sear
Advisor, aka "bub"
- Joined
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Greetings DP's,
I'm sear.
I'm 63 and conditions permitting bicycle 60 miles per week over paved hilly terrain.
But because of air temperature and that they sand the roads here, the bicycling season is only ~6 months long.
I'm up to 460 miles for the year, plan to reach 480 before nightfall.
BUT !!
For years that has left me in sedentary life-style 6 months of the year.
Decades ago I had a home gym routine of stationary bike, jump rope, bench weight-lifting, and belly-crunch type exercise.
My home has since been down-sized, is less than 400 square feet.
I don't have a heart-rate monitor, and don't know my target heart rate.
I'm not trying to be Schwarzenegger. I'd just like to maintain heart health, if 90 minutes three times a week will do it.
Jogging (the obvious choice) is not an option (thus the bicycling).
Any idea:
- What's the best (most accurate, most user friendly) heart-rate monitor? Is there any heart-rate monitor which records for potentially permanent, uploadable record, heart beat stats?
- I wouldn't rule out spending $1k on a Bow-Flex, or Stair-Stepper type machine; but simply don't have the space for it.
Many thanks.
s
I'm sear.
I'm 63 and conditions permitting bicycle 60 miles per week over paved hilly terrain.
But because of air temperature and that they sand the roads here, the bicycling season is only ~6 months long.
I'm up to 460 miles for the year, plan to reach 480 before nightfall.
BUT !!
For years that has left me in sedentary life-style 6 months of the year.
Decades ago I had a home gym routine of stationary bike, jump rope, bench weight-lifting, and belly-crunch type exercise.
My home has since been down-sized, is less than 400 square feet.
I don't have a heart-rate monitor, and don't know my target heart rate.
I'm not trying to be Schwarzenegger. I'd just like to maintain heart health, if 90 minutes three times a week will do it.
Jogging (the obvious choice) is not an option (thus the bicycling).
Any idea:
- What's the best (most accurate, most user friendly) heart-rate monitor? Is there any heart-rate monitor which records for potentially permanent, uploadable record, heart beat stats?
- I wouldn't rule out spending $1k on a Bow-Flex, or Stair-Stepper type machine; but simply don't have the space for it.
Many thanks.
s