| The readers of rowingillustrated, a leading rowing | | | | gives the coach/physiologist the ability to analyze data |
| message board in the United States recently | | | | from several athletes based in different training |
| responded to the question: "What is the best heart | | | | locations. The data can be used to make fine |
| rate monitor?" Three models emerged as being | | | | adjustments to the training program and optimal training |
| popular with rowers and coaches. Which one you | | | | loads can be calculated to prevent over training and |
| choose will depend upon the type of training that you | | | | the concomitant risk of injury and illness. The principles |
| do. The Suunto t6c emerged as a preferred unit for | | | | of EPOC and training effect apply equally to elite |
| serious high performance athletes and professional | | | | athletes as well as to those seeking serious |
| coaches. | | | | improvement in fitness. |
| The SUUNTO t6c black wrist-top computer is more | | | | The Suunto t6c is one of the most accurate and |
| like a fully equipped sports laboratory than a heart rate | | | | useful sports instruments currently on the market. The |
| monitor. The watch will provide a comprehensive | | | | Suunto Team PODs open up new possibilities for |
| personalized physiological analysis on your PC. The | | | | controlling training protocols. Coaches can follow the |
| digital customizable menu is easy to use. The unit | | | | heart rates and the percentage of maximum heart |
| displays real-time training effect and EPOC (excess | | | | rates of all their athletes live on the screen during |
| post exercise oxygen consumption - otherwise known | | | | training real-time - even, for example, all eight rowers in |
| as oxygen debt). Using optional add-ons or Peripheral | | | | a rowing shell - and if needed, adjust the training |
| Observation Devices (PODs) the unit will display speed, | | | | individually on the fly. The measured data is shown, |
| distance and cadence (cycling) in addition to being a | | | | analyzed and stored live. This helps ensure that not |
| real-time heart rate monitor and calorie monitor. The | | | | only every athlete is training at an optimal level but also |
| t6c also acts as a chronometer featuring dual time, | | | | that the optimal team result can be achieved. |
| date, alarm, stopwatch with lap timer, interval and | | | | The PODs expand the performance range of the |
| countdown timers. | | | | Suunto t6c. With the Suunto GPS POD a rowing crew |
| The Suunto t6c heart rate monitor was designed for | | | | can fine tune the effectiveness of its rowing - for |
| everyone who exercises seriously with the goals of | | | | example how much energy each rower has to |
| improving their fitness and achieving high level of | | | | expend to obtain a certain boat-speed. The GPS POD |
| competitive performance. The Suunto t6c provides | | | | can be used to ensure that speeds and distances are |
| accurate information on seven key body parameters | | | | accurately measured during important training sessions |
| including EPOC. By understanding how the body | | | | regardless of water and wind conditions. |
| responds to exercise, the athlete, with or without a | | | | Beside training on water the athletes can also run, erg |
| coach, can better plan his or her personal training | | | | and bike with the Suunto t6c. The peripheral devices |
| program and, most importantly, monitor its | | | | from Suunto offer more data for complete analysis of |
| effectiveness. The Suunto t6c is an invaluable tool that | | | | all training activities. The Bike POD expands the Suunto |
| brings laboratory accuracy to every training session | | | | T6C to a complete wireless bike computer, and the |
| you or the athletes that you coach do. Data such as | | | | Foot POD works accurately for every runner without |
| changes in heart rate, EPOC and training effect can | | | | the need for a GPS receiver. |
| be downloaded to the computer by the athlete. This | | | | |