I usually don’t wear a watch. I always have my cell phone with me (even if I don’t answer it, heh) and if not I’m always near a computer. After reading free Oxygen magazines I’ve determined that I should probably find out what my real heart rate is when I do cardio, since the machine downstairs is broken. It says that I’m at 70-90, but that’s more or less what a person’s resting heart rate is. Anyways, we went to Sport Chek at Beacon Hill and I picked up a Mio Shape watch.
Mio Shape
The box had a price sticker stating $149.99, but the computer at the till said $39.99, so I’m pretty sure I lucked out with this purchase. Not only does it have a heart rate monitor, but I can also track my calorie intake and expenditure, compare it to my target caloric intake, AND it tells time.
I’m looking forward to trying this out during my morning cardio routine tomorrow. In the meantime I’m reading the extensive health and fitness suggestion manual that came with the watch, and trying to determine if a resting heart rate of 56 is healthy or if I’m really a zombie.
— Edit August 24 —
Whohoo! The chart at the bottom of this heart rate page suggests that I am not a zombie and even lists me as “athlete”! While I still want to chalk up this reading as being tired right now and not having my coffee today, I’ll take what “truth” I can get from the internet.
It's tough to think of a blurb for myself when I'm also on