I'm looking for a good heart rate monitor to wear while swimming.
I have tried the two that I have here at the house and neither one works in the water. Both are water proof but neither registered the heart rate once they were submerged.
1) Cardiosport chest strap and watch - works great until the chest strap transmitter touched the water, then the watch didn't register the rate. If I stood up and got the strap out of the water it immediately started tracking the heart rate again.
2) MioSensor watch (no chest strap) - works great until it got in the water. Wouldn't ever display the heart rate during the swim and didn't start picking it up again until about a 1/2 hour after the swim.
I've been looking at some Polar models since they advertise they are water proof, but the other two were water resistant and handled the water just fine, just didn't work in the water. I don't want to spend another $200 and have another dryland monitor.
Anyone using anything that registers the heart rate WHILE you're swimming?
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I would not call you a totatl dweeb just not correct. There is no way you can get an accurate heart rate using the cartoid pulse by the pool's pace clock at the pool.
No doubt you can be accurate enough in the morning when you wake up, but you are FAR off on "my maximum, my optimal training, and the time to go from maximum (or elevated) heart rate to recovery mode..."
Read my article on hear rate monitors. I had someone like you claim their heart rate was over 200. Using the heart rate monitor with EKG accuracy his rate was 180. For a swimmer in shape your heart rate will decrease 7-10 beats before you even start the cartoid pulse.
swimlong, how old are you and what do you think your heart rates are? Just curious. I have seen many swimmers over 40 that over train. Using less anaerobic training made them much faster.
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I would not call you a totatl dweeb just not correct. There is no way you can get an accurate heart rate using the cartoid pulse by the pool's pace clock at the pool.
No doubt you can be accurate enough in the morning when you wake up, but you are FAR off on "my maximum, my optimal training, and the time to go from maximum (or elevated) heart rate to recovery mode..."
Read my article on hear rate monitors. I had someone like you claim their heart rate was over 200. Using the heart rate monitor with EKG accuracy his rate was 180. For a swimmer in shape your heart rate will decrease 7-10 beats before you even start the cartoid pulse.
swimlong, how old are you and what do you think your heart rates are? Just curious. I have seen many swimmers over 40 that over train. Using less anaerobic training made them much faster.
