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When you train outdoors, a heart rate monitor is a valuable training aid. One of the beauties of training outdoors is the sheer variety and unpredictability of it - the different weather, terrain, surfaces, everything changes from hour to hour, day to day.
At the same time, it can sometimes be hard to accurately assess outdoor training sessions - how can you compare today's run through the woods in hot weather with yesterday's mountain bike ride in the rain?
That's where a heart rate monitor can be so helpful. Heart rate monitors measure one thing - your heart rate - and as your heart rate is the ultimate indicator of your effort, it gives you a comparative figure to work from.
In fact, even the most basic ?30 heart rate monitors will tell you the things you really need to know - your current heart rate, your elapsed workout time, and, when you are done, your total workout time and average heart rate.
With that information you can easily compare any workouts - how long did you train for, and what was your average heart rate? You can compare runs with bike rides, long hikes with outdoor body weight strength sessions.
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