# @thetrainingmanual on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHH6U8KdM1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21676736-thetrainingmanual-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-11-10T21:59:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Peter O Reilly (@NBALive_TV) — https://gondola.cc/NBALive_TV

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𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘁?
👇 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘👇
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Follow TheTrainingManual for daily fitness/nutrition tips and education📚
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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
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Steps: FT have shown to be quite accurate in tacking overall steps, & distance covered (Evenson et al 2015).
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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)
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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 of 27% for the Fitbit Surge and a whopping 93% for the PulseOn (Shcherbina et al 2017). 
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This is likely down to their inability to take into account individual variations in metabolism, fitness level, type of exercise performed etc
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Motivation: As FT give you direct, objective data of your daily activities, they can be of great use for these who lack motivation with studies even showing people who wear them to have a greater self-efficacy towards exercise (Ridgers et al 2016, Gualtieri 2016)
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MAJOR CONS: Apart from being expensive, FT have also shown to be a unique predictor of eating disorders (Simpson, 2017) in that people who wear them are more inclined to adopt the mind-set of “train to eat” vs “eat to train”, focusing solely on kcal burn & feeling guilt/anxiety when they do not burn as many kcals or take as many steps as usual.
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Unfortunately I can vouch for this as in the past (years ago), I did get slightly obsessed about the heart rate & kcal burn (OGs will know) thus resulting in a horrible relationship with diet & exercise.
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#musclebuilding #buildmuscle #backworkout #chestworkout #chestday #armworkout #pushpulllegs #pushday #pullday #squats

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Peter O Reilly | @NBALive_TV | https://gondola.cc/NBALive_TV | Photo Editor |

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buildmuscle, pushpulllegs, backworkout, squats, armworkout, chestday, musclebuilding, pullday, chestworkout, pushday

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