Gone Polar.

A couple of months ago I ordered a Polar Heart Rate Monitor watch. It is wonderful!

 

It's really sad though that I've just gotten around to posting a blog about it. I've been using it at least since August (as you can see from the photo!).

 

I'd been wanting one for a while. When I started working out hard core with Insanity, Insanity Asylum, and running again I realized I wanted something to track my effort and improvements.

 

It's pretty cool - it has a fitness test that shows what category/level of fitness you're in when you first buy the watch so you can know how you fair in comparison to what you should, and potentially work towards improvement if needed or desired.

 

The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't really have a stop watch per se. It tracks your time when you start a sesh, but doesn't really let you see the timed clock very well. But it's all good - I still like it and favor most of what it displays and how it displays it.

 

One reason in particular I bought it was for calorie counting. I find that most machines don't track calories very accurately, and in addition, the 1,000 calories that people say are burned with Insanity is not really true (at least for me) - though every "body" is different.

 

Anyway - I'm happy with it! I hate having to wet and put the strap on each time, but if I'm doing a hard core training it's worth it.

 

Have a happy Thursday!