For ages, runners have been using heart rate monitors to find their target zone and keep track of calories burned. For swimmers, it’s been a different story. But now technology has brought us some waterproof heart rate monitors that can be used in the pool, lake, etc.
This heart rate monitor clips to your goggles and even talks so you can get your stats without breaking a stroke.
“The device’s infrared sensor clips to your earlobe and monitors light pulses on the skin caused by capillary blood flow. It converts the pulses into beats-per-minute (BPM) and uses bone conduction technology to transmit clearly spoken heart rate readings through your temple bone to the inner ear. As unobtrusive as a Bluetooth earpiece, the heart rate monitor attaches to a goggle strap and does not rely on chest or wrist straps, ensuring it won’t inhibit swim strokes. You can set it to automatically relay readings from 20 seconds to five minutes apart, or you can receive immediate readings with the touch of a button.”
Pretty darned cool if you ask me. And at $160, it’s comparable to other heart rate monitors on the market.
Swimmer’s Talking Heart Rate Monitor
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