Whether you use an armband or chest strap, add some smarts to your exercise and training routine with one of the best heart rate monitors we've tested. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...

The best heart rate monitors will track your heart rate comfortably, consistently and accurately ...

To help you find the right monitor for your needs, we tested heart rate monitors across different price points and asked five medical experts, including cardiologists, cardiac electrophysiologists, ...

Using a chest strap heart rate monitor can give you accurate, actionable insights to help improve your running. What is the best chest strap heart-rate monitor overall? The best chest strap heart-rate ...

The best sports watches have heart rate reader tech good enough to make most of us consign chest straps to the back of a cupboard. But Garmin has just released a new strap, the Garmin HRM 200. This is ...

Are chest straps really that necessary any more? For many the answer is “less than ever” thanks to improved accuracy of watch HR tech, but the Garmin HRM 600 is here to prove there’s life in the HR ...

Chest straps are more accurate than wristbands for measuring heart rate, but layering one that fully wraps around the torso under a sports bra is bulky and can chafe. “Our goal was to work with the ...

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Keeping track of your heart rate while working out is now easier than ever, thanks to wearables like smartwatches and fitness trackers. However, the gold standard for heart rate data is a chest strap ...