If you are fitness conscious and regularly do exercises heart rate monitor is a good device for you to keep you apprised of your calorie burned during the specific period. You need to know the regime of your exercises and at the same time to monitor your heart rate. If you are beginners, you need to take permission from your doctor as specific exercises or workouts might not be suitable for all ages of people.

Actually a fitness program is designed on the basis of your specific needs or how much calorie you intend to burn. As soon as you start an exercise, your heart rate increases and depending on your age a predicted maximum heart rate is defined for you.

For women the predictable maximum heart rate has been defined as the number obtained after reducing your age from 226. Thus for a woman of age 30, the predictable maximum heart rate will be 226-30 or 196. For men the predictable maximum heart rate is defined as 220 minus the present age. You can also enquire your maximum heart rate from a cardiologist or physician who will carry out treadmill test and will tell you the maximum heart rate.

As soon as you start an exercise for achieving better fitness, your heart rate increases. It allows more blood pumped through arteries to the various parts of your body as well as the muscles. More oxygen is supplied through blood stream to the muscles and thus muscles starts burning fat in aerobic conditions. Although there are various zones but the most suitable zone is the aerobic zone. An aerobic zone is achieved when the hart rate is achieved around 60% of maximum heart rate. A controlled exercise helps in achieving fitness through heart rate monitors.

Modern heart rate monitors are easy to use and programmable so that you stay within the exercise zone and do not cross the lower or upper barrier of heart rate zone. All the modern heart rate monitors comes with the facilities of alarm and distinct features such as calorie burnt during a specific exercise or during a specific period, fitness level and recovery heart rates. These elegant heart rate monitors are available with small LCD screen for display in basic, premium or advance models. Some of the advanced heart rate monitors comes with the complete fitness plans and calorie counters.

Depending on the fitness level requirement you can plan a suitable program for yourself. If you are a beginner you can take help of a suitable trainer. Each and every fitness program is aimed at achieving a specific percentage of maximum heart rate so that you do the exercise in that specified zone only. A modern and advance heart rate monitor will help you in achieving your fitness goal. So, buy an elegant and easy to use heart rate monitor and get the complete fitness.