HRM what's everyone using?

Tammy S.
on 7/30/13 12:27 pm - Chandler, AZ
VSG on 01/14/13 with
I'm in the market for a new HRM & was wondering what you guys suggest. I just switched from the iPhone to Android & my current one isn't comparable:(

5'2, HW 297, SW 274, CW 124, GW 137 (goal reached 2/17/14)  

HEATHER H.
on 7/30/13 12:42 pm - SC
VSG on 08/07/12

Polar FT4...look on Amazon.com!

    
  Highest Weight: 270   Pre-Op Weight 267    Day of Surgery: 254.5   Current: 154             Month 1: -20lbs , Month 2 -16lbs, Month 3 -15lbs Month 4 - 10lbs, Month 5 - 11lbs;  month 6 - 9lbs; month 7 - 6lbs; month 8 - 4lbs; month 9 - 5lbs; month 10 - 1lb

   

themexcellentone
on 7/30/13 12:55 pm
VSG on 07/08/13 with

I have a Polar FT7.

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WorkItOutWoman
on 7/30/13 1:21 pm
Polar ft7 got it at best buy fir $70. They price match with Amazon.

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jacreasy
on 7/30/13 9:33 pm
VSG on 04/23/12

I have never had one and I was thinking of getting one myself. Seems like a lot of money to spend, Do they tell you how many calories you burn and do the ones you all have come with a chest strap?  Do you like them and are THEY ACCURATE STATS?

                                      

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Sandy M.
on 7/30/13 10:44 pm - Detroit Lakes, MN
Revision on 05/08/13

I have a Zephyr HxM, and it works well with my Android!

Height 5'4"  HW:223 Lap band 2006, revised to Sleeve 5/8/2013, SW:196

  

    

rhearob
on 7/30/13 11:50 pm - TN

I use a polar FT7.  I love it.  I have also heard great things about the Wahoo Monitors that work with apps on your iPhone/Android like "MapMyRun", etc.

 

To answer JAcreasy's question about Calories burned, a HRM is about the best way to accurately gauge calories burned when doing an Aerobic Workout.  Evey HRM/Gauge/Website has their own algorithm.  The Polar, in my experience, always seems to mach more closely the accepted algoritms published in peer reviewed journals.  In fact, it is a little more conservative than when I took the data and calculated them myself.  

The HRMs built into machines or the calories burned from fitness trackers are just rough guidelines based on norms.

 

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VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy:  7/22/2013

Tammy S.
on 7/31/13 12:02 am - Chandler, AZ
VSG on 01/14/13 with
Thnx for all your suggestions! Ya I think I'm going to check out the polar ft7, I already have the woohoo but my android phone won't recognize it. I've tried every app out there but it still doesn't work!

5'2, HW 297, SW 274, CW 124, GW 137 (goal reached 2/17/14)  

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