If you’re a person who participates in virtually any sport, form of exercise, or you’re simply keeping tabs on your overall daily wellness,
then you probably know there’s one piece of data that’s commonly monitored in your training or health.
I’m reminded of the words by Roxette – listen to your heart.
That’s right. I’m talking heart rate monitors. In fact, today I wanted to quickly cover the variety of chest strap heart rate monitors Garmin has to offer.
Monitoring your heart rate is important for a number of reasons – from training more efficiently – to potentially improving yourself athletically,
and even just making sure you’re not pushing your body too hard in general.
Now, chest strap heart rate monitors have been around for years, and with it a foundation of trust and reliability in the technology.
However, that isn’t to imply the technology hasn’t advanced over the years - so these days some chest straps are able to provide more than just a heart rate reading.
But before we jump too far ahead of ourselves, let’s start off with a heart rate monitor for the person who just wants to keep track of their heart rate.
For this, take a look at the HRM-Dual.
This chest strap can transmit real-time heart rate data via ANT+ wireless connectivity, as well as Bluetooth Low Energy technology,
if you’re looking to use this with, say, an app on your compatible smartphone.
Better yet, simplicity yields high rewards, because this chest strap has an estimated battery life of up to 3 and a half years from the user-replaceable coin cell battery.
Or, if your mornings begin with doing laps in the pool, rather than on the track, then the HRM-Swim is probably in your lane.
Set aside concerns of the strap sliding down your torso as you push off the wall, because this particular chest strap has a non-slip,
pool chemical resistant design specifically with the pool swimmer in mind.
Now, while you’re in the water rather than transmitting real-time this strap will store the data within the module itself
and forwards that information over whenever communication is reestablished to your compatible Garmin device.
You know what else this means?
After you’ve started the activity timer on the watch you have the option to leave it elsewhere– like your locker – while you go about your routine.
Now, if you’re looking for something to help you conquer activities both on land, and in the water – then you should most definitely look at the HRM-Pro.
For you triathletes, after diving in, this strap will capture heart rate data much like the HRM-Swim – however you can transition quickly, and with ease,
to the cycling leg since this strap is sporting our traditional ultra-comfortable band.
Then, as you wrap things up with a run, in addition to heart rate data, record advanced Running Dynamics metrics that you can then review and use to become more efficient in future sessions.
And say you participate in an activity where having something on your wrist just isn’t feasible, or allowed, but you don’t want to miss out on common activity tracking metrics.
Continue to get data recorded like steps, calories, and intensity minutes from this chest strap – all thanks to Physio TrueUp.
Better still, this strap has the ability to sync directly with our Garmin Connect Mobile app so odds are you’ll be able to see your data before you finish rebuckling your watch to your wrist.
With so many ways to really get your blood pumping you don’t want to miss a beat.
You have a choice when it comes to finding the right chest strap to provide the information that’s most important to you.
For more information, and to confirm which chest straps are compatible with your Garmin device, please visit garmin.com
That does it for now.
I’m Matt with Garmin.
Thanks for stopping by and remember that no matter how you choose to be active day after day – we hope we’ve helped you beat yesterday.