Which Fitness Tracker do you use?
You want a fitness tracker that's cheap, stylish, and does its job, but is it possible to get all 3 of these things in one?
Smart watches are out of consideration right now because we obviously all have that Lange, Rolex, or Patek on our left wrist and we're sure as hell not wearing another watch on the other wrist. We're not trying to look like Pauly D from Jersey Shore rocking 2 watches at once.
You can't walk around Manhattan without seeing every other person rocking a FitBit. And I know TD Bank was recently giving away free green FitBit's to new customers.
With all of that said, I'd love some feedback and/or recommendations on what fitness trackers you're all using nowadays...?
e.g.
- FitBit
- Jawbone
- Moov
- Garmin
It really depends on the activity you want it for. I primarily use Strava
I primarily run, cycle, and weight lift. I use it to keep track of my miles, the routes I've done, and it's nice to be able to compare my effort on the same workout from week to week. It's primarily for running, walking, cycling, but you can also manually enter probably 25-30 different activities. I highly recommend it — I'm hooked on it. It's a social fitness app, so you can see what your friends are doing if you want and there's monthly "challenges" to keep you motivated.
Also, I use the free version. I've heard the analytics for the paid version aren't that great
My tightest pair of suitpants.
I just keep track of it in my head.
1 mile swimming = 3 miles running = 9 miles biking = ~ 300 calories. Done.
Whatever you do, do not get the Samsung Gear Fit - truly hopeless Heart rate monitor is as accurate as taking your time from the sun and you can't be exercising when using it
I would recommend misfit wearables. The Shine works great.
Try the Grey color. Look sleeker than half the smart watches out there imo. Plus battery lasts 4-5 months.
Tangential to the wearables but I recommend the FitnessFast app for any non-cardio that a wearable won't track. Provides the major benefit as @procrustes mentioned of tracking against previous and looking at progress.
And MyFitnessPal is the best of the apps for tracking what you're eating. Found the wearable apps are pretty bad at intake and MyFitnessPal has a huge database of all types of food and booze so you can figure out just how badly you're destroying yourself outside of 10,000 steps.
Piece of paper and pen
easterneuropebornandraisedJust fucking train and look good, if you need a piece of junk to get motivated you are pretty much fucked... I am an ex-swimmer and run triathlons all the time - I laugh at all the idiots full of the latest gear, unless you are a pro no need for all that bullshit.
Not sure what types of triathlons you're doing (sprint, olympic, half, or whatever), but do you really not use anything to track your training? I find that hard to believe - unless you're just a weekend warrior then it totally makes sense.
I do Olympic distance and I do it under 2 hour and 30 minutes, I'd like to think it's not such a shitty time. I usually am one of the first ones to get out of the water, top 10% in the running and struggle in the cycling. So yea, I am not a pro at all, but I consider myself to be pretty fit, and no one in a bank has the time to train like a pro. No need for any technological bull shit tracking your time, just need to get your ass on the road or the gym and train.
Being in IBD, I've found the Jawbone to be extremely useful. It's the only fitness tracker (that I know of) that has an "idle alert", which will vibrate if you've been inactive for a set period (I have mine set to 15 minutes). This prevents me from remaining sedintary for too long, as I'm prone to sitting the majority of my 14-16 hour days.
I bought a fitbit charge around Thanksgiving and it's been working fine for me over the past few months. I really just use it for sleep tracking and as a general gauge of how active I am during the day.
Looking forward to upgrading to a smart watch in the near future.
It's just water resistant, so I wouldn't use it to go swimming and I usually take it off before showering. It's ok just for basic fitness tracking, but I would get something better if I were training for a triathlon like some of the guys on here.
Regarding smart watches, it's between the new pebble steel time or the apple watch.I had always thought smart watches were dumb, but I've been warming up to them just because they would allow me to keep my phone in my pocket more often. Plus sometimes when I'm in meetings its nice to be able to discreetly check my emails and see if there's anything I need to attend to, rather than pull out my phone.
I have a standard heart rate monitor. I use it to make sure I am in an aerobic state, so my body is burning fat. its not the latest gadget; its enough for what I need.
get the one that will make you more efficient without the clutter.
The only people I know who use fit bit tracker devices are my coworker's middle aged wives who are just trying to make themselves think they're active and to justify their failure to lose weight as hopeless amid a great effort.
You know honestly I never understood the appeal of fitness trackers. But i know people who use the nike fuel band
I use a Pebble smartwatch, though I've been waiting on Jawbone getting their manufacturing in order for the Up3.
i use goqii
I only use Nike+ SportWatch GPS since I only track my runs.
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