How do I use my HRM?

HMKan
HMKan Posts: 472 Member
edited September 23 in Fitness and Exercise
I just received my Timex Zone Trainer HRM in the mail and I am setting it up. I have the instructions, but it's so much. What should my target heart rate be? Does anyone have a Cliff's Notes version of how to set up/use my HRM so I don't have to spend my entire day trying to read this deck-of-card-sized instruction manual?

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  • jewelzz
    jewelzz Posts: 326 Member
    I keep mine around 150bpm take a resting reading then when the blood is pumping take another one.:smile:
  • rgalloway49
    rgalloway49 Posts: 16 Member
    I have a different brand then you, but once I input my height, weight, age into it, it calculated my target zone for me.
  • HMKan
    HMKan Posts: 472 Member
    Thanks guys. I guess I'll need to wait until I'm able to use it (tomorrow's workout) and try to fiddle with it to see how it really works. I think I got my info entered correctly, but if anyone else sees this, I appreciate all the help I can get. I knew I needed a HRM and I guses I know some of what it tracks, but I don't fully understand the whole thing.
  • sweetdianachka
    sweetdianachka Posts: 318 Member
    I have a really basic version so I just put it on and it shows my heart rate when I work out. You can check for your heart rate zone here

    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4736

    There's alos a lot of stuff about what target zone you want to be in, there is a calculator online right here

    http://www.fitzones.com/members/Fitness/heartrate_zones.asp

    Good luck!!
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