March is Here - with a Bang & a FALL!!!!

Good morning...Hope all is well. New classes were add at TML and just when I had my schedule set and started off with a bang! I had a fall!!! Yep - I fell. I fell on my knee! I fell on my left knee!!!! No worries...my doctor has me on a very light walking regimen for about 2 weeks with ice & IBU. So, while I am "laid up", I decided to research some heart rate monitors with calorie burn counts. 

My friend JD added me to an FB page called "Team Bring It".  Its a closed page and hosts fitness professionals, enthusiasts, and avid workout-holics.  The basis of the page is for open forum topics, pat on the backs, encouragement, etc.  So, I asked for recommendations for a monitor and was surprised with the information I received:

JW gave some very interesting info...the condensed version: Polar RS100 is a very good basic monitor - they make several FT models but the RS100 does all the basics and some (more bang for your bucks)...the RS400, RS800 are really good for more your avid runners, cyclists, etc...the best (really $$$): the top three are the Garmin Forerunner 910XT, designed for multi-sport use and can be used in the water to track heart and strokes for swimming as well, the Polar RCX G5, also designed for multi-sport use and able to be used in the water, and Suunto Ambit, for multi-sport use - all have the zones for heart rate training, elevation and gps tracking. I found an RS400 on Amazon for $175...

Also, you can go to a Lifetime Fitness (you don't have to be a member) & meet with the metabolic specialist; they will probably ask if you want to do everything, sign up, buy more stuff, yada yada yada, you know. However, just let them know that you are not interested, that you are interested in the testing. There are a couple of tests that they have - this test is called the cardiopoint...it is traditionally done on a treadmill, sometimes on a bike if your knees are in bad shape. They will go through the testing procedure, but you should know that you need to be rested for this test, so you will not be doing the test this day, this is just to sign up for it, and best done in the morning. They do have another great test called the RMR, caloriepoint test, it measures your resting metabolic rate, how many calories you burn if you were to do nothing all day, of how many calories your body requires just to function, i.e heart beat, liver function, lungs, brain. both are incredible tests and give you so much information.

I will be purchasing a monitor tomorrow and hopefully will be using it next week. I'm also thinking about having the Lifetime test done.  As I get results, I will definitely report them....

June 4th, will be my first meeting with a Nutritionist at Duke Diet & Fitness Center...again, I will keep you posted.

Have a great day...thanks for tuning in...until next time: peace, love & blessings! 

 S/O to the TML Crew holdin' it down!!!!! Everybody's sick right now - we will be back at 100 by next week....