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I Teach Spin and Wish Everyone Knew These Rules of Group Fitness Etiquette
As a spin class instructor and longtime Peloton fanatic, I am speaking with some authority when I say find people with bad group fitness etiquette extremely annoying, and that I know all the rules they should be following. Now, the last thing I want is to discourage anyone from taking a class, so before I get into the etiquette and…
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Tailor Your iPhone’s Fitness Summary to Your Workouts
You can finally customize the Fitness app’s summaries to your liking in iOS 18. Previously, opening the app would show a summary of the workouts Apple wanted to highlight, even if you don’t use them. Now, you can add workouts, metrics, and cards that you actually care about, while getting rid of the ones that don’t interest you. This is…
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The 10 best fitness trackers in 2024
Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship smartwatches, which used to be lackluster trackers, have become pretty adept workout companions. Whatever your fitness goals are, there’s probably a…
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Best Fitbit fitness trackers and watches in 2024
In 2024, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevant. Despite getting acquired by Google, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Fitbit trackers aren’t meant for the most hardcore of athletes, but they’re still excellent devices for tracking overall activity as well as monitoring certain health and wellness metrics like EKGs and blood oxygen levels. …
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You’ll Never Know How Accurate Your Fitness Tracker Is, and That’s OK
The appeal of fitness-tracking smartwatches is that they have all the answers. They turn our squishy bodies’ inscrutable secrets into hard numbers we can plainly read and analyze. But we would be fooling ourselves if we believed that our smartwatches always tell the truth. According to a new scientific analysis, not only do wearables often get things wrong, it may…
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I Tried Out Apple Fitness+ For a Week So You Don’t Have To
I have a confession: I’ve never considered using Apple’s Fitness app, chalking it up to an extension or duplication of the Health app. I finally decided take a proper look at the app recently when I came across an underrated subscription that piqued my interest. So, I decided to give Apple Fitness+ a shot. What You Need for Fitness+ You…
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REI knocks up to 50% off fitness gear — 9 deals I’d shop from Hoka, Patagonia and Salomon
We’re all guilty of it — pushing our worn out gym shorts and exhausted running shoes way past their limits. If this sounds familiar, you’re in need of a workout wardrobe revamp. And fortunately, REI has fitness gear for trail runners, gym regulars and everyone in between. In fact, REI’s fitness section is currently seeing discounts of up to 50%…
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