Fitness Watches Advice
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So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
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@sammyc said in Fitness Watches Advice:
So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
I'm too fucking tired to read the clock properly. Plus when you swim as slow as i do, you don't know how many times it has gone around before you get to the other end...
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@sammyc said in Fitness Watches Advice:
So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
It's not as annoying a big fat people wearing Lycra while sipping lattes at cafes though.
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@sammyc said in Fitness Watches Advice:
So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
It's not about that for me. It's for ease of tracking. I'm hopeless at keeping laps in my head and I certainly don't check clock every lap.
What I like about this sort of thing is it maps your lap times and gives fastest/slowest etc and where you were most consistent.
I like things like that.
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@hooroo said in Fitness Watches Advice:
@sammyc said in Fitness Watches Advice:
So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
It's not about that for me. It's for ease of tracking. I'm hopeless at keeping laps in my head and I certainly don't check clock every lap.
What I like about this sort of thing is it maps your lap times and gives fastest/slowest etc and where you were most consistent.
I like things like that.
you have to remember, unlike many of us, @SammyC can actually swim, so this sort of stuff is a foreign language to him
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@mariner4life said in Fitness Watches Advice:
@hooroo said in Fitness Watches Advice:
@sammyc said in Fitness Watches Advice:
So it seems if you’re a 40 year old past it triathlete you need a watch to track your swimming?
Watch Michael Phelps or any top swimmer in the world, in fact any half decent swimmer at the local pool. None of them wear gay watches, they use the timing clocks at the pool to train.
It's not about that for me. It's for ease of tracking. I'm hopeless at keeping laps in my head and I certainly don't check clock every lap.
What I like about this sort of thing is it maps your lap times and gives fastest/slowest etc and where you were most consistent.
I like things like that.
you have to remember, unlike many of us, @SammyC can actually swim, so this sort of stuff is a foreign language to him
I can swim too. Just not fast or aesthetically pleasing to the eye....
I did a five k mountain run last week up the Bay of Islands and was suprised at the results on my mates watch. My uphill climbs were close to downhill and my average pace was better than expected too.
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@hooroo where did you end up, Cape Brett walk? Cruising round you woulda seen some of the islands you need to swim between, when I was there over easter I was trying to recall which islands that event you posted swam to...
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@taniwharugby said in Fitness Watches Advice:
@hooroo where did you end up, Cape Brett walk? Cruising round you woulda seen some of the islands you need to swim between, when I was there over easter I was trying to recall which islands that event you posted swam to...
Not sure mate. It was a forestry track thing, very near Wharau Road which was where the bach is.
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@hooroo you woulda known if you did the Cape Brett, most usually hike in and stay in the DOC hut.
looks like Wharau Road is over the other side of the 'Bay' Kerikeri end, so unlikely you woulda gone to Cape Brett for a walk.
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@Kirwan Got the series 3 Apple watch and I must say that it has exceeded expectations. I love it.
So much easier for quick texting and calling (in the right place and certainly not in public)
All the gimmicks seem to work well and it is handy for distance finding in Golf too
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@hooroo said in Fitness Watches Advice:
@Kirwan Got the series 3 Apple watch and I must say that it has exceeded expectations. I love it.
So much easier for quick texting and calling (in the right place and certainly not in public)
All the gimmicks seem to work well and it is handy for distance finding in Golf too
Glad you like it. I’ve worn mine every day since I got it.
Very handy for chucking in a quick reminder too.
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Wife gave me the Garmin Vivioactive 3 for my Birthday.
I've previously used the Apple Watch 2 and at first, I was somewhat disappointed and thought it was a bit of step down. But one you get passed the screen technology (which is obviously far superior in Apple), the Garmin is much more comprehensive and motivating.
The Connect App is brilliant, and does so much for you. I've just started the weight loss part of my overall program to do the London marathon next year and will be using it for logging a number of different things.
Handy too, that the Connect runs synch with the Workout app in the Apple software so I can continue to monitor my YTD progress on runs!
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Just bought a fitness watch, never had one before but had a gift voucher to use up so it cost my £30 after the 20 off. I've never really wanted one to be fair, just had to use the voucher or lose it... Sooooo....
Huawei band 4-pro.
I know the H word can be a dirty word around here but I've got a H phone too so I'm quite happy with their products.
Anyway... It's looking good to be fair!! Built in GPS, heart rate, sleep monitor, etc and way cheaper than fitbit. Just as uncomfortable as any watch, I don't wear watches.. Nice light pink colour.
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@R-L said in Fitness Watches Advice:
Just bought a fitness watch, never had one before but had a gift voucher to use up so it cost my £30 after the 20 off. I've never really wanted one to be fair, just had to use the voucher or lose it... Sooooo....
Huawei band 4-pro.
I know the H word can be a dirty word around here but I've got a H phone too so I'm quite happy with their products.
Anyway... It's looking good to be fair!! Built in GPS, heart rate, sleep monitor, etc and way cheaper than fitbit. Just as uncomfortable as any watch, I don't wear watches.. Nice light pink colour.
I'm going to give it a go anyway and see it what all this tracking business is about.You're officially a Chinese spy now, your activity on the Fern will be monitored appropriately
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Why would the Chinese want to spy on you lot??
Snowy maybe but he's probably on a lot of international watch lists...
So techy question.. I've paired with my phone, do I need to keep Bluetooth on now constantly or can I just turn it on to sync the data every now and then? Surely my phone batt will drain pretty quickly if its always on? -
@R-L said in Fitness Watches Advice:
Why would the Chinese want to spy on you lot??
Snowy maybe but he's probably on a lot of international watch lists...
So techy question.. I've paired with my phone, do I need to keep Bluetooth on now constantly or can I just turn it on to sync the data every now and then? Surely my phone batt will drain pretty quickly if its always on?I leave Bluetooth on constantly on my phone, not sure it has a huge effect on the battery- but yes, turning it on quickly for 2 minutes after exercise is all you need to sync it
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Ticwatch pro 4g is pretty sweet eh. I'm not very good at using a smart watch smartly, so really just wanted a watch where I can leave the phone behind if I'm going running etc and still have sounds, strava, phone etc.
Didn't want to have to recharge all the time so it's perfect for me really - switches the smart screen off in ambient mode and just uses an LCD over the top to just be a watch. Lasts for days. Pretty happy.
