I do not use one. I have a wife… (pause… pause a little more …) who uses one. And she is privy to others’ daily fitnessing.
I’m a little more private when it comes to my vitals.
What say you?
I don’t share my info. I’ve never consistently walked 10k steps a day and I think that’s a construct.
I have read that people get really anxious over their stats (steps, exercise, sleep, etc.) not being good enough. With sleep especially, I can worry a lot about not getting enough. OTOH I like knowing if I’m tired bc I’m not sleeping or if I’m tired for a different reason. So I try to take the stats with a grain of salt.
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I might prefer monthly stats instead of constant nagging.
I mean, my wife… (you know what to do here)… gets scolded for sitting down too long, when we were on a road trip over the weekend.
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I actually do like the hourly nagging to stand, but I need to figure out how to change when that starts. On weekends I would love for it to start after 8. If I’m actually sleeping after 7 then I probably need that sleep.
I use my Apple Watch for steps and heart rate. Heart rate is useful when I set the treadmill to different inclines so that I can see what speed I need to set it to keep up a consistent effort.
It also counts floors climbed but only when walking up stairs or a slope, not when the treadmill is on an incline.
I used to pay attention to the exercise rings but since I closed them by going after my step goal, I just ignore them.
GAINZ!!!
GAAAAAAIIIIINNNNZZZZZ!!!
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I have a Fitbit. (Fitbit 3, I think.) I use it to track sleep, though it generally doesn’t catch the first 90 minutes or so. I also use it for heart rate monitoring, though I’ve noticed how it sits on my wrist can impact the reading.
Beyond that? If I want to track walking distance and pace, I use the pohn’s built-in stuff. Yeah, great to get step counts from the Fitbit but that’s not what I’m using to measure myself against.
a fine line between constant monitoring oneself and obsessing in an unhealthy way
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Obsessive people are going to obsess over something.
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I’m not worrying about whether I get 10,000 steps in, but it is useful to know that you’ve only walked 2,000. (I track on my phone, not watch.)
I try to get in at least 5,000 steps a day, which really isn’t that much. But now that I roll out of bed and into my computer chair, it’s very easy to have practically no physical activity multiple days in a row, just like it’s easy to put on 20 pounds if you aren’t paying attention. So I think it’s helpful to be able to track, though I don’t care about sharing/competing.
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This.
Very similar to diet app trackers. I think they’re both useful if you have specific, short-term goals in mind - i.e. losing 5lbs over the next 8 weeks, or training for a 5k in a couple months. You can use both to track your progress to make sure you hit your goals.
Long-term, I don’t think people need to track calories each and every meal just like we don’t need a device telling us exactly how much effort we put in to a workout or how many steps we took in a day.
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I should add that we’d need to use these trackers religiously over a short timeframe (2-3ish months, I’d say) to get a general idea of what we need to eat in a day or how many calories certain types of workouts burn.
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I got a smart watch last year for Christmas and have been tracking things regularly for a year now, in particular both sleep scores and steps. I try to get at least 10k steps a day which during the week usually requires a 30 minute or so walk around the neighborhood to achieve (about +4500 steps) but have been able to generally get the remainder of them just by adding in a few steps here and there throughout the day. I probably obsess over it a bit more than I should, but regardless, small changes encouraged by a way to measure/track/monitor them has worked for me (OK, giving up booze is a big change that can’t be ignored, but this is stacked on top of that).
An update earlier this week added a new measure - “Energy Score” which appears to be a combination of sleep and activity trends. Seems a little gimmicky in that part of the measure is based on how I categorize my activity level along with “sleep timing” which suggests everyone should go to bed between 11pm and 2am…these both seem a bit arbitrary.
Yesterday’s energy score: 81 (-4) "your moderate exercise increased by 20 minutes yesterday, be sure to rest and don’t get injured.
Today’s energy score: 82 (+1) “you didn’t get enough moderate exercise yesterday”
But I did get a sleep score of 94!
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Good for you prez!
I have a Garmin instinct that I wear all the time. I have not changed my behavior much but it allows me to see my activity level over time and I’ve trended up a little recently.
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Fitbit? They recently added a readiness score (fits the gimmicky label) and a cardio load score (haven’t really looked at it).
Samsung.
I got a new Apple Watch for Christmas, my husband ordered it for me. He’s had the Ultra 2 for a while and it has some cool features my much older version did not have, like wrist temp, the EKG, and sleep apnea monitoring. It’s much bigger and heavier than what I’m used to, but the battery life is great. The only downside is that the newer watches don’t have blood oxygen monitors, whereas my old one did (really helpful when we had COVID scares).
I’m starting Vshred 90 day. $67 cost. Once logged in there are plenty of other $ opportunities (recipes, forums, etc…). I will see what I can do with the 90 day routine only.
goal - OnlyFan account and selling my trim body to lonely cat loving feminists …
I’m kidding! I started the “Show of Your Guns” thread, soooo..
Re-bump.
I’m looking at fitness trackers that will show me where I have been, on walks or runs.
Or on a soccer field (I’m not a player, so it will be allowed), so I can see if I am covering the field properly.
Android preferred, so I can see results on a PC or my phone.
Anyone having issues with the ones you have or do you have recommendations?
Not spending $300. Around $100, maybe.
Thanks in advance.