Finally! I got myself a new HR monitor. I've had this simple watch with very limited functionality when it comes to getting the proper HR reading. What bothered me most about that watch was that you had to place two fingers on these sensors at the side of the watch whenever you wanted to get a HR reading. I found it very annoying...try keeping two fingers on two very small sensors when you're jumping around P90X Plyometrics, or running, or doing push-ups...impossible. Sometimes, the watch would get stuck calculating my HR and I'd have to try again. So, I decided I had enough, did some research on the internet and found the SUUNTO M-series. I was looking for a watch that had just the right balance between functionality, comfort and style. I didn't want one of those "Techy" watches that when you wear it you look like Robocop. I wanted...well, a watch...something I could wear on a day-2-day basis. I was familiar with SUUNTO from my scuba-diving days...I have one of their (very) old diving computers...but back at the time, it was considered very advance, and I remember enjoying using it on dives.
The SUUNTO M-series has five watches - M1 through M5 - where M1 is the simplest model and M5 is the most advanced. I bought the M4 because it had all the features I needed where the next model up, the M5, had one added feature which being able to connect to other SUUNTO devices like their running POD to track speed, distance, etc. Initially, I thought about getting the M5 as a kind of investment for the future, say, if I decided to get more serious with my running....but in the end, I decided that if that day comes, I'll have a good excuse to buy a better watch :-) Make sense, right?
Well, yesterday I did the P90X Kenpo X workout with my new SUUNTO M4...oh, wow...what a difference! No more trying to get false readings by putting two fingers on the sensors for like 30 seconds!!! As soon as I put on the chest strap, the watch immediately started tracking my HR. I could get an accurate HR reading any time during my workout. The watch even gave me visual and audio cues when I needed to raise or lower my HR in order to stay in the zone.
I call this watch "The Dictator"...when I woke up the first day after I bought and configured it...the first message I saw on the screen was "Exercise Day"...and when I confirmed, the next message was "45 minutes, Very Hard". LOL! If that's not a P90X watch than I don't know what is!
The SUUNTO M-series has five watches - M1 through M5 - where M1 is the simplest model and M5 is the most advanced. I bought the M4 because it had all the features I needed where the next model up, the M5, had one added feature which being able to connect to other SUUNTO devices like their running POD to track speed, distance, etc. Initially, I thought about getting the M5 as a kind of investment for the future, say, if I decided to get more serious with my running....but in the end, I decided that if that day comes, I'll have a good excuse to buy a better watch :-) Make sense, right?
Well, yesterday I did the P90X Kenpo X workout with my new SUUNTO M4...oh, wow...what a difference! No more trying to get false readings by putting two fingers on the sensors for like 30 seconds!!! As soon as I put on the chest strap, the watch immediately started tracking my HR. I could get an accurate HR reading any time during my workout. The watch even gave me visual and audio cues when I needed to raise or lower my HR in order to stay in the zone.
I call this watch "The Dictator"...when I woke up the first day after I bought and configured it...the first message I saw on the screen was "Exercise Day"...and when I confirmed, the next message was "45 minutes, Very Hard". LOL! If that's not a P90X watch than I don't know what is!
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