I have recently started Gymnasium exercises on the "cardiac" machines and other instruments of torture. Some of the machines have Heart Rate Monitors, (HRM), but many do not. I am thinking of buying a HRM and to this end I had a look earlier today at a site.... www.heartratemonitor.co.uk They have a fair array of equipment and two, both just within my budget, looked as though they would fill my need. These two are... Cardio Sport Fusion 30 (UKP 60). Oregon Scientific SC 232 (UKP 70). Should anyone use either of these, or indeed any HRM, I would be grateful for any comments on what they have. Comments be they good, bad or indifferent will be useful. TIA Ron Lowe
Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
I used to use one all the time when I was time trialling. On race days I had a level for optimum performance which was supposed to give me my best performances. (Complicated way of calculating it). In practice I found that I was always going as hard as I could once the man said go, and only really used it in the latter stages when I was getting tired, so needed to be told to work harder. Worth having though. In winter it was different. Couldn't get out on the roads so had a bike setup in the garage. There were some training manuals that had a variety of exercise regimes - daily/weekly/monthly - as you fancied. In the garage I was very disciplined and tried to stick religiously to what was set. This was sometimes very hard work indeed. Talking to the other lads in the club it was apparent that those who had the discipline to follow the course properly were the ones who got the best results. Really it's like many things; yes they will do you some good, but you must use it properly, or you've wasted your money. We used to say it was the difference between "I would like to get fit" and "I want to get fit". How keen are you?
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I have recently started Gymnasium exercises on the "cardiac" machines and other instruments of torture. Some of the machines have Heart Rate Monitors, (HRM), but many do not. I am thinking of buying a HRM and to this end I had a look earlier today at a site.... www.heartratemonitor.co.uk They have a fair array of equipment and two, both just within my budget, looked as though they would fill my need. These two are... Cardio Sport Fusion 30 (UKP 60). Oregon Scientific SC 232 (UKP 70). Should anyone use either of these, or indeed any HRM, I would be grateful for any comments on what they have. Comments be they good, bad or indifferent will be useful. TIA Ron Lowe
Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
This is obviously(?) supposed to be facetious, but there is a risk that casual readers will think it is meant to be serious advice. Taking aspirin for this purpose is potentially risky (bleeding, internal or external) and should only be undertaken on the advice of your doctor.
Anthony
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Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
This is obviously(?) supposed to be facetious, but there is a risk that casual readers will think it is meant to be serious advice. Taking aspirin for this purpose is potentially risky (bleeding, internal or external) and should only be undertaken on the advice of your doctor.
Anthony
Er, read it again. I don't think it's serious advice...
Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
This is obviously(?) supposed to be facetious, but there is a risk that casual readers will think it is meant to be serious advice. Taking aspirin for this purpose is potentially risky (bleeding, internal or external) and should only be undertaken on the advice of your doctor.
Anthony
Er, read it again. I don't think it's serious advice...
I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
Anthony
-- Anthony Campbell - [email hidden] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles)
Cardio Sport Fusion 30 (UKP 60). Oregon Scientific SC 232 (UKP 70). Should anyone use either of these, or indeed any HRM, I would be grateful for any comments on what they have. Comments be they good, bad or indifferent will be useful.
Years ago when I was more serious about keeping fir I had a very good Polar HRM and I found it to be a very good training aid. I used it to death and after a while it helped me to get in tune with what my body was doing, I could judge when the Hi or Lo level alarm was going to sound. I recently bought a oregon scientific one, not sure of the model No but you can program it with your preferred range, it has level alarm and it returns avg HR and time spent in zone. Also does calories used and fat burned although I'm not sure how accurate this is. So it does all that I need it to do and it was very cheap.
I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
So? The first line is no more than common medical recommendation.
-- Tony
"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right." - Lord Hailsham
I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
So? The first line is no more than common medical recommendation.
