Isn't technology amazing, now you can use your iPhone as your heart monitor. Heart monitors have become popular for fitness in the past 10 years, but now you can actually use your iPhone to track your heart beats.
Michael C. Williams, founder and CEO of iTMP Technology, Inc. "We wanted to make the fitness tracking experience cool, fun, simple and custom."
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say moderate exercise should give you 50 to 70% of a person's maximum heart rate. The SM Heart Link collects data from sensors and sends the information to your iPhone for tracking and display. The SM Heart Link can also track and store workouts, serve as your bike computer, and even submit your data to medical assessment websites.
Of course technology is not cheap. The module is $155, the assessments have a small fee, there is a cost for the sensors, the cost for the iPhone itself, but the applications are free.
At the end of the technology spectrum, you can take your pulse with your fingertips over your wrists to feel the radial artery and count the beats, after exercising. Old fashioned but believe it or not, it still works. The American Heart Association's (AHA) online cardiovascular center, Heart 360 (www.heart360.org), visitors can enter their information, log exercises, and keep a medication diary - for FREE. Heart rates can help people keep better track of their health and pay more attention to an often overlooked issue.
Whether you plug in your iPhone and provide your personal trainer with you every heart beat or you count your pulse with a pocket watch - the important thing is that you pay attention to your heart health.
Michael C. Williams, founder and CEO of iTMP Technology, Inc. "We wanted to make the fitness tracking experience cool, fun, simple and custom."
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say moderate exercise should give you 50 to 70% of a person's maximum heart rate. The SM Heart Link collects data from sensors and sends the information to your iPhone for tracking and display. The SM Heart Link can also track and store workouts, serve as your bike computer, and even submit your data to medical assessment websites.
Of course technology is not cheap. The module is $155, the assessments have a small fee, there is a cost for the sensors, the cost for the iPhone itself, but the applications are free.
At the end of the technology spectrum, you can take your pulse with your fingertips over your wrists to feel the radial artery and count the beats, after exercising. Old fashioned but believe it or not, it still works. The American Heart Association's (AHA) online cardiovascular center, Heart 360 (www.heart360.org), visitors can enter their information, log exercises, and keep a medication diary - for FREE. Heart rates can help people keep better track of their health and pay more attention to an often overlooked issue.
Whether you plug in your iPhone and provide your personal trainer with you every heart beat or you count your pulse with a pocket watch - the important thing is that you pay attention to your heart health.
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