If you are training for a triathlon, you need to swim too and it is always good to monitor your heart while training, but many sport watches won’t tell your heart rate while on the water.  I personally like to know how is my heart rate every time I train, so I have been searching for something that will monitor my heart when I am swimming.

Here is a device that speaks your heart rate in “your ear” while swimming, so you don’t have to stop at the wall to manually count your heart beats: Finis Aquapulse Heart Rate Monitor.   Your heart rate is announced to you every 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes or 5 minutes increments, you get to set that to whatever is best for you.

Here is how this works:  “With the AquaPulse® Heart Rate Monitor your current heart rate is verbally announced while you swim. Simply slip the AquaPulse® inside your goggle strap, attach the soft rubber clip to your earlobe, and go swim. Using an infrared sensor to monitor capillary blood flow, your heartbeat is detected through your earlobe. The heart rate is then audibly communicated to you in real time, where the information is transmitted directly to your inner ear via Bone Conduction Technology. No ear buds, cumbersome chest straps, or watch devices are needed.”

Here is a video, if you want to check it out: [HTML1]