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Heh, I'm doing one of those poindexter/splicer "exercise entries."
This evening, after not treadmilling in a LONG time, I decided to strap on the heart rate monitor and go for a spin.
Got the heart up around 130 at a brisk walk, stayed on a little under half an hour, walked a mile and a half.
After that, some upper body stuff with the dumbbells. Curls, rows, and that thing where I dunk it behind my neck; it's good for the tricep.
It felt good, as it usually does, and I hope I do it again some time soon. Like meditation, exercise is something I love, and it helps my health, and everything's good about it except that I find it difficult to ever start.
I have a nice treadmill in my home, so there's my favorite machine, as much as I want for free, and meditation requires sitting still in a chair for 20 minutes, so it's not as if there's a high overhead.
I don't get it....
Anyway, I sure do love my heart rate monitor. I have a Polar A1, their entry-level model. The only feature it doesn't have that I've ever missed is time of day display, and that's no big thing. I got mine for about $40 with various coupons from Drugstore.com when they started their partnership with Amazon.
You might be able to find them on closeout, since it appears that the F1 has replaced it in their line.
Even the cheapest one comes with the wireless sender belt that lets you use those fancy health club treadmills that can read what they send.
As exercise incentives go, the monitor is one of the best investments I've made. I found out that I was driving myself harder than I needed to for the same health benefit. I used to think that the thing to do was work out until I couldn't do any more, but it's better to get to a heart rate target and stay there than it is to get your heart pounding and fall over in 20 minutes. Once you are up to that target rate, whatever exercise you do has more benefit as far as fat burning, cholesterol level, etc.
Plus, I don't have to worry so much about falling over with a heart attack while exercising. I can keep it down to a safer level.
Dex says check 'em out.
This evening, after not treadmilling in a LONG time, I decided to strap on the heart rate monitor and go for a spin.
Got the heart up around 130 at a brisk walk, stayed on a little under half an hour, walked a mile and a half.
After that, some upper body stuff with the dumbbells. Curls, rows, and that thing where I dunk it behind my neck; it's good for the tricep.
It felt good, as it usually does, and I hope I do it again some time soon. Like meditation, exercise is something I love, and it helps my health, and everything's good about it except that I find it difficult to ever start.
I have a nice treadmill in my home, so there's my favorite machine, as much as I want for free, and meditation requires sitting still in a chair for 20 minutes, so it's not as if there's a high overhead.
I don't get it....
Anyway, I sure do love my heart rate monitor. I have a Polar A1, their entry-level model. The only feature it doesn't have that I've ever missed is time of day display, and that's no big thing. I got mine for about $40 with various coupons from Drugstore.com when they started their partnership with Amazon.
You might be able to find them on closeout, since it appears that the F1 has replaced it in their line.
Even the cheapest one comes with the wireless sender belt that lets you use those fancy health club treadmills that can read what they send.
As exercise incentives go, the monitor is one of the best investments I've made. I found out that I was driving myself harder than I needed to for the same health benefit. I used to think that the thing to do was work out until I couldn't do any more, but it's better to get to a heart rate target and stay there than it is to get your heart pounding and fall over in 20 minutes. Once you are up to that target rate, whatever exercise you do has more benefit as far as fat burning, cholesterol level, etc.
Plus, I don't have to worry so much about falling over with a heart attack while exercising. I can keep it down to a safer level.
Dex says check 'em out.