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lifting weights, interval training, bicycling, or doing
any other kind of activity. How high you push your
heart rate during a workout and how long you keep it
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on your minimum and maximum heart rate,
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during very light activity. The scale goes up in
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person’s health, weight, age, and other factors. A
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number that athletes use to help them train.
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training. Polar’s heart rate monitors, including the Polar OH1, have excellent
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the rest of your body.
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armbands. Fitness trackers and running watches often let you see your heart
rate in real time—so while you’re running, you can glance down and check your
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so to see your heart rate while working out, you need to pair them with a
compatible app that can show it. Otherwise, you’ll see the heart rate data at the
end of the workout after you sync the device with an app.