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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Accurate heart rate readings can be an excellent feedback tool for technique. Heart rate is a direct indicator of total effort which, when coupled with time for each repeat gives you a direct reading of swimming efficiency. How fast can you swim and not go above XXX heart rate? As you improve swimming skills you will be able to swim faster and faster at submaximal heart rates. A great way to couple endurance training with technique focus is to choose a heart rate that is in your aerobic range but below anaerobic threshold and see how fast a pace you can maintain/repeat without peaking above that heart rate.
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Accurate heart rate readings can be an excellent feedback tool for technique. Heart rate is a direct indicator of total effort which, when coupled with time for each repeat gives you a direct reading of swimming efficiency. How fast can you swim and not go above XXX heart rate? As you improve swimming skills you will be able to swim faster and faster at submaximal heart rates. A great way to couple endurance training with technique focus is to choose a heart rate that is in your aerobic range but below anaerobic threshold and see how fast a pace you can maintain/repeat without peaking above that heart rate.
