Monitoring one's heart rate is especially important for a fitness buff. Trying to gauge one's performance certainly does require checking up on one's heart rate now and then. But it takes a different king of heart monitor for those who are going through an activity. The easiest and most portable device is the most ideal. Oregon Scientific introduces the Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Trainer Watch for just this reason.
What makes the new Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Trainer Watch a more convenient heart monitor is that it does not necessarily require a chest strap to monitor the heart rate.
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