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depends what you want to track/achieve ☺️ > apple watch pro: great alrounder with good data quality and graphs con: push notifications, β€žsmartβ€œ etc. > polar beats band pro: measures through ECG so is by far the highest accuracy during workouts. integrates with apple health con: app sucks > oura ring pro: best sleep tracker on the market con: ring is in the way during workouts and scratches up. fitness tracking is not super accurate. > whoop (no personal experience) pro: seems to be a good alrounder if you dont like the apple watch. can be worn during workouts. great analytics con: sleep tracking is a little inferior to oura (according to benchmark studies) my setup: - wear oura 24/7 for 3-4 years now excpet when i - switch for polar beats during workouts β€”> i get to see amazing long-term effects in HRV, resting heart rate, sleep etc. with oura and super precise tracking of max heart rate and zones with polar beats hope this helps ☺️
Using Whoop here, but it's quite expensive and it needs quite a lot of trust of me for having my health data. But ok...it helps me to stay focused with metrics on my overall well-being and for 90% it is accurate how I feel. Listening to your own body is always the most important, but using these metrics helps me to improve my fitness levels towards achieving competive (cycling) goals.. I can see how my fitness improves / declines over a longer period of time.
I have been wearing Oura for 4 years now. Unfortunately, they went to a subscription model so that is annoying, but I still recommend them. I have worn it in the sauna, and it doesn't overheat. Fun experiment to pair it with a CGM in the sauna. I have worn it in the ocean. I have lifted weights with it. They have been solid as far as support: grandfathered me in to lifetime access, warrantied my ring when they didn't have to. They did recently go to more AI support, but I complained and someone quickly emailed me, like they used to. They are constantly fueling R&D with new features, most recently, 24/7 HR. Battery life is pretty good. They give you a notif at 20% so you don't beat the battery down. I have to charge it every ~4 days, but I have had this current one for ~2 years. BF 30% off ends today, I believe.
Be aware also of lifting weights - just as important, if not more important than cardio. Pavel Tsatsouline on Joe Rogan #1399 well worth a listen regarding strength training. - Sleep - Sun - Steel - Sprints - Steak - Cardio - limit sugar. Personally use a Garmin EPIX, but most trackers are great these days. Gather you’d want one though with no GPS / Data tracking, so might be best for you doing manually! I keep a monthly spreadsheet of all activity. And GOOD LUCK!
tracker is cargo cult (for exercise at least, I can see a better argument for sleep perhaps). makes you feel like you know what you are doing and are doing something without actually knowing or doing anything. you need to learn to feel it or you will never meaningfully improve.