One of the reasons I don’t use a heart rate monitor often is that I hate the chest belt. To avoid this annoyance, Mark of Fitness has created a finger heart rate monitor, the MF-180.
You can buy the MF-180 on Amazon.
Related post: The Nordic Walkers Heart Rate Monitor

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Today, while browsing the Suunto website I’ve come across a curious product: the Suunto T6 Team Pack.
The product page gives the best definition for this product: “Suunto T6 Team Pack is a complete solution for situations where a trainer is managing sports activities involving a group of athletes. With the help of Suunto t6 team […]

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Stuart Tevendale from OTAG Technologies has posted a practical comparison of these two heart rate monitors: the Suunto T6 and the Polar S625X.
Both watches let runners and cyclist measure their performance: heart rate monitoring, speed, distance, and so on, gathering data through sensors on the runner’s shoe (Foot POD) or on the bike’s front wheel […]

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Last week I wrote about Garmin developing Training Center for Mac OS X. Just a quick note to tell you that you can see some screenshots of the software at Garmin’s blog.
Remember that Mac Training Center is due next week at MacWorld Expo.

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Garmin has announced that the Training Center software is going to be available for Mac OS X v.10.4 "Tiger". You’ll find it at MacWorld (Jan 8-12, 2007), where Garmin will be distributing CDs with the software. And at the end of January you’ll be able to download it at the Training Center page. See the […]

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