heart rate monitor

i like to work out daily and want to increase my workouts but dont want to reach my max heart rate. does anyone know of a heart rate monitor that will work with an ICD.

5 Comments

hi!

by Hot Heart - 2012-02-05 05:02:01

why dont you want to exceed your max heart rate? i exceed mine with no problems every time i go to the gym! ........and at some other times lol

HH

Heart Rate Monitor

by TalkinCardio - 2012-02-05 05:02:13

I was not able to find a heart rate monitor that worked after I got my PM/ICD. I asked my cardiologist about it because I was going to purchase a more expensive one thinking maybe it would work. He advised me not to spend a lot of money on one because he had not heard of any that work.

I do recall quite a while ago that there were several members on here talking about heart rate monitors and I dont remember if someone had found one that worked for them or not. You should use the search mode in the uppper right hand corner and you should come up with some previous discussions on it.

Cathy

Heart Rate Monitor

by Grateful Heart - 2012-02-05 08:02:22

I use the Polar brand since I was in Cardiac Rehab. I know others in the class used it too....with no problems.

Why Not ??

by Tattoo Man - 2012-02-05 11:02:52

Have you been told that you may not reach max hr ?

Its pretty common for active people to fear that they might explode or something...generally, with the normal re-training period you should be able to get back to any efforts that you did before. I had a pm at 60 and was back running in races within a few weeks..
Get you Doc or Technician to advise

Tattoo Man

From a very snowy Bansko, Bulgaria..I ran 40 mins up the mountain this morning..no probs

Polar is fine

by Tattoo Man - 2012-02-06 02:02:45

I checked with my Cardio Technician, no probs with a Polar chest strap at all. If you wear a PM dogtag wear it down your back or you can get VERY skewed readouts,..how about 240 bpm ?
Jlin 36 you are only young and are unlikely to break. But DO CHECK with your people, they want success as much as you do.
Why, oh why does life seem to be about differences ?...we all want to do good , have success, lets ask some straight questions about what we want to know....and whats more ..

Lets get our shoes on a and ...RUN !!

Tattoo Man

You know you're wired when...

Your device acts like a police scanner.

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