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Polar Heart Rate Monitors

There are various Polar heart rate monitors offered for recreational and professional athletes. A heart rate monitor provides an easy and accurate measure of your heart rate. If you want to reach your workout goal, you need to train or exercise at the right intensity level.

A monitor helps establish and maintain your training zones. For aerobic workouts the intensity level should be about 60-70%. For anaerobic or competitive training the intensity level is usually above 80%. The maximum heart rate is calculated by subtracting your age from 220. If you are 35 years old, your maximum heart rate is 185. If you exercise at 70% of your maximum heart rate, you should maintain a heart rate of about 129 (185 x 70).

The basic monitor measures your heart rate. An advanced monitor accumulates data, which can be downloaded to your computer. The computer provides analysis of your data and designs custom workouts.

Popular are the Polar F models for aerobic exercises. The Polar F11 costs about $150-170. It features the Keeps UFit workout program that can be programmed to your personal goals. The OwnCal feature provides data of your calories consumed. The OwnZone feature keeps you in your target zone. The monitor uses electrodes to detect your heart rate and eliminates interference from other monitors.

The Polar F4 is a model for women. It provides data to keep you in your target zone, including calories consumed in your exercise. Price is about $80-90.

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