Polar F11 Heart Rate Monitor

In physical fitness, few tools can affect your rate of progress as quickly as a personal trainer. Personal trainers examine your current fitness level, design a personalized roadmap for your workouts, and gently (or sometimes not so gently!) prod you toward reaching your goals. However, not everyone can afford a personal trainer's weekly rates, along with the cost of a gym membership. Others prefer not to exercise indoors. The Polar F11 Heart Rate Monitor provides an effective alternative, by putting a virtual personal trainer on your wrist.

The Polar F11 is one of the most feature-rich, and affordable personal fitness computers on the market. You simply need to wear the F11 wrist watch, and place the heart rate monitor on your chest. The F11 will run an initial fitness assessment test based on your resting heart rate to determine your current cardiovascular capacity, then design a workout program that is tailored specifically for you, telling you specifically when you need to train, and how much effort you should be exerting.

When working out with the Polar F11, your body will provide all the feedback that is necessary. The F11 will monitor your heart rate in real time, ensuring that you reach and maintain the target heart rate that is appropriate for your fitness level. Additionally, the F11 will track the number of calories that you burn, giving you measurable data that you can use to track your progress. It also includes the clever innovation of being able to transmit data to a computer through an audio cable, keeping the watch from being overly bulky. The data uploaded from your watch can then be tracked on the computer or through Polar's website.

The Polar F11 is recommended as a first heart rate monitor for a person who is just getting started in an exercise program. The initial investment required to purchase it is quite low, especially as compared to a gym membership and a personal trainer’s time, but it provides several of the key features that are required in a personal fitness computer. Polar's unique approach to the F11's virtual personal trainer functionality is sure to be a help to a great many athletes who would like to improve their level of physical fitness, but have difficulty sticking with an exercise program long term.

Polar F11 Summary:

* Personal trainer functionality provides a personalized roadmap based on the user's current fitness level, telling them when to exercise and at what level of exertion
* Accurate heart rate monitor ensures that the user reaches and maintains their target heart rate, and tracks the number of calories burned during a workout
* Full featured fitness computer at an attractive entry level price point

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