Heart rate Monitors

sharky86

Prob been asked 14 million times before but are heart rate monitors a great benefity to training? I always tought that if you train the harder you do it the better the results will be but seamly that is wrong???

Can any one point me in the direction of a good site/book that explains about heart rates?

Cheers

bungaro79

was going to post a thread about this myself! just finished a book about nutrition and training and using a heart monitor to train smart seems to be a big recommendation by the author.
does anyone use a heart monitor that they can upload the details online?? and would any of them be able to be used while grappling (brazilian jiu jitsu to be specific)?? would love to see the details of my workout

hunnymonster

most of them allow you to upload data. I would be worried about the strap slipping when grappling?

arybvtcw0eolkf

hunnymonster wrote: »

most of them allow you to upload data. I would be worried about the strap slipping when grappling?

I don't know of any martial art, and certainly not BJJ which would allow the wearing of jewellery or any accessory which could potentially cause injury to the wearer or their training partners.

bungaro79

yeah was thinking that makikomi, thought there might've been some different type out there that was specifically made for grappling but obviously not!

arybvtcw0eolkf

bungaro79 wrote: »

yeah was thinking that makikomi, thought there might've been some different type out there that was specifically made for grappling but obviously not!

Nope, I've often thought of it myself.

Personally speaking, and I'm not going to go into a long one here (I've posted about it before) the one big advantage training with a HRM has given me is that I know no matter how hard the going gets in competition or in training I have the added confidence in knowing that I've been training at max HRM for extended periods and I'm not going to gas easily - so I fight harder.

Before I used a HRM for preparation and competition my fights, and stamina in the fight were all guess work and I wouldn't fight so hard as I really didn't know where my stamina was or how hard I could truely push myself.

But thats not answering the OP's question, sorry.

I've found a few sites with info on HRM's, but none I'd trust in recommending to someone just new to HRM's.

They're growing hugely in popularity so I wouldn't mind coming across a trusted online authority on their usage.

bungaro79

so am i right in thinking makikomi that you just use yours when you're in the gym or doing cardio work??
just out of interest what hrm do you use?? as someone who practices martial arts i'd like to compare what you use to other ones i've seen recommended on other threads. all the reasons you mentioned about the advs of using them are exactly what i am looking to improve on, especially the gassing issue

arybvtcw0eolkf

I'm using a Cardiosport watch;



And yes, I'm using it in the gym & during cardio training - even wore it having a ride one night, but thats a whole different story

holdfast

sunnto do a hrm that only uses the chest strap and you download the the data after training if that is any good. Can see why you can t wear a watch it from my KM days when doing grappling.

flywheel

sharky86 wrote: »

Prob been asked 14 million times before but are heart rate monitors a great benefity to training? I always tought that if you train the harder you do it the better the results will be but seamly that is wrong???

Can any one point me in the direction of a good site/book that explains about heart rates?

Cheers

check out Joe Friel's Blog, including his article Heart Rate and Training

... and his book Total Heart Rate Training

aFlabbyPanda

I use a polar rs200 with the chest strap and foot pod. I'd be lost without it now. I found i was overestimating my burn and running times (marathon training, etc) and this helped greatly. RS200