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Casual Orpington 07 Jan 16 9.26am
Quote JohnB at 07 Jan 2016 7.45am Quote Casual at 06 Jan 2016 9.05pm Quote JohnB at 04 Jan 2016 7.42pm Has anyone got one of these or a similar fitness 'watch'? Are they any good? I see it tracks workouts but does that mean it tracks running or can you actually track things like going to the gym and doing weights? I've tried to look on their website but it's not the most detailed explanations. Mate get the 'my fitness pal app', it's well easy. Put in what you weigh, then what you want to weigh and it tells you how many calories you can have. Type in nearly any food and it tells how many calories, protein etc in them. It's got a bar code reader aswell. When your in the gym , type in what you've done and for how long and it says how many calories you've burned, they then get added onto your daily allowance. It also tells you how many steps you've done throughout the day. I've been going to the gym ages and am in a lot better nick after using the app, just makes it easier to make informed choices. And if you are having a night out, you can hammer the gym/running and not feel as bad. The fact you are asking at the start of January I'm guessing your just starting , so give this ago as its free. And if you've just joined Virgin active in Bromley make sure you walk there as us regulars are starting to slash a few of the newbies motors I already use the myfitnessapp for calorie intake but I find the tracking of exercise is useless. i do like the fact you can scan barcodes of food on it though, even from places like Musclefood.com. I have tried to put in a full gym session and it doesn't record the calories burnt at all if you do weights and this is what I find difficult. I know roughly what my BMR is but I also lift heavyish weights so would like to see if there was a device out there that could tell me what I am burning accurately, not just in the gym but throughout the day, in order to maintain the mass and only lose body fat. The best conclusion I can come to at the moment is that fitbit and other devices really are aimed at cardio excercise rather than what I do. I just put in strength training, then the duration. I don't think you will find anything that accurate as one persons idea of a strenuous lifting differs from someone else's. Also to work out accurate calories burnt I think they'd need bundles of info. Anyway good luck mate.
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Orpington 07 Jan 16 9.26am

Quote JohnB at 07 Jan 2016 7.45am

Quote Casual at 06 Jan 2016 9.05pm

Quote JohnB at 04 Jan 2016 7.42pm

Has anyone got one of these or a similar fitness 'watch'?

Are they any good?

I see it tracks workouts but does that mean it tracks running or can you actually track things like going to the gym and doing weights? I've tried to look on their website but it's not the most detailed explanations.

Mate get the 'my fitness pal app', it's well easy. Put in what you weigh, then what you want to weigh and it tells you how many calories you can have.
Type in nearly any food and it tells how many calories, protein etc in them. It's got a bar code reader aswell.
When your in the gym , type in what you've done and for how long and it says how many calories you've burned, they then get added onto your daily allowance.
It also tells you how many steps you've done throughout the day.
I've been going to the gym ages and am in a lot better nick after using the app, just makes it easier to make informed choices. And if you are having a night out, you can hammer the gym/running and not feel as bad.
The fact you are asking at the start of January I'm guessing your just starting , so give this ago as its free.
And if you've just joined Virgin active in Bromley make sure you walk there as us regulars are starting to slash a few of the newbies motors

I already use the myfitnessapp for calorie intake but I find the tracking of exercise is useless. i do like the fact you can scan barcodes of food on it though, even from places like Musclefood.com.

I have tried to put in a full gym session and it doesn't record the calories burnt at all if you do weights and this is what I find difficult. I know roughly what my BMR is but I also lift heavyish weights so would like to see if there was a device out there that could tell me what I am burning accurately, not just in the gym but throughout the day, in order to maintain the mass and only lose body fat.

The best conclusion I can come to at the moment is that fitbit and other devices really are aimed at cardio excercise rather than what I do.

I just put in strength training, then the duration. I don't think you will find anything that accurate as one persons idea of a strenuous lifting differs from someone else's. Also to work out accurate calories burnt I think they'd need bundles of info. Anyway good luck mate.

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Ray in Houston Houston 07 Jan 16 3.24pm
Quote JohnB at 07 Jan 2016 7.45am I already use the myfitnessapp for calorie intake but I find the tracking of exercise is useless. i do like the fact you can scan barcodes of food on it though, even from places like Musclefood.com. The Fitbit app has a bar code scanner. We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Quote JohnB at 07 Jan 2016 7.45am

I already use the myfitnessapp for calorie intake but I find the tracking of exercise is useless. i do like the fact you can scan barcodes of food on it though, even from places like Musclefood.com.

The Fitbit app has a bar code scanner.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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