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Suunto Ambit Multifunction Heart Rate Monitor

If you are looking for a top of the range heart rate monitor, the Suunto Ambit Multifunction Heart Rate Monitor with GPS is probably the one for you. It’s quite a stunner, so read on, and learn what makes this GPS heart rate monitor stand out in a crowd. Suunto Ambit Multifunction Heart Rate Monitor 1 Minute Review For those of you who are not to familiar with Suunto, they are a Finnish company, producing high end technologies for those seeking a fairly top end product. The Suunto Ambit Multifunction Heart Rate Monitor is certainly that, and is now the [...] Read more »

Garmin Oregon 550 Waterproof Hiking GPS

Exploring is fun, and if you are anything like me, you like to get right out into the wilderness sometimes, for hiking, running or camping. It’s great to be self sufficient, able to read a map etc, but taking a GPS like the Garmin Oregon 550 Waterproof Hiking GPS can make your trip a lot safer, and actually a lot more productive and enjoyable too. Introduction To The Garmin Oregon 550 Waterproof Hiking GPS The Garmin Oregon 550 is a hand held GPS, designed by Garmin, probably the world leader in GPS technology. The Oregon 550 is simple to use, far more so [...] Read more »

Weight Vests For Running

There are a lot of differing training idea offered by experts and armchair runners alike, and the use of weight vests for running is an area that has caused quite a lot of debate over the years, and has also been the subject of some pretty good experiments. Here is an overview on the use of weighted vests for running training. I will also be offering some detailed articles on the subject of hyper-training with weighted running vests, and also some useful reviews of the products on the market, so stay tuned. Many runners fail to work at strength building [...] Read more »

Garmin GPS Watches For Runners

Although I often just hit the road or trail and just enjoy the run, freestyling, if you will, I, like many people, enjoy the geekiness of wearing a gps watch and logging all my runs. In all seriousness, it’s not a geek thing, there is a mass of valuable information that you can glean from the stats you download to your computer with a running gps watch. This post is going to take a look at the benefits of gps watches, and in particular, one of the most popular Garmin GPS Watches For Runners that is currently available the Garmin Forerunner [...] Read more »