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Real Estate on the Wrist
Dana Blankenhorn, columnist with ZDNet Healthcare,
writes:
Like a lot of people I stopped wearing wristwatches a few years ago. My cell
phone keeps time fine.
Turns out this leaves me with some important real estate, the space on my wrist,
for rent. My health wants this real estate, and so does yours.
One way to use that real estate is with a heart rate monitor. Simple models like
the Polar FS1 let you set your target rate, keep an eye on your heart in
real-time, and they are water resistant.
Fancier models like the Polar AW200 track your calorie count, your steps, and
keep an eye on the weather.
The best news in all this is how these devices, like the watches they replace,
are subject to Moore’s Law, and falling prices.
January 16th, 2008
Polar Or Garmin - Which Heart Rate Monitor
Is Best?
Polar is one
of the leading names in heart rate monitors, for athletes and others. Garmin
is also popular, with a range of monitors, some of which not only measure
heart rate but also use global positioning system technology to track speed
and distance covered. Both companies have their fans. But which is best?
The IndyStar.com website carries a
comparison from road racer Josh Trisler:
Polar is the most trusted name in heart-rate monitors. Polar has now
released a line of running computers that use a foot-pod speed and distance
sensor along with their heart-rate function. Foot pods use inertia devices
known as accelerometers to calculate speed and distance.
Continue reading "Polar Or Garmin - Which Heart Rate Monitor Is Best?
March 19th, 2007
I Spent an Entire Spinning Class Just Watching the Calorie Count Go Up and
Up
Leslie Garcia is 49 years old for two more weeks. She's in training for a
marathon. She and some fellow runners reviewed five heart rate monitors.
Read the full story
here.
And here are the conclusions:
Polar RS200SD - "I’m hooked. If I forget to put it on, I feel like
I’ve forgotten my socks."
Polar F11 - "I liked the watch itself. I’m not so sure about the
strap."
Multisport t3 Sports Watch by Suunto - "If you’re looking for an HRM
that’s durable, water-resistant, looks good on your wrist and has every
feature a professional athlete could want, this is for you. If you hate
reading directions, choose another product. It is impossible to program this
just by looking at the screen."
Garmin Forerunner 305 - "The buttons make sense to me. I find I don’t
forget how to work it."
Polar F6 - "Most of my workouts are in a class environment, where
teachers don’t always cue you to test your heart rate. This was an easy way
to track my heart rate without missing a beat in class. Also, I love the
calorie count on this watch. I spent an entire spinning class just watching
the calorie count go up and up."
March 3rd, 2007
NuMetrex Heart Rate Monitor Sports Bra
 When I
was working in investment banking in Tokyo (up until 1992) I remember there
was a real buzz around the business world concerning something known as
intelligent textiles - new, high-tech fabrics that perform all kinds of
functions, like monitoring your health or receiving broadcast signals.
Several Japanese companies were supposed to be leaders in the field.
Since coming to live in Australia I've not followed the topic. But recently
I learned of an actual product based on intelligent textiles - the NuMetrex
Heart Rate Monitor Sports Bra. It's a bra that incorporates sensors to
monitor your heartbeat. It was released to the market at the end of last
year.
It seems to be a fascinating product, and possibly the harbinger of many
more - equally fascinating - clothing items. I've written a short report on
the
NuMetrex bra.
June 16th, 2006
Affordable
Luxuries
Forbes
magazine has published a list of “affordable
luxuries” – goods or services costing less than $200 – for getting fit.
According to the report:
You
don't need to be wealthy to get healthy. In an age where gym memberships
cost hundreds of dollars per year, personal trainers around $100 an hour and
state-of-the-art exercise equipment in the thousands, it might strike some
readers as unrealistic that $200 will have much impact. Allow us to demure.
[The writer presumably means “demur”.]
Among the
items selected:
Polar F11 heart rate monitor
-
…which
not only monitors heart rates but also creates its own workout program that
tells wearers how much they need to exercise to reach their goals. A
suntanned personal trainer with rock-hard abs can do the same thing, but the
F11 only costs $159.
Tanita BC533 body composition monitor -
To help keep track of all
that weight you are losing, there are few bigger motivators than a scale,
and few scales are as high-tech--and affordable--as the Tanita BC553 Body
Composition Monitor, which has a list price of around $120. It not only
tells you your weight but also body fat, body water percentage, bone mass,
basal metabolic rate, metabolic age and muscle mass.
January 5th,
2006
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