I've done a search on the Couch to 5k forum here, but all posts about trackers are at least a year old if not older... Things change so quickly in the technology world...
So I'm in the market for a new fitness tracker - do you use one? what kind do you have? what does it do? what do you love about it?
(Sorry if this is a duplicate post - I could have sworn i put it up yesterday but can't find it)
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Well I use MOOV NOW...It's different....been a month and takes some getting used to...not sure I love it as much as I expected to when I researched it....but the concept of a real time coach is very cool...also worn on keg so super accurate as far as cadence is concerned. Was pleasantly surprised to see that my natural cadence is between 160-170. Also measures impact factor that's pretty helpful
I like my Fitbit HR. It's two years old and going strong. I particularly like seeing my resting heart rate dropping as the running weeks add up. The customer service us very good too, in my experience.
My Fitbit HR just stopped working, so now I have a 25% off code I can use to get a new one - I'm thinking Charge 2.... I kwym about the resting heartrate thing - mine went from 75bpm to, at the end of the program, 51bpm (avg). CrAzY!
I have a Garmin thingy, it counts my steps, vibrates when I haven't moved for a while (hysterical, as a simple arm wave stops that ) and can download my runs or rows to Strava. Great bit of kit, though it doesn't appear to count the number of times I go up and down my stairs, I start on 0 in the morning and by the end of the day it still says 0, despite the fact that I have attacked them like a loony all day long!
I have a Garmin thingy too - great for running, counting steps etc. I've turned off the movement alert vibration because unlike Flossie22 I have to do a ridiculous number of steps to reset it. It doesn't count my stairs either. I used to have a fitbit (Flex?) and found it really difficult to put on - the silly little prongs on the wrist band wouldn't go through the holes and then the casing sort of stretched and the tracker bit dropped out somewhere. It only did basic stuff - didn't track runs, walks etc. and I like to be able to see the details of my runs adterwards.
I have a fitbit surge - but I wear it as a watch too. I love the inbuilt GPS so I don't have to have it constantly connected to my phone like the later model. Battery life could be better as gps drains it fast but had it 8 months and still happy with it.
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