Are you searching for that edge in your fitness and weight loss goals? Have you had enough of going through strenuous workouts and fitness regimens, absurd diets and eating plans without any progress whatsoever? Well than you must either not have a heart rate monitor or one that is simply not doing your efforts justice. It has been proven that with the help of heart monitor watches, professional athletes and people looking to lose weight alike have improved and reached their targets. The great thing to also note is that heart monitors are made by some really good names such as Suunto and Timex. Both these heart monitor brands have held their own against the more recognized Polar brand. Two heart monitor watches that have taken the industry by storm have been the Suunto T3C and Timex T5J031 heart monitors.
Review: Suunto T3C Monitor
Versatile is the first word that comes to mind when someone mentions the Suunto T3C. It has been in a class of its own for some time now in terms of functionality and design. It has the ability to display to the user the basics such as heart rate in real time, averages and calories burnt up during workouts and fitness routines. The new feature on the Suunto T3C is the Training Effect Function that works in real time. This feature is there to give the user an indication of how hard their body is working through the workout. It gives you the ability to monitor and see where improvements can be made.
Accompanying this Suunto Heart Rate Monitor is the comfort belt that works accurately with the Digital Interference free ANT transmission. It gives you a more accurate heart rate reading and cancels out interference from other heart monitors and wireless gadgets. It has a dual time function, an alarm feature and date display. Among its many other handy features, the Suunto T3C is water resistant to 100 feet and carries a two year warranty.
Review: Timex T5J031 Heart Monitor Watch
The Timex T5J031 heart monitor is one of the best in the market because it comes with some really handy features, simple design and is able to be worn by both sexes. This makes it a very versatile heart monitor. With the help of a chest strap, it provides target heart zones that are suited for the user to help achieve maximum output and efficiency in their workouts. It also provides the time spent in the target heart zones for further analysis by the user. One thing that it does better than other heart monitor watches is monitor resting heart r ate and show calories burnt.
Other pretty handy features include a one hundred hour chronograph function, lap memory of 27 laps and a one hundred hour countdown timer. It is also water resistant to one hundred and sixty five feet or fifty meters. It comes with a time and date display with alarm features and carries a battery life of two years. Both the Timex T3C and Suunto T3C are some of the most exciting heart monitor watches around.
