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Check out Polar. I have used their products for years from the basic unit to an all-in-one bicycling, running, and HRM. Their designs are easy to setup and their documentation is good. It looks like their basic unit is now the FT1. It will tell you average and maximum heart rate and calories burned. It is priced on their…
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As others have said, it depends on what your exercise goals are. I train for triathlons and during the ramp up to and through the season I take one rest day a week. During the winter, I usually have two total rest days a week. I'm sure you have heard "listen to your body". Good advice, but how is your "hearing"? Here's a…
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Just a bit about me before I give my response. I have been a solid cyclist for decades, an okay runner off and on, and a terrible swimmer from the first frightened strokes as a kid. But, I wanted to tri, so I crossed over from "want" to "do" in 2009 at age 53 with four events. Two sprints (one indoor pool, one open water),…
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Unless you are using a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM), the calories on your elliptical are most likely based on the data you enter when you start your exercise (age, weight, gender, etc.) and then calculated according to averages. The calories burned shown on MFP have to be estimates based on averages as well. A HRM measures how…
