Heart Rate Monitors - how to select the right one for you

Heart rate monitors provide a personal solution for anyone striving to achieve a fitness or performance goal. If you're committed to running, this may be the most important purchase you will ever make.

Entry Level Monitors: If you're a beginning runner, or just new to heart rate training, these entry-level monitors will suit your needs perfectly. The entry-level monitors are designed to integrate easily into your everyday running. All of them feature bold numbers, one-button operation and track time and heart rate continuously.

Advanced Monitors: These monitors give you everything you need to know to reach your fitness goals! Counts calories burned, percent of calories burned from fat and automatically determines and guides you to the safest and most effective exercise zone. The Advanced Monitors will give you the best bang for your buck if you want more features than the entry-level monitors offers, but don't want all the capabilities of the Elite Monitors.

Elite Monitors: The Elite Monitors take personal performance monitoring to a whole new level. These Heart Rate Monitors can provide you with critical data like VO2 max and nutrition expenditure along with training conditions like temperature and altitude. These monitors can link to your personal computer so you can visually analyze and track your personal data. If you're truly serious about running and your personal performance, we recommend the Elite Monitors to truly gauge your complete progress.