The Heart Rate Monitor: A Great Fitness Motivator

I recently purchased a new Heart Rate monitor. Wow! It amazing how much incentive it gives you to do more when you're exercising. It is fun to see whether you're burning fat or increasing your fitness. It's great to see how many calories you've burned after a workout -- seeing the numbers makes you want to do it again! You can take your fitness program to the next level -- see if you can beat your previous calories burned! These are comfortable and easy-to-use training tools that will help you get in your optimal cardio zone.

For example, last night we went for a bike ride around Wichita. We probably went for 14-15 miles in about an hour and 45 minutes. While we had a blast riding around it wasn't always easy, there are times when your legs are just burning and you're wondering what you got yourself into -- lol. I wore my heart rate monitor and was able to monitor where my heart rate was throughout the entire ride. After we were back at our cars I stopped the monitoring and found out that I had burned 1100 calories!!! Woohoo! All of the burning legs, the falls, the weeds, etc. were forgotten and replaced with the joy of a good hard exercise accomplished with good company!