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Want more efficient workouts? A fitness monitor—or “wearable tech”—such as an activity tracker, heart rate monitor or GPS watch can help anyone get more out of exercise.
Features range from simple stopwatches and lap timers to sophisticated measures of speed, distance and heart rate that you can analyze, track and share on your smartphone or computer.
An emerging trend is “tethering,” which wirelessly pairs your fitness device with your smartphone so that it also serves as a wrist-top extension of your phone’s functions.
Of course, before initiating any exercise program, consult a physician to design a program that is well suited for your goals and current conditioning.
Pedometers
Best for general fitness; tracking steps
Geared to walkers and runners, apedometer is a pendulum-based unit that counts your steps and translates them to miles. This data can be used to track a workout or tally the distance you walk during a day.
Some advanced pedometers can calculate calories burned, remember several days’ worth of data and offer easy downloading of saved information to your computer.
Note that basic pedometers provide only estimates because your step/stride will not be exactly the same each time.
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Activity Trackers
Best for general fitness, calorie and sleep tracking
An activity tracker is a moderately priced wristband or pocket device that has become increasingly popular.
Activity trackers use accelerometers, which are considered the most accurate and reliable step-counting mechanism.
Besides tracking your steps, distance and calories burned, an activity tracker can even monitor your sleep at night and gently wake you in the morning. Wristband models offer a comfortable fit for 24/7 monitoring of activity and sleep (and they’re waterproof so you can even wear them in the shower).
Many offer wireless connectivity to your smartphone or tablet and include a free mobile app to let you keep track of your targets, celebrate your successes and share your progress with friends.
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Running Watches
Best for timing your workouts and counting laps
Running watches can be as simple as a digital watch with an alarm and stopwatch. Elaborate multi-function watches may also offer lap-counters, lap splits, countdown timers, interval timers and training logs.
Running watches are ruggedly built with some degree of water resistance and typically feature large, easy-to-read displays.
However, they offer limited training benefits, because you can’t track distance, speed or heart rate.
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