My Favorite Heart Rate Monitor
When it comes to heart rate monitors, my favorite is the Polar FT60. The beauty of this watch is the advanced functionality for improving both your conditioning or for maximizing your fat loss. It will assess your current fitness level, help you develop a program based on your goals, and track your progress.Great for athletes, great for people who just want to lose weight.
Can you use a heart rate monitor to improve your conditioning for basketball/
Here’s an interesting article on conditioning for basketball. For many sports, the idea is to figure out how long you’re in certain zones and then try to mimic your workouts to that time. For example, in soccer you probably spend no more than 15-20 seconds in your red line (over the anaerobic threshold) during a match. So, when you train, you probably want to have some training days during the week where you continuously go into this zone.
Filed under Heart Rate Training News by on Jan 23rd, 2010. 