Spec Me A Fitness Tracker

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Hey all,

I'm thinking of getting a fitness tracker, But I'm not sure what I should get.

I was looking at the jawbone UP3 and the Fitbit Charge HR, they seem very feature filled and Track heartrate....which seems a really good metric, but I don't know how much it helps in practice.

The exercise I do is cycling to work, gym, and running 3 times a week.

It seems a lot of the cheaper trackers are more alert bands that remind you to manually track on an app. I don't mind interacting with an app, it's just I'd like some automation, also I have a 5" phone, so would prefer to not lug it around for ever exercise.

any and all advice welcome, Thanks :)
 
Are you already fit and seeking to get fitter or is this a new year's resolution? If it's the latter, may I suggest you try exercising a bit first and see if you take it to? As I'm sure a lot of these trackers end up gathering dust.
 
Featured filled is pretty handy and the apps usually have breakdowns of how these metrics apply to your health. :) They're not expecting you to be fitness experts.

Whatever works though really. Fitbits are pretty solid with a decent battery life. Even ties in with other apps like Weight Watchers(for iOS with HealthKit anyway).

Ultimately though, I guess you will just have to take the plunge and see which you prefer.
 
maccapacca said:
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I got one, I look gooooood ;)
problem is I don't now if I'm thin or healthy from that :p

benjii said:
Are you already fit and seeking to get fitter or is this a new year's resolution? If it's the latter, may I suggest you try exercising a bit first and see if you take it to? As I'm sure a lot of these trackers end up gathering dust.
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I'd consider myself fit, I've done half marathons, cycle everyday and football every week. I've added gym as my work moved to new premises rather than as a new year thing. I'm trying to even myself out as I've been almost all Leg work. (cycling/football/running)
TheBDog said:
Featured filled is pretty handy and the apps usually have breakdowns of how these metrics apply to your health. :) They're not expecting you to be fitness experts.

Whatever works though really. Fitbits are pretty solid with a decent battery life. Even ties in with other apps like Weight Watchers(for iOS with HealthKit anyway).

Ultimately though, I guess you will just have to take the plunge and see which you prefer.
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Yeah, taking the plunge is the costly problem :p

I suppose there seems to be a great jump in price with these trackers when you add heartrate, I dunno if I need that really, I've never followed what my bodies doing in that respect.
 
I was after a GPS tracker / HRM. DC Rainmaker likes the Polar m400 in the mid range. It is also an activity tracker.

Picked it up (online) from that cheap sports shop (where you can't find anything as it tends to be disorganised mess ;)) for quite a bit less than DC rainmaker made his recommendations on
 
An activity tracker is a bit useless in my eyes

Running / Cycling / even football - use a gps watch with HRM - DCrainmaker will be your best bet for reviews

Gym - I am assuming you are lifting weights? The only tracker that will work here is comparing your results over months by having a structured programme - Stronglifts 5x5 or Ice Cream Fitness are good beginners programmes.
 
Well in my eyes I was counting gps watch with hrm AS a fitness tracker.
gym i'm doing weights and a circuit training class done at work.

Would you suggest a good watch and hrm, and sync them to a compatible app? (so 2 dedicated devices/ one device that does both)
 
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