Cover The best trackers for every fitness fanatic (Photo: Getty Images)
The best trackers for every fitness fanatic (Photo: Getty Images)
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These trackers come equipped with various features that will help keep you accountable and track your fitness levels
Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or just starting your fitness journey, fitness trackers can be a great tool for anyone looking to boost their health and well-being. Over the years, these trackers have become powerful tools that offer real-time data and motivation to help you reach your goals.
From sleek smartwatches to discreet wristbands, there’s plenty to choose from and it can feel overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. To help, we’ve curated a list of the best fitness trackers to choose from, depending on your needs.
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1. Apple Watch Series 9
Above The latest Apple Watch offers comprehensive fitness tracking features (Photo: Apple)
The latest Apple Watch offers comprehensive fitness tracking features (Photo: Apple)
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On top of seamlessly integrating with the iPhone, the latest Apple Watch offers comprehensive fitness tracking features alongside smartwatch functionality. Apart from tracking various workouts, calories burned and steps you take, the watch also takes various measurements to track your overall health. For one, the watch is able to track your walking performance including your walking speed, step length, walking asymmetry and more. These measurements are typically used to assess your health status, monitor changes when it comes to ageing, and track recovery progress from an injury.
It also detects your VO2 max—the maximum amount of oxygen your body can consume during exercise—by measuring how hard your heart works during a workout. This is a strong indicator of your overall physical health and a long-term health predictor.
Apple’s Health app keeps track of all your health data while alerting you to significant changes such as resting heart rate and amount of sleep. What’s more, you can also share your health data with your family, allowing them to be notified when there are irregularities in your health data.
2. Garmin Forerunner 265
Above Runners will revel in the Garmin Forerunner 265
Runners will revel in the Garmin Forerunner 265
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Runners will relish owning a Garmin Forerunner 265. One of Garmin’s oldest lines, the watch offers a detailed stats section, featuring information including your pace, speed, power, cadence and more. Various features are available including health and fitness tracking features that provide you with stress tracking, blood oxygen measurements, breathing rate, recovery recommendations and more.
Tools like its Garmin coach offer personalised coaching and training plans depending on your skill level. When it comes to battery life, the watch can last up to 13 days on Smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours on GPS mode.
3. Samsung Galaxy Watch6
In addition to its usual suite of measurements and workout detection, Samsung’s latest smartwatch features irregular heart rate notifications and blood pressure monitoring. The new feature detects irregular heart rhythms, prompting you to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) test if necessary. The watch also introduces personalised heart rate zones. This means the watch will detect your heart rate zones while exercising and allow you to set custom brackets, helping you stay within your target heart rate based on your aerobic capabilities. It will also automatically recognise and record selected workouts if you forget to manually start your workout.
The watch also offers improved sleep-tracking capabilities such as sleep coaching, snoring detection and sleep stages, allowing you to track sleep quality each night.
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4. Whoop 4.0
For biometric data, opt for a tracker like Whoop. The minimalist device gathers various data on your behaviour and health while also offering custom recommendations to improve your lifestyle. The Whoop 4.0 comprises five LEDs, four photodiodes and a body temperature sensor to help track your sleep, strain, recovery, stress and calories.
Its actionable insights also make it a valuable tool for those looking to avoid burnout while optimising performance— it learns through tracking the user’s body baselines and patterns to provide better recommendations on lifestyles and habits. Unlike watch trackers, Whoop operates on a subscription model and comes with a lifetime warranty.
5. Oura Ring 3
If you’re not one for wearing watches, consider a ring tracker instead. This small but mighty accessory is packed with comprehensive health and wellness tracking features. Within the ring, find advanced sensors like the green LED heart rate sensor and the SpO2 sensor that monitors blood oxygen levels. With the ring, you can record your workouts and view your activity score, calories burned and more.
On the Oura app, you’ll also be able to see your recovery score, learning more about how well your body recovers after a workout session. Data from the ring can also be found in its Oura app which provides personalised recommendations to help improve sleep, activity and overall health. The ring is also known for its sleep tracking, monitoring your heart rate variability (HRV) balance, temperature, blood oxygen levels and sleep stage.
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Amanda Goh was the former senior writer for Tatler Singapore.
