Okay, I am thinking about buying one of the body buggs that they use on The Biggest Loser. I have read a lot on them –pros and cons–trying to decide whether that or a heart rate monitor is better. I think I am going for the body bugg because I am not training for a marathon, but instead trying to track my calorie intake versus calorie expenditure.
If I buy it, I will buy it through 24Hour Fitness because they have a $75 discount right now. Will get the wristband too because apparently you can set your daily goals (calorie intake, steps, calorie expenditure). That will be good for me. The biggest downside I have seen on the blogs about the Body Bugg is that is doesn’t work well if you are doing a lot of cycling. Well, cycling is not my exercise of choice, so I won’t worry about that right now. Of course, if I take Adam up on his offer of paying for the Ironman Triathlon, I guess I will have to get into cycling at some point.
I am still depressed about being sick and not being in classes. It is frustrating me beyond belief to not be able to do much, so now I have started to investigate just what it is I am supposed to do with my life. I hate these times. Dolph sent an article about one couple in their 60s just chucking it all in and bicycling around the world. It was probably not the best time in the world for me to get this article.
Hello I work for a company that sells SEAC ECG machines and i got a tip from somebody that uses a heart monitor watch they used a bit of KY jelly on the surface between watch and skin to get better readings from the monitor.
I don’t know what a body bugg is, but I do know about heart rate monitors.
does the body bugg (BB) monitor heart rate?
how does it monitor calorie expenditure? via body heat? electricity flow?
calorie expenditure varies dramatically among exercise and intensity, etc. – maybe I’ll have to look them up.
anyway, to get in shape quickly, the heart rate monitor is worth it – IF – you race, or you go real long distances, or it you want to push your limits without crossing over into illness or injury, or if you want to keep detail records of improvement, etc…
but you have to get your resting heart rate recorded, your maximum heart rate for each cardio exercise you plan to do…. i.e. your running max. h.rate will be different than your bike max. h. rate which is diff. than swimming, etc…
I recommending forgoing the body bugg and h.rate monitor until you get in a constant exercise program…
consistancy is the #1 thing to focus on in a fitness program – period.
3 weeks of exercise, then 10 days off, then 7 days on, then 5 days traveling, then 3 weeks back exercising will get you no where but the “hall of frustration” – which is where you are now.
Get consistant 1st …. then get the gizmo/techno crap….
mankind chased down a lot of prey “back in the day” without all the modern day electrical items and did pretty damn well.
once you learn to listen to your body while you exercise, you can then use the gizmo crap to fine tune what your body is already telling you.