Now some people think heart rate monitors are what old people use to monitor their heart rates.
Before you read further watch this video on why I believe in heart rate monitors:
Now that you have the basics...have you bought a monitor yet?
I hope so. Its an essential tool in knowing how you work out. Before I got one...I thought I was kicking my butt at work outs and WRONG......you know when you get on a machine at the gym and put in your weight and age...it will say that you burn like 500 calories in the work out....you feel good, you feel great but no...that is wrong. Those aren't accurate! AS IF.
They don't know your A/S/L if you will allow me that throw back. In order to get an accurate number you need to know your age, gender, height, and weight. The machines just know age and weight......they don't know if you are male or female. If there is an entire book called Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus......the machines at the gym should at least as you S...as in sex. Male or female people keep it clean ya'll.
To fix that problem you need a heart rate monitor. It is essential for those wanting to lose weight!
I recommend a Polar because the strap you will wear under your clothes will read onto most machines at the gym.
When you get the watch you will program your stats! Age, sex, weight and height. They will pick recommended target heart rate zones based on that info. You can enter your own in if you have had the VO2 test (another topic).
You will wear the strap under your clothes and wear the watch during your workouts. You can monitor what your heart rate is and how many calories burned during said workout. How motivational!
I know you hear me talking about the RMR test over and over. You take that test to determine what your body burns a day doing nothing, essentially snuggling in bed all day. Out of 100% calories you burn a day....75% of those are from your RMR (sign up today for your test :) ) and the other 25% is lifestyle calories which come from doing your day to day activities and exercise.
The heart rate monitor measures those 25% lifestyle/working out calories. Not only can you track the calories during you work out but you can also wear it when you clean, when you walk the dogs, when you are sitting on the couch, when you are getting some action (refer to keeping it clean above and disregard that statement)! All those activities burn calories.
When you get your monitor, I recommend wearing it when you wake up in the morning to when you go to bed. That way you can know how much your body burns on a typical day without exercise.
I recommend the Polar FT7 because it can track you work outs. However, you can get the Ft4 and it will just store that one work out. Do NOT get the FT1 because it only tells you what your heart rate is. That is useless.
Take a look here: http://www.heartmonitors.com/heart-monitors/polar/f-series.html
Learn more here with another Polar video:
NOW get shopping. Get that monitor so you can learn about that 25% lifestyle calories you burn a day and contact me to schedule your RMR test today for $50 to learn the other 75% of calories you burn a day.
tick tock time to shop!
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