in as well as GPS if you run outdoors to track your distance....could give that one a look as well...just keep in mind you must buy the chest strap seperate with that one. (thats how they get ya!)

tinana_RN

I got my Polar FT4 from bodytronics.com.

neverstray

Do they keep track of how many calories you burn my ur HR? Where do u buy one?

No.

However, it does take a guess at the calories burned based upon your heart rate, based upon your age, height and weight. But, an HRM's purpose is to monitor your heart rate, not to tell you how many calories you burned because it doesn't really know. If you want to stay in the fat burning zone, you should work at 80% of your max heart rate, for instance. That's what a HRM is really for, and that's what it does really well. The cals burned are a guess.