If you are looking for a watch that is much more than just a watch and need something to help you with your fitness goals take a look at the Timex Ironman watches. Perhaps the most advanced and feature rich fitness watch on the market the Timex Ironman watches feature everything from advanced heart rate monitors to a way to hook up to your iPod or iPhone. While not all watches have all features you will get a wide range of features on each watch while each model will have its own special feature that is built into the watch.
The Timex Ironman Heart Rate Monitor watch is a good example of what Timex can put into their watches these days. This is not just any heart rate monitor but is considered to be a high quality digital FM monitor that comes bundled as a heart monitoring strap that continuously measures your heart rate and transmits the readings wirelessly to your watch so that you can monitor your progress. The heart monitor comes with replaceable batteries unlike many heart monitor devices where the batteries can only be replaced by the company.
The Timex Ironman watches with heart monitors contain a wide array of advanced functions for monitoring your heart rate, such as predefined target zones, if your heart rate goes outside of this target zone an alarm will sound to let you know. Your watch also record the amount of time spent training inside the target zone as well as what your maximum heart rate is in the zone.
Also included in the Timex Ironman watches with heart monitor are your average heart reading for your entire session, as well as reading that are broke done by laps or segments. You also have a recovery heart rate mode to help you know when it is time to start back on your next lap or segment.
Also available is a Timex Data Recorder than allows you to hook up to some of the heart rate watches and record the data for later download to your PC. This neat feature allows you to track your progress over a training period so that you can see how much progress you are making.
Timex Ironman watches are made with the serious athlete in mind, giving them all the tools they need to insure that their workouts are as effective as possible and they are making the progress they need to make before their next big competition.