Posts Tagged ‘ heart rate ’

Ramp Up Your Workout with a Fitness Monitor

Posted Jul 8th, 2009 and has 3 comments

I recently purchased a Polar F11 fitness monitor and it’s totally changed my workouts!  This wrist unit not only keeps track of my heart rate (which is an indication of how hard you’re pushing yourself), it estimates the number of calories I’ve burned during the session. The best part is that I can upload all of that information to a …



The Sauna and Russian Roulette

Posted Jun 9th, 2008 and has 3 comments

One of my favorite things to do after a hard workout at the gym is to sit in the wet sauna for 10-15 minutes. The warm steam seems to just melt away all my aches and pains. I usually follow this by walking around the indoor pool 4 or 5 times to cool off before showering. The other day, as …