Marcelo Aller, Vice President of Sales at Bio Strap, joins the podcast to discuss heart rate training and wearables. Marcelo has 12 years on the service side of the industry. His career started as a CSCS coach, personal trainer, working in health clubs and included having my own speed, agility, quickness camp using the technology for coaching and evolved into working for the companies that are creating the technology and helping to create ways to use the technology.

We discuss:

What a wearable is

• The overall evolution of heart rate monitors/wearables

• How HR zones are used differently for different sports/intentions

• Different ways to establish heart rate zones - and how wearables have changed the accessibility to testing

• How to best utilize the data you are getting from a wearability - regardless of the type

• What all wearables are tracking these days besides your heart rate.

• Wearables- not a medical device - but can monitor anomalies for your heart and let you know when your heart is not acting as it usually does

• How to use wearables to monitor the intensity of your workouts -and ensure you are getting the right mix of intensities that match your goals

• How to use wearables to monitor your sleep for potential conditions like sleep apnea.

• The future of Wearables - virtual reality and simulations that could take your training and health to the next level

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