𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘁? 👇 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘👇 - Follow TheTrainingManual for daily fitness/nutrition tips and education📚 - I always get asked about my opinion on fitness trackers (FT), I have been asked far more frequently this past week so here is a POST dedicated to it ➖ Steps: FT have shown to be quite accurate in tacking overall steps, & distance covered (Evenson et al 2015). - This can be highly advantageous in order to track non exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) as by only standardising your physical activity & not STANDARDISING for NEAT you are almost “pissing into the wind” seeing as the latter contributes up to 50% of your TDEE vs the former contributing only 15-30% (Aragon et al 2017) ➖ Energy expenditure: In terms of heart rate, again, FT are quite accurate however where they are far LESS accurate (dependant on the model), is in their calculation for calories burned with studies showing an error ...