those days Getting a heart rate reading only when you visit your doctor is a thing of the past. You don’t even have to spend big bucks or leave your house to know your heart rate during exercise or while you’re at rest.
The advent of optical sensors and EKGs that can now reliably deliver this information from your wrist, chest, or arm means you can understand how hard you’re hitting it in bootcamp class and get a window into your most stressful period. your day.
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