How accurate are the heart rate monitors............?

on elipticals and treadmills in the gym? I recently started running again (after years of living a really bad lifestyle) and my heartrate when I start is around 88/minute I walk for 5 mins and run for 5 min for 35 mins. during my running my heartrate reaches 190-200/min. Usually I feel okay not dizzy or anything, but last night it went above 200-210 and it took me a long time to get back to normal and I felt really lightheaded and dizzy. Do you think I just had an off night? or is something wrong? I%26#039;m a little scared to go to the gym today, or at least run.

Oh yeah i weigh 133 and I%26#039;m 37 yrs old. 5%26#039;8%26quot; tall.

How accurate are the heart rate monitors............?

after living a really bad lifestyle I would consult with your doctor and get a physical done to be sure that your body can handle what your going to do to it during your work out. To be on the safe side.....

How accurate are the heart rate monitors............?

The ones that you what..hold your thumb down too for it to read your heart beat are not accurate. You can not trust the machine you are on unless you are connected to a heart rate monitor or a calorie counter during your entire work out.

The perfect way to loose weight and monitor your progress is to use a calorie counter on a daily basis while you diet.

Energy In/Energy Out

Food Intake: 1,200 Per Day

One Pound equals 3,500 Calories

To loose one pound per day, You need to burn your food intake plus your one pound of fat

1,200 (intake) + 3,500 (Outtake) = 4,700 Calories Burn

You must burn at least 4,700 Calories everyday to loose one pound at least. It is very easy to go up and beyond 4,700 calories each day.

Best way to do this is to track your progress on a calorie counter monitor watch. If you do it by the numbers you can loose the weight. It is just a matter of changing the way you think about weight loss.

Once you start wearing your calorie counter you can see the numbers increase and you fill find yourself doing extra things in your day, like tapping your foot while waiting at the light in your car, chewing gum, singing out loud and so on onto of your workout routines. You begin to see that everything you do in your day contributes to the overall numbers needed to loose that pound.

Water Intake/Less Storage

Most people do not get enough water in their system. Water is your body%26#039;s principal chemical component, comprising, on average, 60 to 80 percent of your weight. Every system in your body depends on water. For example, water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues.

Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don%26#039;t have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions. To determine if you are getting enough water use this simple formula.. Take your weight, for example 150 pounds and divide by 2. Take your answer which is 75 lbs and change it to ounces, in this case 75 ounces. That is how many ounces of water you need a day. Your body performs mostly on water. If you make sure you get enough water everyday your body will perform at top notch and your body will no longer have the cravings of junk food. You will have a better performing body system to help you work out and feel better thru out your day.

Good Food

My favorite things to eat:

Avocado Wraps

Simple: Low Carb Tortilla, Half Avocado sliced, alpha sprouts, lettuce, soy bacon...Just wrap it up and eat. You can vary the things you put inside so long as you keep it to approx 4 or 5 items. You want to make sure they are fresh, low calorie and filling. Avocado and mushrooms can replace meats in your meal and still have great taste.

Special K Cereals are fantastic. They have that sweetness that one craves and is so good for you. Calories are low. Great for even just dinner.

First thing in the morning...A Glass of Chocolate Milk. Yup!! Chocolate Milk. We all crave that %26quot;got to have%26quot; item in the morning. Milk is the best thing you can have for yourself while working out. The chocolate (and you can use Carnation Instant Milk for this but I simply use Nestle dry mix) will give you that sweet %26quot;snack%26quot; that you need. If you give your body a little bit of it and its in a control way, you will not crave sweets and junk the rest of the day.

Lean Cuisines

Fantastic food! Each meal is approx 180 t0 380 calories per box. So think about your calories. 1,200...You can still have several of these meals a day and still be under your intake requirements.

