Do smartwatches help to motivate you?

[LinziWearables]

I'm starting to think about running more often!

Does anyone use a smartwatch to help set reminders to go for a run? Are there any other ways they can help to motivate you, and get you running?!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

They are good...useful for stats and workout planning etc... but not as a motivator for me... I just enjoy running.. with or without my Garmin

[Yesletsgo Administrator]

I hate devices (or people come to that) telling me what to do, so didn't find the (Garmin) smart watch useful for that. Mine does have lots of useful functions though, for planning runs and looking at the numbers afterwards. I wouldn't be without it (though I spend a lot of time trying to ignore it).

I think all this says a lot more about me than the usefulness of the watch 😂

[T2runner Graduate]

I use mine as a rough guide to my fitness stats, great way to count steps and see the heart rate etc, but only as a guide, a £200 watch is no comparison to the 10's of thousands of pounds proper equipment costs.