I’ve never been a smartwatch person but I’m wondering if I should resort to one to give me a kick in the arse when I’m sedentary for too long. Now that I don’t have a regular job but will continue to live alone for a while, once I get back to Melbourne this is going to be more important than usual.
Trying to weigh up everything I want is giving me a headache (long battery life - durable enough watch face - somewhat trustworthy with my health and GPS data - lightweight - high quality sensors - sedentary reminders - doesn’t lock you into bloated apps - notifications for priority messages and reminders - not stupidly expensive - supports Android)
Um, big arse calendar on the fridge with hyuge squares to write what you’ve done today exercise wise? No need for batteries - just replace the biro/pencil when it runs out. Month at a time view would be a good way to keep tabs on fitness goals.
I would absolutely get zero fitness done - the calendar would become invisible to my brain about 5 days after I put it up. I have very poor discipline/consistency around fitness and do benefit from someone/something actively prodding me regularly, and a smartwatch seems to be cheaper than a fitness coach… especially for those strings of days with shitty weather when you just think “yeah nah”.
I am definitely the same as you, i just couldn’t keep my motivation up. I started playing tennis and wanting to become faster / stronger on the court, I started going to the gym! Surprising for me, but I used to do 4 days of tennis and maybe 3 days of gym, but I have been slacking off gym now and doing 5-6 days of tennis instead. Will pick up gym again once I move to my new place!
Are you into any sports? Maybe you could look into one of the sports as it’s more mentally stimulating than just mindlessly working out at the gym
i’m not a smartwatch guy so i got a hybrid smartwatch - maybe you could check that out? i have this one and my brother gifted me this 3 years back! i pretty much only use it to track steps and heart rate - it doesn’t really give you sedentary reminders but maybe the newer models do?
Oh man I definitely looked into those and they’re gorgeous. I confess I was one of those kids who was always slow at reading analog watchfaces hahaha. Unfortunately their latest offerings seem to be poorly reviewed… the one you got looks amazing and seems like it was very well built
It’s perfect for my use case. Love the analog watch face as well and I can change the watch face on the app, there’s not many options but I found one I like! Maybe you could look into a cheap fitbit or one off FB marketplace if you have the energy for that!
I’ve never been a smartwatch person but I’m wondering if I should resort to one to give me a kick in the arse when I’m sedentary for too long. Now that I don’t have a regular job but will continue to live alone for a while, once I get back to Melbourne this is going to be more important than usual.
Trying to weigh up everything I want is giving me a headache (long battery life - durable enough watch face - somewhat trustworthy with my health and GPS data - lightweight - high quality sensors - sedentary reminders - doesn’t lock you into bloated apps - notifications for priority messages and reminders - not stupidly expensive - supports Android)
Maybe a fitness tracker would be better…
Um, big arse calendar on the fridge with hyuge squares to write what you’ve done today exercise wise? No need for batteries - just replace the biro/pencil when it runs out. Month at a time view would be a good way to keep tabs on fitness goals.
I would absolutely get zero fitness done - the calendar would become invisible to my brain about 5 days after I put it up. I have very poor discipline/consistency around fitness and do benefit from someone/something actively prodding me regularly, and a smartwatch seems to be cheaper than a fitness coach… especially for those strings of days with shitty weather when you just think “yeah nah”.
I am definitely the same as you, i just couldn’t keep my motivation up. I started playing tennis and wanting to become faster / stronger on the court, I started going to the gym! Surprising for me, but I used to do 4 days of tennis and maybe 3 days of gym, but I have been slacking off gym now and doing 5-6 days of tennis instead. Will pick up gym again once I move to my new place!
Are you into any sports? Maybe you could look into one of the sports as it’s more mentally stimulating than just mindlessly working out at the gym
i’m not a smartwatch guy so i got a hybrid smartwatch - maybe you could check that out? i have this one and my brother gifted me this 3 years back! i pretty much only use it to track steps and heart rate - it doesn’t really give you sedentary reminders but maybe the newer models do?
Oh man I definitely looked into those and they’re gorgeous. I confess I was one of those kids who was always slow at reading analog watchfaces hahaha. Unfortunately their latest offerings seem to be poorly reviewed… the one you got looks amazing and seems like it was very well built
It’s perfect for my use case. Love the analog watch face as well and I can change the watch face on the app, there’s not many options but I found one I like! Maybe you could look into a cheap fitbit or one off FB marketplace if you have the energy for that!
There’s some pretty cheap smart watches out there with a step counter and HR monitor. Eg mine was $15 from kogan a while ago.