Exercise and electronics: watches, pedometer, mp3 player, heart rate monitor etc

[elle simple]

What kind of toys and tools do you use with your workout, if any?

I dont usually wear a watch, but realized one with at least a timer/stopwatch function would be handy while working out. Got recommendations?

Anyone keep their phone on em while working out? My phone has music and a stopwatch, but I dont think I want to wear it while working out. Pros/Cons to having your phone on you in the gym?

[khalid a.k.a Genocide]

I usually leave my cellphone in the car when I go wrokout. Since when Im working out I don't like having any distractions, all my energy needs to be intune with the workout so I can get the best out of the exercises. I don't carry my watch to the gym either, just some bball shorts or jogging pants, a sleeveless shirt(or tank top), and some running shoes or weightlifting shoes(for squating, deadlifts, and olympic lifts)

I sometimes take my mp3 player as well. I have this tiny one that holds 30-50 songs and thats all I need. My Ipod is too big(Ipod video) so I don't see the point of taking it to the gym.

[Big H]

I copped the Nano Ipod for workouts, but I still use the video Ipod for cardio. Aside from the Ipods I don't use anything else when I hit the gym. Cell phones are certainly not needed in the gym; I hate seeing cats in there yackin on they phones takin up space and doing nothing. Whoever it is can wait until your finished with your workout.

[elle simple]

oooh I didnt mean I would talk on my phone in the gym, I was just thinking I could use it for the stopwatch and the radio

so mp3 player is the "essential" item huh? lol.... I was thinking at least a sporty watch would be most common. hmmm :headphone:

I really do want to know how much I walk per day (a couple miles I'm guessing) but havent done any research into pedometer's yet.

[offthabooks]

I use my regular ipod when I do cardio...I usually just rest it on the machine, but I also have a clip on it so when I do the rower I just clip it to my shorts...I see alot of people with the nano, that seems like a good choice for the gym..

yea I agree that the phone isn't needed...does yours have headphone? were you planning on using it as an mp3 player?

a pedometer is good if you want to count your steps throughout the day...when I use the treadmill in the gym, I just measure my distance on the machine itself...

[Diggy_Dat_Niggy]

I use to leave my phone in the car until I was needed for an emergency, Ill check my shyt once in a while but it usually never rings. I do always use my mp3 player tho, the xm station they have sucks kak!

[elle simple]

yea I agree that the phone isn't needed...does yours have headphone? were you planning on using it as an mp3 player?


yea my phone has headphones (well, earbuds which dont stay in too well lol) and radio


a pedometer is good if you want to count your steps throughout the day...when I use the treadmill in the gym, I just measure my distance on the machine itself...

DOH Guess I would have known that if I'd gone to the gym :huh: slinks quietly out of forum.... good looks, books! I do walk at least a couple miles a day, I figure, but want to know for sure.

[offthabooks]

DOH Guess I would have known that if I'd gone to the gym :huh: slinks quietly out of forum.... good looks, books! I do walk at least a couple miles a day, I figure, but want to know for sure.
*scolds elle!*

hey my mom has a pedometer & she LOVES it...it's recommended you take 10,000 steps per day & by wearing the pedometer, some say you actually are more likely to walk b/c you wanna see those steps add up...

it's also said the average new yorker walks 5 miles per day...so if you live in a walkable city, a pedometer is great for tracking your distance.