Hi
I have seen links to those Sportcount Ring Lap Counters but do they show strokes ?
Sportcount Ring Lap Counter
www.swim-shop.com/product_info.php
I actually don't care about laps. I need to reduce my stroke count for efficiency.
There used to be the Speedo Stroke Counter Watch but I think it's discontinued. It looks like it was a sweet watch/counter !! It's not on the Speedo website :(
Product Description
200 lap memory. Ultimate swimmer's watch. Stroke counter tracks total strokes and average stroke per lap. Lap coutner and timer. Allows you to program pool length and swim style for accurate results. 200 lap memory. Stopwatch/time/date/alarm functions and calorie counter.
Product Link
www.amazon.com/.../002-5499330-9148050
Actually I think the problem is that they dont' ship to Canada.
Can someone from the USA surf to that link and see if there is an add to cart button because there isn't for me here in Canada.
Please advise where I can get this watch or other stroke counter.
Also does anyone have a MIO strapless heart rate monitor watch? They are supposed to be great. ECG reading from finger contact on watch face. Many models. All water resistant at 10 to 30 meters.
Product Link
www.miowatch.com/.../
Thanks
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Shamu,
Now this isn't strapless, but I use the Polar S610i for workouts 4-5days/wk 2400-3200yds/day. I don't notice the strap hardly at all. I tighten it down so that it is real snug while standing with my arms at my sides, 'cause when I come off the wall with my hands above my head in "more of a" streamline (mine still isn't great), my size must be much thinner around the chest/back. So I have to adjust it to be snug there-but not uncomfortable. Only when I come off the wall funny, does the band move a little- which is easily enough adjusted back up what little it moved on the next stroke or at the next turn. It's probably a good indication of when I don't come off the wall right!
It's waterproof and the buttons function underwater. I used to even mark all the interval starts and stops when I used it for 2 years (a year or so ago). It will hold a number of "laps". Now since I've come back after the year layoff, I just record the whole workout straight. With a Polar IR interface, you can download the whole thing to the computer and track your distance, how you felt, HR information on in a training calendar with charts, etc.
I can definitely tell the days that we did faster sets (what still would be slow sets for almost all of you :> ) vs. days with more distance work etc. I can also see my recovery (or lack thereof) for a set and try to correlate it with how I felt during that time/set.
The only problem I have had is that the elastic portion of the strap degrades over time in the chlorine; not as fast as a Lycra suit, but still will fade, lose elasticity and eventually fail. But they are easily and fairly cheaply replaced.
(I also use the same HRM on the bike and inline skates in the warmer season) and on the elliptical when I get the chance. It also interfaces with a number of main pieces of workout equipment that will display your HR reading it off your transmitter.
Nope-no endorsement money from Polar either. I just had looked around a lot at them when I first was going to get one.
Shamu,
Now this isn't strapless, but I use the Polar S610i for workouts 4-5days/wk 2400-3200yds/day. I don't notice the strap hardly at all. I tighten it down so that it is real snug while standing with my arms at my sides, 'cause when I come off the wall with my hands above my head in "more of a" streamline (mine still isn't great), my size must be much thinner around the chest/back. So I have to adjust it to be snug there-but not uncomfortable. Only when I come off the wall funny, does the band move a little- which is easily enough adjusted back up what little it moved on the next stroke or at the next turn. It's probably a good indication of when I don't come off the wall right!
It's waterproof and the buttons function underwater. I used to even mark all the interval starts and stops when I used it for 2 years (a year or so ago). It will hold a number of "laps". Now since I've come back after the year layoff, I just record the whole workout straight. With a Polar IR interface, you can download the whole thing to the computer and track your distance, how you felt, HR information on in a training calendar with charts, etc.
I can definitely tell the days that we did faster sets (what still would be slow sets for almost all of you :> ) vs. days with more distance work etc. I can also see my recovery (or lack thereof) for a set and try to correlate it with how I felt during that time/set.
The only problem I have had is that the elastic portion of the strap degrades over time in the chlorine; not as fast as a Lycra suit, but still will fade, lose elasticity and eventually fail. But they are easily and fairly cheaply replaced.
(I also use the same HRM on the bike and inline skates in the warmer season) and on the elliptical when I get the chance. It also interfaces with a number of main pieces of workout equipment that will display your HR reading it off your transmitter.
Nope-no endorsement money from Polar either. I just had looked around a lot at them when I first was going to get one.
