Heart Rate Monitor

This device is a personal monitoring that permits a person to measure their heart rate in real time or record their heart rate for later study.

The first models were a box with a set of electrode lead that attached to the chest. Now, we have modern versions that consist in a chest strap transmitter and a wrist receiver or mobile phone, that look like a watch or phone.

Now, we can found a big number of receiver designs. These include average heart rate over exercise period, time in a specific heart rate zone, calories burned, and breathing rate, built in speed and distance, and detailed logging that can be downloaded to a computer.

These devices represent a big advantage for the preparation of the athletes because they permit to know the capacity of each one and the levels effort they can have in the training avoiding future health’s problems or complications in the practice.

Link with the Best Overall Heart Rate Monitors: http://exercise.about.com/od/cardiomachinesresources/tp/HRM.htm

Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate_monitor