Smarter Performance Blog Heart-rate monitoring through your headphones?

Thursday TechHeart-rate HeadphonesEnjoy working out to your favourite tunes?Need the 130bpm to get you working at your hardest?Well headphone manufacturers Jabra, may have a solution to let you know just how hard you are working!Using Dolby© Immersion system, the quality of the sound produced will be excellent, wha makes this different is Jabra's claim that "our product is the only ear-bud heart rate monitoring system to deliver clinical grade results".http://www.jabra.com/products/bluetooth/jabra_sport_pulse_wireless/jabra_sport_pulse_wireless#heart-rate-monitorWhen linked to Jabra's Smartphone App, the new system from Jabra seeks to deliver unrivalled music and control of your workout. The company claims that this method of training will deliver "In-ear coaching gives you real-time feedback to help you optimise each session".If these work as well as they claim to and feedback on online purchase sites are positive, this could be a great step forward for ensuring intensive workouts are assisted by your playlist. Just remember to be careful when running outside when the headphones may distract you from traffic.Now about your S-Club 7 playlist..... ;)Be healthy, be strongAlan