Most endurance athletes I know never leave the house without their heart rate monitors! Wearing my heart rate monitor insures that I know what’s happening in my own body. And, I do a lot of interval training. Although the “I can’t breath test” would work, I’ve preferred a heart rate monitor for the last 10 years. The research I’m reading is indicating the HIIT heart rate training will burn more fat than endurance training (see link). This fascinates me! If you want to burn lots of fat fast, interval training is the way to go!

Polar is still my watch of choice and I haven’t bought a new one in 4 years or so. And they have graciously offered to let me try their new Cardio Bra so that I may write about it here.

The bra comes in either black or white and are sized small, medium or large based on your chest size. It’s worn more like a traditional bra with a back closure. This bra has been designed for it’s ability to function and less for the style in my opinion. The bra has a u-shaped front with wide shoulder straps offering incredible support. The Wear Link unit is sold individually clips in to the bra on the outside and within five minutes, it activated itself (no strap required with the use of the bra).

As you can see from the picture, the older versions of the strap are a hard plastic and the new one is a thinner softer kind of plastic. This has always been a huge complaint with me because that hard plastic strap hurts! I do not recommend running with that hard plastic strap under a jog bra- unless you want to come home with blisters or red nasty wounds on your chest.

Personally, I would never think of doing any kind of workout without my heart rate monitor. This type of accessory is incredibly convenient for those of us who swear by heart rate monitors! And it will FOR SURE save my skin- no chaffing with the clip in Wear Link monitor. How many of you workout with your heart rate monitor?

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