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Specifically for women As part of the Forerunner series, Garmin has designed a heart rate monitor.  Heart rate monitors like the Garmin FR60 and even a GPS watch like the new, super-easy to use, Forerunner 110 make for a complete line up of woman’s fitness products.

Garmin uses a more slender and smaller watch band that fits a woman’s wrist, and made it part of the FR60 and Forerunner 110.  That’s just the beginning.  There are also a variety of very stylish hues available for the fashion conscious running devotee.

A particular favorite is the Forerunner 110 which comes in gray with a pink stripe around the band.  From all reports, this is guaranteed to be the easiest to use GPS watch ever made. You just push the start button when beginning an activity and it immediately begins measuring your speed, distance and heart rate.

When you are done just push stop. No high tech maneuvers to learn, just pure simplicity.  Sah-weet! It also comes in a uni-sex flavor that is black with a gray stripe as another alternative.

The Garmin FR60 heart rate monitor, while not a GPS watch, has been a welcomed addition to the Garmin Forerunner series.  Not only does it measure and track your distance, it also  records your clock, heart rate data and caloric consumption.  It also allows you the option of adding foot pod compatibilities so that runners training indoors in the winter can satisfy their need to measure their speed, distance  and cadence.

This heart rate monitor is equipped with the Virtual Partner pacing feature and allows you to compete against a virtual work out partner to develop your own exercise routine.  It comes in black, lilac and also a limited edition pink and white giving you several color options to choose from.  Other Garmin products like the GPS watch have a woman’s version known as the Garmin 405.  Loaded with serious training features, the Forerunner 405 GPS watch continuously monitors your time, distance, pace, calories and heart rate (when paired with the heart rate monitor). Each run is stored in memory so you can review and analyze the data to see how you’ve improved. You can even download recorded courses to compete against previous workouts.  You can even customize the Forerunner’s data screens for instant feedback while you train. The Forerunner 405 is widely recognized as the best in the industry.

As manufacturers like Garmin are going after woman’s specific designs and styles, it is good news for all the women who take exercise seriously.  While a bike computer is just a bike computer, a watch is something attached to your person that makes a more personal statement about you, so it is nice to have manufactures, like Garmin, trying harder to customize their exercise products specifically for women who are active.

The Sole F80 treadmill 2011 model is a folding home fitness machine that allows you to save space without compromising the effectiveness of a workout. It also packs in some feature upgrades to its 2009 edition. For instance, it now boasts of a larger LCD screen and longer running surface. But it still retains some features that make this unit popular among fitness enthusiasts.

Available are 6 pre-programmed workouts which provide your body varying challenges. There are 2 customizable programs that enable you to design your own challenges. What’s more, there are also 2 heart-rate control workouts. Such is done by means of either the wireless heart rate monitor or hand-pulse grips with sensors.

The Sole F80 now has a larger blue-backlit LCD display measuring 7.5 inches. Such makes it easier for you to operate the treadmill – from using various functions to going through the workout programs. A scrolling message board provides instructions and feedback before, during and after your workout sessions.

Within the machine is a high-torque 3.0 horsepower continuous duty motor. The flywheel used is heavier than most other similar fitness equipment within the same price range, for a safer and more stable workout. The entire machine measures 80 inches wide and 33 inches long. Thanks to the Easy Assist feature, folding it is a snap to save precious space.

Longer running surface means it can accommodate runners of varying heights and speeds. What was once only 55 inches long now is impressively 60 inches long. More importantly, it has a Cushion Flex Deck which provides low-impact workout. With such, your feet, ankles, knees, hips and spine can receive up to 36 percent lower impact.

Keeping boredom at bay is the integrated sound system where you can plug in your MP3 player and listen to audio tracks. Preventing you from overheating are the 2 built-in cooling fans and 2 water bottle holders. The Sole F80, for its price and size, makes for an effective home fitness machine with all the convenient features it possesses.

Runners, cyclists and cross trainers are all giving rave reviews on the popular Polar RS 300X heart rate monitor. This stylish piece is billed as a training computer and helps boost your training performance and motivation levels.This is a perfect tool for people who train on a daily basis.  It is an all-in-one tool with features including a great fitting, easy to use watch, heart rate monitor and training assistant.  When you are exercising, you need some kind of tool or person to tell you to go the distance.  It is too easy to give up and stop.  On the other hand, if you have a fitness tool that measures your performance, you are more likely to go the extra step.  That extra step can turn into an extra mile.  Before you know it, you have doubled what you did in performance the workout before this one.

These type of monitors are also perfect tools for the serious cyclist since it contains a type of GPS system to tell you where you are and where you are headed.  When you are on a road trip traveling for business or pleasure and you feel like you want to go for a run,  the last thing you want to do is to get caught in a dangerous neighborhood.

One reason people love to have a monitor which fits on their wrist like a wristwatch is that it is a type of fitness test, and the automatic split laps which allow you to measure heart rate, pace and distance per lap finished. This will enable you to reach the goals you want and consistently measure your progress for this workout and the previous ones.  For swimmers, monitors are also water resistant and stand up under heavy use.  This is exactly TH type of fitness tool you need to take you to the next level of fitness.