FITNESS TRACKER:TRIED AND AMAZED BY THE TRAINING OF A LIFETIME

 Fitness Tracker: Tried And Amazed By The Training Of A Lifetime

 

 

PREFACE

There are three types of adopters of modern exercise equipment – ​​the early adopters, the non-adopters, and the idiots. One of the most popular pieces of training equipment in my long life, it first appeared in 2007 in addition to the 50-roller, which has been secured with a lock. That would be Fitbit. The device became a huge hit - the company sold more than 100 million devices to more than 28 million people. I haven't been adopted recently. I was all for anything that got people moving, but I didn't know the value of a device to encourage or track movement. When participating in competitive sports, fitness, and various endurance events, I was scared, humiliated, and rejected those efforts as distractions and distractions. I've been exercising almost every day for over eight decades, and I can't help but wish I had an activity tracker.

EPIPHANY. A

However, after finding out that my health insurance company would provide a $160 tracking device for free, I decided to give the contraption a go.

Voila! After a few days of using the modern technological marvel Fitbit Versa Lite which is fun, comfortable, and effective, I am now a stupid boy.

Fitbit is one of many tracking products that are usually worn on the wrist like a watch. If you're anywhere near my age group, the device will start to remind you of Dick Tracy's two-way wrist radio. If so, forget it! We've come a long way from Dick Tracy's comic book devices. That 1931 watch is Pre-Bronze Age compared to the artificial intelligence/space age / Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Fitbit.

But not everyone benefits from more exercise. Extreme endurance athletes like Superperson can benefit from Fitbit's anti-step device, which motivates, tracks, and rewards non-exercise! This will benefit the athlete for some time when they prefer not to take unnecessary steps, or even get up from a lying position, to recover the tired body for the harsh test of the demands of each new day.

limitations

This applies to riders in the three weeks of the Tour de France. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, walking or cycling is a nuisance for tourists. You need to rest between adventures. This endurance wunderkind tackled 21 stages of the battle over 2,164 miles, including mountain climbs. If not on their wheels, they focus on energy conservation; a total of 10,000 steps in the entire race did not come close. (Source: Joshua Robinson, How to Ride a Tour de France Rider: Ask Him to Ride, The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2020.)

In one of his many victories (all lost if he cheated), Lance Armstrong covered 2,223 miles in 86 hours, 15 minutes, and 02 seconds at an average speed of 25.9 mph. Can you imagine the granddaddy badge Fitbit showered for such an achievement? That missed hype is due to the precise belief that travelers and other professional athletes have hits, touchdowns, touchdowns, times, points, and other more interesting metrics that need to be solved shortly. But the average person can track 10,000 steps a day (the gold standard for Fitbit users), heart rate, calories burned, floors climbed, laps cut, etc. we can be happy and encouraged.

Experience with FITBIT PERSONAL

As mentioned before, I have always exercised regularly, but tracking activity is a new experience. It provides great information such as steps taken, maximum and average heart rate, calories burned, distance traveled, steps taken, and more. Also, swimming, cycling, running, walking, weights, golf, tennis, yoga, etc. It provides details for specific tasks, and even sends out different characters when you reach a certain level. 10 thousand steps in a day (no less). Yesterday I received the Redwood Forest logo proudly displayed on top of this RWR. In an email from Fitbit, with the logo came this high praise:

Tools! You have climbed 25 floors. The tallest tree on earth cannot reach the heights you have conquered. No wonder you just earned a Redwood Forest Badge!

For strength training (due to gym closures), one thing I haven't followed into my daily routine for the past six months is push-ups. I do 200 six days a week, 50 at a time in four points for a mile; on the seventh day, instead of resting, blessing, and sanctifying the Earth as God did after creation, I began to walk four miles and do 50 push-ups at every ten points.

Fitbit will likely be able to track heart rate - a lot to learn, as the device has similar features to the Apple Watch. In addition to time, day of the week, and date, there is time, alarm, weather, music, wallet, rest/rest function, Alexa, phone finder mechanism - oh, it's endless - it seems rich everywhere. There is a quick button.

Summary and proposal

I shared a copy of this work with a colleague in Perth, Australia. I found the quote most interesting:

I laughed when I read that you are a Fitbit promoter. God will inspire you to see how easily some fifty technologies attract you. Check your mail for the next wrist device that counts our ancestors and amen before we reward you with the next path, you have taken your first step on the ladder to heaven. I've heard that it's normal for people to change over time (like Trump said). I have even heard of people going for spa treatments.

This leads me to think that Fitbit enthusiasts should heed the words of Lord Chesterfield: 'Wear your reading in your pocket like a watch, don't take it out and don't press it just to show you've got it. If they ask you what time it is, tell them, but don't announce every hour like a supervisor and without supervision. Lord Chesterfield (22 September 1694-1773), statesman and writer

In other words, the good Lord (from Chesterfield, ie Health) has invited journalists to provide us with unsolicited information about step count, heart rate, calories burned, stairs climbed, heart rate minutes, and other sufficient details. Please take it.

So, if you're not a hard-core fitness or core-training expert, consider a tracker. It's cheap (and can be free if you have a good health insurance plan), versatile, and can lead to daily movement, which is probably a good thing if you're not a professional athlete.