I started getting more active last August when I took up swimming. I still look like someone flailing around, but Ive gone up from 500m in Aug to 1km a day on weekdays and 1.5Km at weekends. I also mix this up with sessions on the cross trainer and the odd bike ride.
Currently I have a Mi band 6, it does the job but getting stuff into Google fit is a pain.
Sync band to Mi fit
Syn Zep fit to Mi fit (gets data into Strava)
Strava then syncs to google fit.
I have started to look at upgrading my fitness tracker, I want one that will measure heartrate whilst Im swimming without having to use a band, and also catalogue other exercises as and when I do them.
From what I have seen, even if I spend a lot of money on trackers, Im still going to have the issue of using multiple apps to get stuff into goggle fit and probably with lots of missing stats along the way.
I like Google fit, but am I missing something, are Garmin that good, is their software something worth having?
Im wondering whether just to ditch google fit entirely and use something else?
The whole recorded stats thing has turned out to be a massive motivator for me, My SWOLF rate has halved which Im proud of, so being able to monitor my stats is important to me which is partly why I want to have a device to track heartrate while swimming.
Currently I have a Mi band 6, it does the job but getting stuff into Google fit is a pain.
Sync band to Mi fit
Syn Zep fit to Mi fit (gets data into Strava)
Strava then syncs to google fit.
I have started to look at upgrading my fitness tracker, I want one that will measure heartrate whilst Im swimming without having to use a band, and also catalogue other exercises as and when I do them.
From what I have seen, even if I spend a lot of money on trackers, Im still going to have the issue of using multiple apps to get stuff into goggle fit and probably with lots of missing stats along the way.
I like Google fit, but am I missing something, are Garmin that good, is their software something worth having?
Im wondering whether just to ditch google fit entirely and use something else?
The whole recorded stats thing has turned out to be a massive motivator for me, My SWOLF rate has halved which Im proud of, so being able to monitor my stats is important to me which is partly why I want to have a device to track heartrate while swimming.