Timex Personal Trainer

If you are considering getting started in a new workout program, a heart rate monitor is perhaps one of the most sound investments that you could make. A heart rate monitor helps to ensure your safety by alerting you when you are pushing yourself too hard, and has a supportive and motivational effect on your rate of calorie burning by helping you stay within the heart rate zones that are most efficient for your body. The Timex Personal Trainer was created with the first time buyer in mind, and it includes a basic set of features to help a new fitness buff get started, at a price that anyone is bound to like.

The Timex Personal Trainer includes a chest strap for monitoring heart rate. Once attached to the chest, the heart rate monitor will begin to transmit data to the Personal Trainer. Data transmissions are handled digitally, to minimize interference with other electronic devices that may be nearby. The Personal Trainer is compatible with much of the equipment that can be found in gyms, but is equally as useful for outdoor workouts. The unit includes a special night mode, in which the Indiglo-lit bezel will activate for a few seconds every time a button is pressed. The unit can also be used while swimming, as it is water resistant to a maximum depth of 30 meters. The Personal Trainer is unable to monitor heart rate when it is fully submerged in water, however.

The Personal Trainer is a mid-range product among the Timex Digital Heart Rate Monitor and the Zone Trainer. The Personal Trainer helps you maintain a target heart rate by sounding an alarm when you are outside of it, which the Digital Heart Rate Monitor does not. On the other hand, the Zone Trainer tracks your workout sessions within a maximum of three target zones, while the Personal Trainer has only one. In spite of this limitation, the Personal Trainer is highly recommended as a first heart rate monitor purchase. It is an excellent tool to aid with weight loss, by tracking the data most pertinent about your workouts: the total amount of time spent, the amount of time in your target zone, and the number of calories that you have burned.

Timex Personal Trainer:

• Monitors heart rate in real time, alerting you when you are outside of your target heart rate zone
• For each workout session, records the total time spent, total time in target zone, and total calories burned
• Does not have the personal trainer features of some more expensive units; can not schedule workouts for you
• Best combination of price and features among entry level heart rate monitors by Timex

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