June 03, 2004

I Think I Need A New Polar

When working out, I use a Polar monitor that keeps up with my pulse and related info so I can get the most out of what I do. This week, I suddenly was getting a pulse rate much higher than normal, but put it down to the long weekend. Yesterday and again today, however, during my cooldown I suddenly was informed that I had a heart rate of zero ("I'm not dead yet!"). A quick check did confirm that I indeed had a pulse, so I think the unit may be going. At least, I hope it is the unit that is going…

LW

Posted by wolf1 at June 3, 2004 04:24 PM | TrackBack
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Are you using just the Polar strap, or a strap watch combination? A lot of the gym style treadmills and such have a polar reciever in them, so you could check the monitor out with that. If you are using a treadmill to monitor it and not the watch type, I would check to make sure that you weren't running something (a big motor or power supply) that is throwing off RF and interfering with it.

It is probably the reciever. If it is the watch type, make sure that that battery is good.

Posted by: Phelps at June 3, 2004 09:14 PM

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