-- Tony
"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right." - Lord Hailsham
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Anthony Campbell said:
I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
So? The first line is no more than common medical recommendation.
Common but not universal. I'm not allowed aspirin at all.
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I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
So? The first line is no more than common medical recommendation.
Except I think the recommended dose is less than one tablet and it is only recommended for people thought to be at risk.
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On 2005-12-01, Ron Lowe <[email hidden]> wrote:
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Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
This is obviously(?) supposed to be facetious, but there is a risk that casual readers will think it is meant to be serious advice.
A bit like the Irish Pill, it weighs 20 stone and you wedge it behind the bedroom door!
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On 2005-12-01, Ron Lowe <[email hidden]> wrote:
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Taking Asprin every day is good for your heart. Take one Asprin tablet for a 5 mile bike ride, a short jog and 20 mins exercise in the gym, then discard the tablet.
This is obviously(?) supposed to be facetious, but there is a risk that casual readers will think it is meant to be serious advice.
A bit like the Irish Pill, it weighs 20 stone and you wedge it behind the bedroom door!
This is excellent advice - it doesn't say anwhere to actaully ingest any aspirin.
I have recently started Gymnasium exercises on the "cardiac" machines and other instruments of torture. Some of the machines have Heart Rate Monitors, (HRM), but many do not. I am thinking of buying a HRM and to this end I had a look earlier today at a site.... www.heartratemonitor.co.uk They have a fair array of equipment and two, both just within my budget, looked as though they would fill my need. These two are... Cardio Sport Fusion 30 (UKP 60). Oregon Scientific SC 232 (UKP 70). Should anyone use either of these, or indeed any HRM, I would be grateful for any comments on what they have. Comments be they good, bad or indifferent will be useful.
I can't comment on either of those, but early last year Aldi were selling HRMs for about £13.95. I couldn't replace the batteries in my previous HRM for that price, so I bought one. It does everything I need, including setting of training zones.
I don't know how often Aldi do them, but it might be worth you keeping an eye out for them.
They are called Dispersible Aspirins. I take one every day because I have Angina. They are not to be taken without food as they can cause the problems stated. It was the one tablet my doctor told me never to forget to take, the rest I could get away with 🙂
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I used to use one all the time when I was time trialling. On race days I had a level for optimum performance which was supposed to give me my best performances. (Complicated way of calculating it). In practice I found that I was always going as hard as I could once the man said go, and only really used it in the latter stages when I was getting tired, so needed to be told to work harder. Worth having though.
My son finds the use of a great monitor is vital in TTs. If he sticks to what his coach tells him to do and pays attention to HR zones & cadence - he can pull a new PB out of the hat. If he doesn't take note of his HR zones & cadence, he goes off too quick & blows, so no new PB! Now it's winter part of his training is to keep in the lower HR zones for longer periods.
Hello Helen! Welcome to the crossposted world of the walkers. Cuppa? -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.
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Hello Helen! Welcome to the crossposted world of the walkers. Cuppa? -- To reply see 'from' in headers; lose the domain, and insert dots and @ where common sense dictates.
Oh, pardon me for crossposting. Accept my apologies, please.
A cuppa would be lovely. Not known to refuse a cuppa. Actually have just been going through a list of 'essential equipment' the offspring has been given by his educational establishment in readiness for his expidition to Egypt next summer. He's off conserving stuff in the desert. Having a lot of walking-outdoor-typee-stuffee already, at least some expense will be spared. *Thankfully*
I know it's not, as I've already indicated. But I don't think that you can assume that *all* the people who read these posts are fully awake and alert, and quite a few may not be native English speakers and may not get the "joke" - indeed, may get no further than the first line.
But if we all posted based on those assumptions, there'd be little humour left. ;-)
Are you really suggesting that posting practices should be over-ruled by the assumption that at least one of the readers would happily start taking medication against the advice of all the packets, based on the first line of a sig in a usenet post?
