Heart rate monitor

I've been fighting the worst cold ever! It totally whoop my butt. Still not over it and it has almost been 1 week. Tomorrow I have swim class, I better take a lot of antihistamines.

So I just traded in my Movado for a heart rate monitor. Perhaps I should rename my blog to "from yuppie to triathlete."

One thing I like about this model is the lack of chest strap. You place two fingers on the sensors, wait a few seconds and voila...instant heart rate! However the downside is you cannot get a constant heart rate - but I would rather have the convienence of not having to wear a strap.

My new resting heart rate is: 57 beats per minute according to this watch. Thus my target heart rates are:

Based on an age of 29 and using the formula 211 - Age/2
Maximum Heart Rate (Calculated) = 196.5

100% 196.5
95% 186.7
90% 176.8
85% 167.0
80% 157.2
75% 147.4
70% 137.5
65% 127.7
60% 117.9
55% 108.1