Most devices that track heart rate data require a cheststrap. Speaking from personal experience, they're uncomfortable. If you strap them too loosely they fall slip down when you get sweaty and then fail to record heart rate accurately. To keep it from sliding you have to strap them quite snugly, which is just not too comfortable. The Scosche myTrek is a $130 device that you wear on an armband that senses and sends heart rate data wirelessly (via bluetooth) to an iPhone or iPod touch. The iPhone/iPod app provides a nice interface that you can use to watch heart rate in one of 5 training zones, calories burned, distance/speed, workout duration and overall progress towards goals that you pre-specify.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Track heart rate without cheststrap
Most devices that track heart rate data require a cheststrap. Speaking from personal experience, they're uncomfortable. If you strap them too loosely they fall slip down when you get sweaty and then fail to record heart rate accurately. To keep it from sliding you have to strap them quite snugly, which is just not too comfortable. The Scosche myTrek is a $130 device that you wear on an armband that senses and sends heart rate data wirelessly (via bluetooth) to an iPhone or iPod touch. The iPhone/iPod app provides a nice interface that you can use to watch heart rate in one of 5 training zones, calories burned, distance/speed, workout duration and overall progress towards goals that you pre-specify.
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