Why I Don't Use A Heart Rate Monitor
Back in the 1999 I had my copy of Triathlon Into The Nineties, motivation to get fast and a heart rate monitor. I jumped right into the sports science of the time and hammered out a few Conconi Tests before I realised it didn't work for me. This fuelled the search to learn more, which also took me through a degree in Human Movement. For years I used a heart rate monitor to guide my training. The methods evolved over time and I certainly got a lot out of it. Over the last three years I've stopped using a heart rate monitor. A recent tweet from @paulrunslong asking prompted me to look at why I no longer use a heart rate monitor (HRM): Do you use a HRM regularly? How does it benefit your training? prompted me to look at why I no longer use a heart rate monitor (HRM). After my Polar HRM finally succumbed to over a decade of hard use a few years ago I moved onto the newer generation of gadgets. GPS became a handy tool that I have incorporated. However, the n...