It閳ユ獨 all about the numbers and watching what you take in and what you burn out. And you know what..If you go over your 1,200 mark for food intake...that閳ユ獨 okay...you simple up your total calories burned for the day by what you took it. So long as you burn off the over all calories to be more than your food intake. Just make sure you stick too it so you can reach your weight loss goals.

Fruits and Veggies

All you want on the schedule listed below.

Bananas are my favorite. They are very filling and can make a meal all on their own.

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Vitamins

My favorite is ONE A DAY WITH ENERGY...I am in love with this vitamin because I am just like everyone else who loves those quick fix energy drinks. But what people do not realize is that energy drinks can contain 120 to 440 calories in just ONE Can. If you think about it..That is HALF of your allowed calories for food intake. The best alternative I have found is One a day with energy vitamin. Easy to spot, it is packaged in a green label bottle. Just One vitamin a day will give you as much energy as approx. 1 1/2 cans of red bull...WITHOUT the calorie intake.

WoW..now your making progress already because you have made more room in your intake calories for actual healthy food.

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Soda/Carbonation

Carbonation is terrible for your system because it bloats your stomach. And when your stomach bloats, your jeans just don%26#039;t fit. You can drop one pant size simply by NOT drinking any carbonated drinks all together..Take away the bloat and you have instantly just made it one pant size lower. Besides, Sodas dehydrate you and with that One a Day Vitamin, you won%26#039;t need the Caffeine in the soda and it will also cut out those extra calories that you don%26#039;t need.

So remove that soda and the energy drinks and just think how much calories you just instantly removed from your daily intake. I normally consume what...four sodas and two energy drinks in one day...that is a total of .... 900 calories. Of what??? Nothing...Those are horrible calories and calories that can be replaced by food which will fuel your body for your day and your workouts.

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Your Body

Your body is like a computer. You must program your body to do what it is suppose to do so it won%26#039;t crash and leave you with a virus. Your stomach is only the size of your fist. So think about it right now, Look at your hand and close your fist. Not very big is it. That is how much food you actually ONLY need to eat, each time you eat for every meal. If you eat anything more than that, you will stretch out your stomach which causes overeating and overweight.

What you need to do is eat every three hours, approx 5 to 7 times everyday around the same time. If you are always giving your body healthy and better food choices (the size of your fist) every three hours, your body will know you are giving it food. It will use that food properly. It will not go into starvation mode or store food away for later because it knows...it will get more in three hours. So what does your body do...it flushes everything out of your system because it doesn%26#039;t need it.. Now it knows...you wont%26#039; forget about it and that food is on its way.

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Walking Buddy

This is the best thing especially for woman. Get a walking buddy. One hour everyday. Just think about how much talking, venting and laughing two woman can do together while walking and yup, you guessed it...it just burns more calories and reduces your stress. You now are more relaxed because you can talk and free yourself of whatever is frustrating you while getting into shape.

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By: My own experience/rivasj27

How accurate are the heart rate monitors............?

They are pretty accurate, however, I%26#039;d buy my own. Polar heart monitors are very good quality ones.

If you felt dizzy most probably you did go off your max heart rate limit. According to your age your max heart rate limit should be 220-37=183

There are several formulas but this one is the easiest, fastest and most accurate available right now.

How accurate are the heart rate monitors............?

If you just started exercising again, you need to take it slow. You need to stay within your target heart rate in order for your cardio training to be helpful. The HR monitor on exercise machines are accurate enough.

According to the American Heart Association, to get your target HR you subtract your age from 220, which would give you 183. This is your maximum healthy HR during exercise. You want to stay within 50-85% of that during exercise in order for your exercise to be effective, which puts you at 91.5 - 156 BPM. It is detrimental to go above this.

I know it%26#039;s cliche but you need to have a physical to make sure you don%26#039;t have high blood pressure. Exercising too hard with high blood pressure can lead to stroke and heart attack, neither of which you want.

Exercise is great if you go about it in a safe and healthy manner. Get with your doctor and both of you can put together a work out that is good for you.