Exercise Watch

Hi there,

Is anyone perhaps using an exercise watch like this one? Is it any good? Thanks.

Polar Exercise Watch

I have a Garmin ForeRunner 305, which is a similar animal I think. I love it.

Erika uses the Polar - see her journal of February 1, 2012; I think Cort has the Garmin like Hoser. Not sure about that.

Yep, thanks Heather! I love my Polar FT60 - I can't say much more than what I already posted.. but if you have questions, feel free to ask! (I also got mine off Amazon for cheaper than the Polar site - don't know if I mentioned that in my journal)

I have the Garmin 405CX GPS watch. I love it! Also got it off Amazon for under $200.

I also have the FT60 love it! and Erika is right, amazon is cheaper.

Erika - I was curious to see what you'd said about the Polar FT60, but it looks like you're only sharing your journal with buddies. Can you tell me a little bit?

Here's the journal entry:
Polar FT60F Black Fitness Heart Rate Monitor
I have had this since Christmas (gift from my bf that I requested) and have used it for all of my workouts since then! When you first set it up, you do a little conditioning test (have it on while laying down and staying relaxed for 3-5 minutes so it can test your resting heart rate/condition and estimate your VO2max) and then enter your stats - height, weight, age - so that it can calculate your calories burned. It keeps a fitness log of my workouts and tells me how many minutes I spent in each heart rate zone. At the end of my workout, it gives me a breakdown of my calories burned, heart rate zones, my max. heart rate, and my average heart rate.
You can set up weekly training goals (based on time, heart rate, calories, etc.) and it will give you feedback on your workout habits (I haven't used that feature yet) and you can choose to "lock in" a certain heart rate zone (1,2,3) for your workout and it has a little alarm that will go off if you go out of your target heart rate zone (either above it or below).
It has a chest strap (which is super comfortable and I hardly even notice it once it's on) and a wrist watch, so I think it keeps a very accurate heartrate - and the built in HRM on machines at most gyms will pick up the signal from the chest strap so you don't have to look at your watch while you're on the bike/treadmill/elliptical - added bonus..
It also has a HeartTouch function - when you bring the watch close to the chest strap it will beep once and show you the time briefly so you can easily see the time without going through menus.

Awesome! Thanks Erika!