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The Apple Watch is one of the easiest ways to gather data points about your health. We cover how to interpret metrics from VO2 max to step count accuracy.
New York City Marathon: A Day In the Crowd I woke up at 4:00 AM Sunday morning at our hotel in midtown Manhattan, feeling excited and nervous at the same time. We choose to stay in Manhattan for access to work buildings, since the run was a part of a work organized fundraiser that also … Read more
The Apple Watch is one of the leading wearables for monitoring all sorts of daily activities. While many users already monitor the standard stats, like exercise minutes, stand hours, and estimated calories, there is much more that the watch can help with. One of those items is gym activities and weight lifting. Even though there … Read more
For most people taking a blood pressure reading is something that a doctor does. If you are older you may remember seeing a seat and cuff in a CVS or Walgreeens, it was a fun toy as a kid while waiting in line. These days taking a reading is easy to do at home. You … Read more
Apple Watch works fairly well for swimming. All it takes is a quick tap of the built in pool swim for the activity tracker, and confirmation of the length of the pool you are swimming in, and everything else is automated. Are the strokes that Apple Watch detects for swimming accurate? Not in our opinion, … Read more
The Apple Watch is one of the most popular wearables on the market and its countless features have made it a favorite among consumers. It’s a great device for staying connected and staying on top of your fitness goals. With the Apple Watch, you can stay connected to your social media accounts, receive notifications about … Read more
For wearers of Apple Watch the beginning of the month brings a special moment of excitement. What is this months challenge? The Apple Watch monthly challenges offer a range of benefits. Firstly, they provide an incentive to stay active and motivated. Many of the challenges are designed to encourage users to get out and get … Read more
With the release of Apple’s OS9 for the Apple Watch, multi-sport athletes and triathletes now have access to automated multi-event tracking. This is great news. No more do you have to fumble with an extra watch in a transition area, or worry that you forget to restart a run after stopping a bike event. The … Read more
Can you wear an Apple Watch water skiing? The simple answer to this is yes, but you risk ruining the watch. That is, at least if you have the standard apple watch. If however you have an Apple Watch Ultra, then you should be all set to head out on the water. That is because … Read more
Getting good sleep is key to so many wellness benefits. Even though avoiding screens before bed is one way to improve sleep, there are still ways to improve sleep through technology. Apple Watch does not monitor sleep automatically, at least not as well as it can. There are things you can do to optimize the … Read more
What is the Quantified Self? The term quantified self was popular in the mid 2010s as a way of describing metrics that you can track about your body and life. There are dozens of types of sensors, tools, and gadgets that can be used to contribute to the idea of a quantified self including low … Read more