Polar f11 Heart Rate Monitor | Heart Rate Monitor Reviews

The Polar f11 Heart Rate Watch is an excellent heart rate monitor that creates a workout program to tell you how much, how hard and how long to exercise to reach your goals. This powerful wrist monitor provides a highly accurate gauge for getting the most from your exercise sessions. with average heart rate on the fly and other functions you can easily tell what workout zone you are and should be in. Plus it records and displays accurate calories burned.

Plus it will keep track of accumulated calories so that you can meet your fitness and weight loss goals. You can set it to daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure. A great feature, and bonus for anyone serious about reaching their fitness goals.

The polar f11 also includes a a brand new innovation inside the watch called the "Keep U Fit". With this program you input your stats, take a fitness test (which is basically a timed measure of your resting heart rate) and the F-ll will tell you how fit you are. Something other heart rate watchs do not include, an excellent feature in my books.

Features on the Polar f11 Heart Rate Monitor
Displays heart rate, exercise time, and average heart rate
Manual and automatic heart rate limit settings
Large easy-to-read display with backlighting and split screen
Water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)

Exactly what are the benefits to using a heart rate monitor while you work out? Well the short answer is that it is a good measurement to exactly how hard you are working. A good example is I remember many times jogging along and thinking hey I'm getting a good workout, only to look down and find out that I wasn't really getting the kind of workout I thought because I wasn't in my targeted zone.

Target Heart Rate Zones - are zones that determine not only how hard you are working out but also where your body is burning the calories from. If your interested in loosing weight for example you might be surprised that it's more beneficial to work within a slow and steady burn zone rather then trying to go all hardcore sprint sessions since in the lower heart zone the amount of calories you burn comes from your fat reserves rather then burning in the anaerobic zone, which would be counter productive to your goals.

This is where having and using a heart rate monitor comes in handy in helping you target exactly what it is you want to achieve in your fitness levels. The chart below explains and displays the various heart zone and how to incorporate them into your workouts

The Suunto T1 Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer is the perfect tool to help you reach your fitness goals. The heart rate monitor will display and show your average heart rate in real time. It also displays the number of accurate calories burned so far and you can easily tell and see which heart rate zone you are working out in.

The watch has 29 different modes and is easy to work and comfortable to wear. The face of the watch has a digital electroluminescent display and a white dial. Aside from these features, the T1C functions as a watch with dual time, date, alarm, stopwatch, and workout summary for past two months. Water resistant at 30 meters (100 feet).

User Review - Christine "If you need a straight forward heart rate monitor without a lot of bells and whistles I can't recommend this enough. "

The Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor - Women's is a great fitness watch from the (spring 2010) line. What makes the FT7 such a great choice is that it offers more features then an entry level heart rate monitor, but doesn't go overboard either. Plus this looks stylish, and isn't made to be big and bulky, but rather sits nicely on the wrist.

Where the Polar FT7 shines is it delivers exactly what a Woman wants out of a fitness watch. Its easy to use, the screen is very easy to read, and tracks the essentials heart rate, calories burned, and various fat burning and fitness zones. After your workout it can produce a simple summary of total calories burned, how many minutes you spent in the zone (fat burning) and your average heart rate.

The Polar FT7 is the Perfect Women's Fitness Watch.