fitness trackers
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Which Fitness/Activity Tracker Should You Buy?
2Tracking your activity has become the “killer app” of wearable tech. Form devices that can track your heart rate, the number of steps you take and even things like blood pressure and ECG, we have entered an age when it’s possible to collect vast swathes of data about ourselves in order to help us make…
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This Ring Is Nearly The Perfect Minimalist Fitness Tracker
I’m not into watches or wristbands, but for the last few weeks I’ve been wearing a fitness tracker on my finger. It knows how long I sleep and detects when I walk or run, and all I’ve gotta do is wear it like jewellery and forget about it.
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Fitness Trackers Are Terrible At Counting Calories
A fitness wearable promises to aid you in your quest for a healthier life by providing data on how your body responds to physical activity. They’re good at providing some bits of information and not so good at others. In particular, a new small-scaled study from Stanford University suggests that fitness trackers are not great…
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Five Things You Need To Know About Fitness Trackers
Most modern fitness trackers are electronic devices you wear on your wrist to track steps, overall physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep. They typically work with a smartphone app or website that allow you to track your progress over time using graphs and figures. Advanced fitness trackers can also record heart rate and GPS related…
