Women's Heart Rate Monitors

Is your New Year's resolution to get in shape? Do you workout currently and feel like you have hit a plateau? Are you planning on starting a workout regimen in order to achieve your goals? A key factor in getting the results you desire is actually working out to the intensity your own individual body requires to get those results. One great way to do that is with a heart rate monitor.

Here are a few great choices for women. Be prepared most are not cheap. However spending countless amounts of money on a gym without the desired results is not the way to go either.

Polar FT60 Heart Rate Monitor - Women's at REI.com

Cost $199.99
Offered in purple or black with a cool design on the face
Features a fitness test to help get a starting point for the intensity you need to be at
Shows you the average and max heart rate and time spent in those zones
For an additional $54.95 you can purchase the FlowLink Data Transfer Unit (also available at R.E.I.) to upload the data onto your computer to help track for long periods of time.

Garmin 405 CX w/HRM Monitors - Women's at RoadRunnerSports.com

Cost Regular $369.99 on sale $279.96
Dark blue color
Two wrist bands (one for smaller wrists)
Computes calorie burn based on heart-rate
GPS
Wirelessly sends the data from your workouts to your computer for long-term tracking

Timex Ironman Race Trainer Digital Heart Rate Monitor Kit - Mid-Size - Women's from Backcountry.com

Cost $224.90
Color is black with slight pink accents
Stylish design
Watch itself can keep track of last 10 workouts without uploading
Keeps you working out in your target zones by measuring your calorie burn based on your individual workout
USB to upload to computer for long-term tracking

Polar is perhaps the most well known name in heart rate monitors and the choices are endless from inexpensive to very expensive. Many sporting good stores also sell heart rate monitors in the store if you want to actually look at one before you purchase. Generally the selections are more limited than what is online.

The options for heart rate monitors for women are endless. There are less expensive options for those who do not care about features such as long-term tracking or more expensive options for those who are training competitively and need to get the best information possible.