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?
Thanks
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aquageek,
If you are serious about swimming and getting the most from your workouts, the heart rate monitors are the best tool you can buy. If you are trying to loose rate, all your workuts shold be at 50-60% of maximum heart rate.
If you are training to win Nationals, you must do most of your training in the 70-85% range. Many swimmers (older) are training at 90-95% range. Your body will never recover from this and not fully develope. This maximum heart rate range should only be done once a week as it takes 72 hours for the muscles to rebuild.
From 1988-91 I was swimming very fast in practice, but just had poor speed in meets. I started using a heart rate monitor, moved to slower lanes and my 50 time dropped two seconds.
Speedo make a very good heart rate monitor, I have one in addition to my 2 Polars. Other heart rate monitors are out there.
It seems companies go into and out of the heart rate monitor business yearly. Polar will always be there.
aquageek,
If you are serious about swimming and getting the most from your workouts, the heart rate monitors are the best tool you can buy. If you are trying to loose rate, all your workuts shold be at 50-60% of maximum heart rate.
If you are training to win Nationals, you must do most of your training in the 70-85% range. Many swimmers (older) are training at 90-95% range. Your body will never recover from this and not fully develope. This maximum heart rate range should only be done once a week as it takes 72 hours for the muscles to rebuild.
From 1988-91 I was swimming very fast in practice, but just had poor speed in meets. I started using a heart rate monitor, moved to slower lanes and my 50 time dropped two seconds.
Speedo make a very good heart rate monitor, I have one in addition to my 2 Polars. Other heart rate monitors are out there.
It seems companies go into and out of the heart rate monitor business yearly. Polar will always be there.
