Be able to monitor your heart rate before, during and after exercising. Make use of a wrist heart monitor which combines watch features. With this, you can program your exercise target zone, display the time of day and use it as a stop watch. There are models that will even calculate heart rate exercise recovery time.

Wrist heart monitors can also be worn even when you are not exercising. They come with large and easy to read display. They are very functional and are popular with fitness enthusiasts. Some heart monitors also let users download stored information onto a computer via USB connection so you can record, review and analyze your workout with ease.