Heart Rate Monitor Help

ODB · 12-07-2005, 08:25 AM

This is an article by a Dr. that I correspond with. He runs an adventure racing report website: Race Reports. The article gets into some good ways to use heart rate monitors to measure and improve your performance in events like running.

Running for Scientists

Phaedrus49er · 12-07-2005, 11:09 AM

That's pretty cool. Talk about motivation, much like keeping a lifting journal. Now, where can I get one of those nifty little graphing programs? [img]smile.gif[/img]

ODB · 12-08-2005, 06:49 AM

Which monitor do you have? My Suunto can do it and I know some of the better polars can. I think the Garmin Forerunner 301 can.

Phaedrus49er · 12-08-2005, 08:37 AM

Ah, so it's proprietary to the HRM itself. Kaiser turned me on to the Polar M32 as a good beginner's HRM, and it hasn't steered me wrong. I was thinking of a program independent of the HRM that I could just plug data into, but I'm not about to setup an Access database. I'll see if I can monkey around with Excel and get that to work.

fitfit_jo · 12-08-2006, 01:46 PM

I would suggest the Bios Fitness HRMs, they have a lot of features in even their basic models. You can find it in London Drugs. My friend's a personal trainer and he helped me pick it out.

Chris-STL · 12-08-2006, 02:23 PM

I have a timex body link that I use. Although I don't use the HRM much anymore.

emartin10 · 12-11-2006, 05:18 PM

I just bought a basic Polar HRM and it's great. I was torn between this one (basic - Zones, Calories Burned, and HR %) and the one up from this with distance and pace (uses a foot pod), but I decided to be cheap and get this and just use Google Maps. I like mine a lot though!

Did you know I burn 27 calories walking to the store behind my apt. and 682 in 1 hr 44 minutes of downhill skiing? I wear it everywhere.

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duffeymt · 12-27-2006, 12:38 PM

Do you guys know what your LT is? Have you determined what your training zones are for each discipline?

BamaDave · 12-30-2006, 09:45 AM

Duffey, this calculator is pretty good for giving you training zones:

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/Runni...calculator.htm

Also, Google for VDOT - that should bring up some other sites that will be helpful as far as appropriate training paces.