Heart Monitor Watches

For those who takes exercising seriously or for those who want to take their training to the next level, heart monitor watches is a critical component, no less important than the training program. The heart monitor watch is a personalized heart rate monitor that measures your heart signals during your exercise and these signals can be stored and analyzed in later times.

The regular heart monitor watch is comprised from two main components: the measuring and signaling strap and the watch itself. The strap is attached to your chest with elastic strap where the monitoring part is close to your ribs cage and by using electrodes is capable of measuring the heart rate. This component is responsible for taking measures of your heart rate and transmits it to your watch. The watch is the receiver unit, which takes the information from the strap and displays it, store it and transfer it to other devices for analysis.

There are many types of heart monitor watches and they are mainly different in the features they measure. The most basic measurements are the heart rate, time of practice and hour of the day. More sophisticated heart monitor watches will include also calories burn calculation, right thresholds of exercise plus signals when you step out of these boundaries, integration with other measurement units (for example speed or number of rounds per minute of your bicycle) and ability to transfer the data to your computer for further analysis. Most people will suffice in the basic heart monitor watches for their regular training while professional athletes will use the more advanced heart monitor watches.

You can also find some strapless heart monitor watches which measures the heart rate in your palm. These watches look like a regular watch with an extension of the measuring piece toward the thumb. They usually lack some advanced functionality and might not be that comfortable for most people but there are people that prefer this type.

The more popular and better companies that make these heart monitor watches are Polar, Timex, Suunto, Nike, and Garmin. The price rang start at $50 for the most simple heart monitor watches and can reach to $500 to the most sophisticated, features rich items.