Sports wrist watches

At present, the cult of a healthy, beautiful, athletic personality is popularized around the world. Doing sports has become more fashionable than ever. Even if we are not talking about a professional sports career, but about amateur active pastime with a serious return of strength and energy.

To accomplish these tasks, there are several options: to carry with them various and rather cumbersome devices that evaluate and control the physical condition of the body or acquire a modern multi-functional gadget that can replace a whole range of measuring devices. In this article we will talk about this gadget - sports watches.

Modern sports watches have an original exterior design that perfectly reflects the sporting spirit and active lifestyle, as well as in addition to determining the exact time, perform a wide range of additional functions. They are equipped with various sensors that show information about the physical condition or the received loads:

• heart rate monitor;
• tonometer;
• pedometer;
• timer;
• stopwatch;
• calorie counter.

Let us consider in more detail some of these indicators.

One of the main distinguishing features of such watches is their unusual design, which will be suitable for a sports suit, sneakers or swimsuit, display individuality and sense of purpose and encourage sporting spirit.

Pulsometer - a sensor that measures the pulse or heart rate of contraction of the heart muscle. Sports watches with a heart rate monitor built into the case or strap require some wearing rules: the device must be worn so that it is in close contact with the skin of the wrist of the left hand. More accurate information provides a watch with an additional element in the form of a sensor that is attached with an elastic band on the user's chest.

For those who want to achieve optimal weight by burning calories by walking distances, a watch with a pedometer will be useful. But such a sensor shows fairly average indicators, since the producers have not created a single standard of step, as such, and people with different weight, height, metabolic rate spend different amounts of calories. But for the average indicator, this function is useful.

Clock sensors that measure blood pressure, also do not show 100% correct result. This error is influenced by age, thickened walls of blood vessels and other physical features of the body.

In order to acquire the most popular model of sports watches, it is necessary to evaluate them in terms of functionality and a number of other related factors.

• Duration of operation - Sensors such as a pedometer, heart rate monitor, GPS system, etc. significantly reduce the time of the gadget. In good models, the battery should maintain its charge for up to 20 hours in a row.
• Mechanisms, fixed on the wrist, have a certain error in the testimony. Therefore, in this case, it will be necessary to choose between indicators with inaccuracy and watches with various additional elements that are attached to the chest, belt.
• Protection level - good watch models have a certain level of protection against various external interference, which may affect the sensor readings.This fact affects the cost of such devices.
• Additional functions - sports watches can automatically count calories, add to the base of training history, monitor the change in pulse rate, calculate the level of fat burned, automatically analyze all the information received, communicate with a smartphone or computer, transfer all data to certain programs developed for athletes and perform some other features.

The consumer market offers a wide range of sports watches. There are both universal and purely male or female models. Consider the most popular of them.

Adidas LED Watch - Original watches, which are presented on the market in white and black, will be a great addition to the sports image of a young man or girl. Stylish cast body is light enough, but resistant to external aggressive influences and adverse environmental factors. The soft silicone strap conveniently and securely attaches the mechanism to the hand, and the lack of need for special care and economical energy consumption makes this model one of the most popular among the younger generation.

G-shock - sports watches from the famous Japanese brand Casio, which have a stylish, trendy design and fairly wide functionality. The waterproof and durable plastic case ensures uninterrupted operation of the mechanism even after diving into seawater.

Chinese company Skmei with almost 30 years of history, it releases sports watches with a wide range of functionalities, including the device, which serves as a stopwatch, sends various alerts for hearing impaired people, shows the time of another time zone, and allows them to dive to a depth of 50 meters.

The brand Polar recently turned 16 years old. All this time, the company has been providing various models of wristwatches to the consumer market, which have had some success in the global industry in this field. The company has developed several models of sports watches. Polar M425 is a female model with built-in sensors that measure the frequency of contractions of the heart muscles, calorie counting and heart rate analysis.