Holy frick, being able to accurately see your heart rate at any moment is a fricking game changer for both lifting and cardio.
Picrel was one of the best purchases of my entire life.
Post stuff you consider game changing for anyone who lifts, IST. Anything goes.
>70$ to do what counting heartbeats for 10 seconds then multiplying by 6 accomplishes better
poors, ignore if you can't waste money on 1% advantages.
Why do you care about your exact heart rate? I bet you are one of those gays that takes a duffel bag filled with shit from your man crate around the gym
Because I do cardio and want to know if I'm making anaerobic and aerobic gains so I monitor my heart rate.
Redpill me on the difference
Sure.
The more you train in the anaerobic or v02 max zone, the more you'll develop tolerance to lactic fatigue and can better distribute oxygen to your muscles. This requires that you know your maximum heart rate and what 80% and 90% of that is so you can push yourself to that zone. You won't always be able to know because as you get more efficient at any movement, it will take less effort and keep you at a lower zone. Unless of course you buy a reliable heart rate monitor.
Why do you need a fricking heart monitor? What % benefit do you get by being autistic? You can just get the feel and do it like a not huge homosexual does it. Very little gain to be had for optimizing except a waste of time and money.
Not going to comment on why other anon needs one but I've been using them for 30+ years and they are useful at all levels of endurance sport/training if used properly - from shufflers / weekend warriors up to elite. As ever, you get out of them what you put in and they are not absolutely necessary.
I will agree that a lot of functions are of questionable utility and most likely exist due to feature wars.
btw stopping to take your pulse rate isn't particularly accurate - it slows when you stop, the rate of slowing increasing as you get fitter.
redpill you on why more data for all of $100 is advantageous?
don't think the explanation will help you, anon. please focus on your gold plated rogue maxxximum-power barbells for $120000 instead
nta but the data is useless
you aren't an elite athlete so optimizing training isn't going to do anything for you that running doesn't already do
additionally what even is there to optimize with heart rate?
you can tell if you have a high heart rate or not, knowing the specific numbers will have no more bearing over your training than having the rough estimates of low/average/high heart rate
Try actually running sometime. If you cant think of a hundred useful things to do with that data you're unironically ngmi
>you're only allowed to optimize if you're an elite athlete
so you just show up at the gym, close your eyes and randomly choose an equipment, then do a complete random amount of sets and reps?
you know if you are following some strict routine, you are optimizing your workout already, right?
why does it make you so mad that people are trying to optimize their cardiovascular gains too?
i gamble and frick hookers. you buy novelty gadjets for women and bugmen
jokes on you homosexual, I gamble and frick hookers too.
you wish estrogen boy
Wanna know my heart rate while I'm smashing negresses? Buy a heartrate monitor then.
interesting I always count to 15 and times by 4, I think my way is better than yours
hr is absolutely insignificant for lifting
either this is a shill thread or you are braindead
moron.
i scoffed at lifting shoes until i tried a pair. they are amazing and i felt incredibly stupid. now i'm wondering what else i've been missing out on
Lifting shoes and wristwraps are basically the be all end all gym essentials. Everything else is fluff.
I'm getting an oxygen concentration machine next week. I'll be breathing in purified oxygen to reduce my migraine and chronic sinusitis induced states of hypoxia that happen every few months or depending on season.
I'm saving up to get septoplasty in a few months...Otherwise... I'd be glad to be given more recommendation on game changer tech.
I have the basic tech : sit/stand desk, yoga ball to sit, walking treadmill or bike under desk. I'm getting a red light therapy lamp in a few weeks..I do sauna 2-4 times a week for 10-15 mins. I also go to the spa and pool/gym.
My diet is pretty clean and decent. I'm looking more so for some mechanical tech that gives a good edge.
Things I'm considering :
>Room Air purifier + dehumidifier
>spa bubble bath mat + air machine to do jacuzzi in my tub.
do immunotherapy twice a week for a year and you won’t need half that shit
>>spa bubble bath mat + air machine to do jacuzzi in my tub.
Jealous you can. I'm just under 6 4, pic related is how I look if I try to use a tub and not shower
Spend money on a sports phisio to check for muscular imbalances.
Toe spacers
moron, high o2 causes high oxidation, enjoy your decreased ability to breathe. Remember my laughter at your moronicness when you do it.
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Just got one of these a few days ago. Great for cardio, negligible for lifting.
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Actual game changers:
>Kitchen scales
>Bathroom scales
>Cronometer
>TDEE Calculator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shumate.tdeeCalculator)
This sorts out your diet, whether cutting, maintaining or bulking. No excuses. Tape measure and photos optional.
>Google sheets (to track lifts)
>Theraband (I had tennis elbow and this was a legit miracle)
>18 eggs a day
Supplements (except whey and beef gelatin) have all been a waste of money. I will blast 60k IU if I feel I'm coming down with something though.
i love HR monitor training with HIIT.
also i use this to do the armor building complex.
