Best Heart Rate Monitors for Gym

i also noticed that while wearing it, the monitor transmits to gym equipment (bikes, ellipticals, etc) so you don't have to check the watch all the time, neat.

as someone whose grip is never right on the hrm on the machines at my gym, i decided i needed my own monitor.

after about 3 weeks of using the monitor during gym/treadmill workouts, it seems to perform up to the online description.

like another reviewer mentioned, it is easily affected by gym equipment and couldn't get a heartrate then.

i love the calories burned feature of the monitor, it validated something i've long suspected - the elliptical machines at my gym overestimate calories burned by approximately 30% and the treadmills

my heart rate is always accurate (against the machines at the gym and taking my pulse manually) and the information on the wrist unit is easy to read.

i'd been trying to use the heart rate feature on the equipment at the gym, with limited success.

if i use it more often, it's totally useless, cos it would say 32% when i'm obviously panting and working at around 85%, or even say 120% when i'm just walking around the gym.

i was doubtful if a heart rate monitor without a body strap would work, but my wife assures me that she has had it tested at her gym and it is extremly accurate.

i will be using it at the gym to make sure my heart rate stays up while i work out.

whenever i see someone at the gym readjusting the chest strap on their heart rate monitor i am so happy i bought this one instead.

bought this earlier this year when i was planning to get back to the gym.