Sigma Sport Onyx Pro Heart Rate Monitor

It uses digital wireless transmission technology and has more training features (in bold in the list below) compared to the Onyx Fit heart rate monitor.

The main features of the Sigma Sport Onyx Pro heart rate monitor are:

• Continuous heart rate monitoring
• You can manually set your heart rate training zone.
• You can also get the watch to automatically set your heart rate training zone based on your gender, age and weight.
• You can set an alarm to alert you when you are training above or below your heart rate zone limits
• You can do many types of training: Free training with 3 HR zones, Lap training with 3 HR zones and Training program with 1 HR zone, as in Onyx Fit. You can in addition do 3 pre-programmed endurance trainings, 3 interval trainings (2 pre-programmed, 1 own), and marathon training.
• You can do some of your trainings based on your IAT (individual anaerobic threshold) instead of your maximum heart rate
• You can run 2 independent stop watches with start, (pause, restart,) and stop.
• Countdown timer
• You can review your training duration, average heart rate, maximum heart rate, calories consumed and current time during your exercise session.
• After you have finished, you can review the overall details of the last session: Date, start time, total duration, average heart rate, maximum heart rate and calories burnt. In addition you can view other information specific to the particular training type you have selected.
• You can save training details for seven sessions.
• You can also review cumulative data summed over longer periods of time (per week, per month and since last reset): Number of training sessions, total training duration, average training duration and total calories burnt.
• Basic time keeping: Time, date and alarm
• Backlight
• Button tone: If this is switched on, you get a beep when you push a button.
• Wireless heart rate monitor (ECG accurate) with a digital chest strap transmitter and a wrist watch receiver
• Self-changed batteries for both the wrist watch and the transmitter
• Bicycle mounting bracket

Note: Digital transmission means that you can train with a group of people in close proximity with hardly any risk of interference from their heart rate monitors. The downside is that your transmitter chest belt is not going to work with gym equipment like treadmills etc.

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Note that the Sigma Sport Onyx Pro drops the Fitness test from the Onyx Fit.

There are many features that are shared between the Sigma Sport Onyx Pro and the Onyx Fit. For example: The definitions of the 3 heart rate zones, the Free training and the Lap training. Please refer to the Onyx Fit page for further information.

3 Pre-programmed Endurance Trainings: Recovery Run, Long and Medium. Each one of them consists of warm up, work out, cool down phases. These trainings are of pre-determined intensity and duration.

You can also do your own endurance training with you deciding the intensity and duration of the 3 phases.

2 Pre-programmed Interval Trainings: "Extensive" and "Intensive". The "Extensive" interval training program is heart rate controlled. The "Intensive" interval training program is time controlled. Each one of them consists of warm up, interval, rest, ...., interval, rest, cool down phases. These trainings are of pre-determined intensity and duration.

You can also do your own interval training with you deciding whether to use heart rate or time to structure your various phases.

Marathon Training: When you are running a marathon, every time you pass the mile (or km) marker, you press a button. When you have finished, you can see detailed training data (average heart rate, max heart rate and time) for each of your mile.

Summary

The Sigma Sport Onyx Pro is the most advanced heart rate monitor in the Onyx series. It improves on the Onyx Fit by introducing a large number of new training programs. There is a lot on offer in this package.

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Useful Information

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