>Not being able to just do this
>spend a minute manually counting instead of 3 seconds looking at the phone screen
literally ngmi, that precious minute took you out of the zone, the digital guy is still between zone 3~4 and reaping his gains
This guy gets it
>Having to count out the whole minutes worth of heartbeats
moronic. If you can't tell your heart bpm +/-5 within 5 seconds by taking your pulse you don't know your own body and will literally never make it.
Not that it makes any difference, just do the fricking exercise.
This argument is always made by someone who puts the least amount of effort into his training, which is why he can't grasp the concept of tracking progress in maximum effort.
kys cardiolet
>Not getting to know your body on a deeper level to enhance your cardio and gains
Why do you even exercise?
>Thinks taking your own pulse is putting the "least amount of effort into his training" and buys device to do it for him instead
Higher thought isn't your strong suit is it?
>being unable to multiply small numbers in your head
ngmi
fitbit chads where are you?
I had one for months but honestly I never really got the benefits from it
>Your heart rate got up when... you were training
Might be cool to check if your resting hr goes down as you work out and do cardio but it's a long-term goal, might as well just check your pulse manually.
I don’t want ai tracking my health
>Post stuff you consider game changing for anyone who lifts
Ok
swissies 45.
cured my golfer elblow and made me able to do pullups again. they feel so much more right with them.
Pointless, you can either run the time or you can’t. Simple as.
Missing out on pronator gains. Tendonitis is a meme. I’ve ultimately trained through every tendon pain or inflammation I’ve ever had and eventually goes away permanently because it’s forced to adapt. Only take time off training if something is actually torn.
>challenges your pushes
>all the hand positions to play with
>light as hell to carry on trips
>less than 7€
I have this for zone 2 cardio but I barely use it anymore because I can just tell whether I'm in it.
I like EZ bar, slant board, and armblaster.
For me it's the polar oh1+, use it strictly for cycling but far as data goes I find my crank based powermeter more useful.
Is there software that just shows AND tracks your heart rate. I found apps that connect to the monitor and display the current value, and I found running apps that track your heart rate, and run distance and elevation and all that but that's overkill and the app is designed around run distance so it's a mess.
I just need a log and plot of my HR so I can track my cardio progress.
My garmin does that, I assume most watches do.
Literally any smartwatch
the game changer stack
2 cooking tips that revolutionized my eggs and chicken:
scrambled eggs: add a dollop of cottage cheese to your beaten eggs. Keeps your eggs fluffy and moist. Add salt and they are the best scrambled eggs of your life. Not to mention even higher in protein because of the cottage cheese
chicken breast: pan fry in VINEGAR (not oil or butter), lemon juice, salt, and garlic powder. This produces super juicy, flavorful chicken every time.
will try both, thank you anon
Surprised this is a revelation, but to be fair there's little crossover between IST and IST.
Care to explain why? What does knowing if your heart rate is high or low change to your workout
Uhh it shows that I'm SERIOUS about my WORKOUT since I obviously BUY things that are EXPENSIVE unlike you POOR losers who can't AFFORD things I can BUY and proves how SERIOUS I am about doing REAL exercises that only RICH people can afford. Any POOR loser can run but GADGETS aid in elevating a pedestrian activity of running into a RICH SERIOUS REAL ATHLETE'S WORKOUT.
From my reading and experience, being able to track your heart rate live is a good thing for a beginner, when you're still learning the feelings between zones. At higher levels, though it might still be useful, lactic acid monitoring becomes more valuable as a metric of performance. For all intents and purposes, HRV is a meme, unless you're in a professional context with all of the appropriate equipment to gauge it
Can these things track the amount of calories you burn? Or if it can monitor my sleep? That would be cool
Yeah it does it all and more and none of them accurately
There's nothing more game changing than actually consistently showing up to the gym every day. Something 99.999% of the population is not capable of.
I have a thread up, but nasal strips.
I’ve been using them for a day and holy frick I didn’t know what I was missing out on. For lack of better ability to concisely describe (or check the thread for my updates detailing this) I’ve essentially been living with breathing that’s like trying to take breaths in with a wet rag over your mouth and nose. Sleep made it way worse. My cardio has been shit and I would feel actually sick from running and jogging way earlier than I knew I should have where my body felt fine but I just wasn’t getting adequate air.
It’s all reversed. All the issues are gone from just wearing this strip on my nose at all times. My chronic runny nose is cured, my sleep is better, my energy is up, my anxiety is down, mental fog is gone, endurance seems to be getting back to normal, mood are better etc etc I just feel great.
Really excited to go jog or run with it on and see how that feels.
I stopped doing certain lifts because I suddenly felt sick the same as cardio, it felt like what I can only theorize is not enough O2 too much CO2 building up. Really eager to try those lifts again too.
You don't need some gay device. If your can hear something other than your heart rate, then it's not too high.