Unbelievable stuff
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Let me tell you this.... I'm not the kind of guy that: follows hypes, trends, likes because others like it also or even worse reviews people all the time.
Not because I'm hard to please but because i mainly follow my own nose and because i understand marketing and that people need to make a buck. Therefore it is understandable that in our days it is hard to discern from a good peace of advertisement and a bad product.
Having said that i don't think i need to add much more, other people have said it all.
The darn thing is incredibly accurate to the point that you can just leave your training regimen to it and if you do that your workouts will always feel good.
Read about it, and if you are looking for a serious gadget that tells you when to or not to workout.... buy it....it works
Let me tell you this.... I'm not the kind of guy that: follows hypes, trends, likes because others like it also or even worse reviews people all the time.
Not because I'm hard to please but because i mainly follow my own nose and because i understand marketing and that people need to make a buck. Therefore it is understandable that in our days it is hard to discern from a good peace of advertisement and a bad product.
Having said that i don't think i need to add much more, other people have said it all.
The darn thing is incredibly accurate to the point that you can just leave your training regimen to it and if you do that your workouts will always feel good.
Read about it, and if you are looking for a serious gadget that tells you when to or not to workout.... buy it....it works
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Phenomenal Product
I bought both iphone apps, a heart rate monitor and receiver from HRV Fit. The original heart rate monitor was not working properly but their customer service was amazing and they immediately personally tested and shipped out a new one to me. The apps work incredibly well. The Ithlete is outstanding; it gives a reading every morning that shows how hard you should train that day. The charts show daily, weekly and monthly progress based on your rest, recovery, sleep and intensity of your previous workouts. The other HRM app by HRV Fit is also amazing especially when you go into chart mode. This is the tool I have dreamt about for years. I am praying they will soon come out with an app that puts all the data together in a simple to use xcel or numbers spreadsheet. In the meantime, I will keep using the only two apps I have ever paid money for.
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Great tool
I'm starting to use this for my training, and I am very optimistic! It will help me know where I am at every day, and I will be able to push myself accordingly.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THE APP, OTHERWISE IT IS USELESS!!!
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THE APP, OTHERWISE IT IS USELESS!!!
Excellent training partner
I've been using this for 5 months now - as a road cyclist, that's the period of ramping from winter tickover into hard riding. It took me a while to learn to get consistent readings but I have learnt an awful lot from the sophisticated feedback from this simple App. Generally, it helps me to understand my physiology better. There are times when it spots trouble before I know it. Now for example: my HRV reading has been surprisingly low for 3 days and today a full-scale cold has descended on me. A few months ago I learnt that my father had died. It wasn't a shock and I felt quite quite calm about it. The iThlete however showed my HRV had dropped drastically for two days.
Watching the thin blue line steadily climbing over the weeks and months is a powerful motivator. And the more thoughtfully you choose your rest, the stronger the effect.
A fantastic App if you're serious about monitoring your body under training stress.
Watching the thin blue line steadily climbing over the weeks and months is a powerful motivator. And the more thoughtfully you choose your rest, the stronger the effect.
A fantastic App if you're serious about monitoring your body under training stress.
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Great little app!
For serious athletes, and not-so-serious, this app is awesome. Helps to monitor your training and recovery levels so you always know how hard you can train each day. Easy to use with a chest strap and the separate pluton receiver. Great
Total rubbish !!
This APP and the dongle are not worth a single cent, Anyone serious about training will want an app that can be used during training ..... This app DOES NOT repeat DOES NOT offer this at all.
It simply takes your pulse once each day and then tells you if you should or shouldn't train, You can do that with a wrist watch and a bit of paper !!
Until they offer the app as shown on the UK app store, with training zones and exercise measurement etc I would save my money or stay with your current POLAR setup.
Dont waste your money here ....yet !
It simply takes your pulse once each day and then tells you if you should or shouldn't train, You can do that with a wrist watch and a bit of paper !!
Until they offer the app as shown on the UK app store, with training zones and exercise measurement etc I would save my money or stay with your current POLAR setup.
Dont waste your money here ....yet !
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ithlete is ifantastic
I have been an ithlete user for a little over a week now and each day I am a little more amazed at its accuracy based on what I already know about myself. For example, last Friday I had two speed workouts along with yoga, weightlifting, and a long walk. The next morning, ithlete showed I needed to take it easy. Fortunately, by Sunday ithlete said I was good to go for my long run and I was able to do my first 20 mile training run for an upcoming marathon. The only consumer device I know that provides this sort of information is a Polar RS800 for around $350 and ithlete is much easier - 1 minute every morning. In the past, if I wanted to know if HR was responding to training, I did a 5 minute Fit Test on a treadmill or every few weeks ran 5 miles at a steady pace. I think I can get the same information from ithlete just from putting on a strap first thing in the morning.
BTW, I am not new at this. I am a 69 year old runner and geek who has been running most of my adult life and have tried just about every fitness gadget that has come down the pike. I think ithlete is going to be really useful and I wish it had been available a long time ago.
BTW, I am not new at this. I am a 69 year old runner and geek who has been running most of my adult life and have tried just about every fitness gadget that has come down the pike. I think ithlete is going to be really useful and I wish it had been available a long time ago.
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Good program to help guide your training
I have found this program to be very helpful in guiding my training for powerlifting. I use it to gauge whether to push all out, take a medium day, or take a day off all together.
Quite useful
I've been using this everyday now for 3 months. I train on bike 4-5 times a week and like to ride hard on at least 2 of these days. I've found this app provides an indication of how rested I am and if I should go easy on days when I might otherwise go hard. I have still trained hard now and again when told not too and had no problems hitting the power ints planned, but this is overload and I certainly pay for it the next few days! So it is handy as an early warning of overtraining. You do need to train frequently to make this useful not just 1-2 times a week. I can't help to test myself 2 or 3 times in the morning to verify the score and sometimes it does vary quite a bit but I tend to use the score with the lowest heart rate to ensure I'm calmest. I had a high score the other day and it went to green but I was feeling very tired so I retested and the same score came up but it changed to red as my heart rate was extra low (supposedly meaning I'd overtrained), so I took the second reading and had the day off, luckily! I'd recommend it if you're a serious athlete interested in getting an idea of your bodies rest level on a daily basis.
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