Polar Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor Information

Maximize Performance with a Polar Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor

Daily fitness is such an important part of everyone’s health and longevity that more and more people are using tools like heart rate monitors to improve their overall physical performance.

By gauging how the body actually reacts to the changes in volume, duration and intensity within a workout, a person can either adjust his workout or sustain a particular level of intensity in order to achieve specific goals.

The Polar Bluetooth heart rate monitor is an excellent fitness tool because it accomplishes two things for the exercise enthusiast: it measures the heart rate and it connects, or “syncs”, with mobile devices via Bluetooth.

You might be wondering: why in the world would someone actually connect a heart rate monitor to a mobile device? Well, as you may already know, many smartphones (especially those that run with Android OS, Blackberry OS and Windows operating systems) have access to special mobile apps like Endomondo or RunKeeper.

These apps require a heart rate monitor, and the Polar brand is one of the few brands supported by the top exercise apps. If you want to get the most out of your workout, it is extremely helpful to measure your heart rate in order to track how you are progressing over time.

Cardiorespiratory endurance is developed over time;  as you work on  endurance and strength workouts, your breathing rate and heart rate will both ideally improve (a lower heart rate means that your heart and circulatory system in general are working more efficiently).

Of course, when you are just starting out, the opposite might occur – you may measure a high heart rate even if you have been running for only a short period of time.

As you keep moving forward with your workouts, your cardio-respiratory endurance will improve steadily. If used with an Apple device, (iPad, iPhone or iPod) the Polar monitor will not connect to your Apple product unless you have already uploaded the iTunes app that supports this specific device.

As you may already know, Apple devices have closed Bluetooth stacks which prevent such devices from directly connecting and interacting with other mobile devices via Bluetooth connection.

In contrast, Android devices and even low-end mobile devices can connect to most generic gadgets with Bluetooth capabilities. The Polar Bluetooth heart rate monitor can be worn comfortably around the waist or around the chest when connected to such devices.

Turn on your device’s distance tracker app (like Endomondo) and set your target route. The heart rate monitor will begin sending signals to your mobile device wirelessly through Bluetooth.

The distance tracker app, on the other hand, will begin calculating the calories that you are burning and your cardiorespiratory endurance by measuring the variable heart rate. Your heart rate will change as your pace and distance increase over time.

Unlike other heart rate monitors, the Polar Bluetooth heart rate monitor doesn’t have any bulky attaching mechanisms, so it is easy to wear on your body; it is just as easy to remove the monitor after a wonderfully satisfying run. If you want to cut the time needed to achieve your endurance and strength related goals, the Polar heart monitor will get you there.