Build exercise into your commute to and/or from work. Run, Cycle, Walk all or some of the journey. Get off the bus a stop early, park further from work, keep change of fresh clothes at work etc. Great for body and mind and saves money too.
Is your fitness tracker lying to you?
The following is an informative, thought-provoking and benefical article and research from Which? in which they tested over 85 fitness trackers, watches and smartwatches to identify which are the most (and least) reliable. Each is challenged to accurately track steps, distance based on steps, heart-rate and calories burned. The fitness trackers are put through their paces, during everyday activities such as loading the dishwasher through to indoor and outdoor walking and running.
From the research it seems that if you’re relying on a fitness tracker to measure your distance during marathon training, the bad news is that you may not have been hitting the 26.2 mile mark after all. Which? tests have found that some trackers can be wildly inaccurate – over or underestimating distance covered by up to 32%, which on a marathon route could could mean you miss the finish line by eight miles. Even picking a big brand is no guarantee – Samsung models, for example, could miss the finish line by four miles on average.
Their reserach suggests that:
Fitness brands / Actual distance at 26.2 miles / Percentage difference (whether above or below 26.2 miles)
Samsung 22.28 -14%
Polar 24.85 -4%
TomTom 25.09 -4%
Fitbit 25.25 -3%
Misfit 25.42 -2%
Garmin 25.48 -2%
Huawei 25.73 -1%
Withings 27.3 0.05
Apple 27.88 0.07
Pebble 30.42 0.17
You can view the full article with all the data and findings by clicking here https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/04/is-your-fitness-tracker-lying-to-you/. It is a really interesting read and thank you to Grace Kindred for the article.
High 5,
Matt
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