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July 28, 2017 11:15 am GMT
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Wearables aren't all dorky — these helped me compete in an Ironman race
Wearables have gotten a bad rap lately, and it's probably because of glorified pedometers like the Fitbit Blaze and Apple Watch that look dorky and don't do much beyond counting steps. And I'll admit, I'm one of the people that will readily throw shade at these products for failing to provide useful health information.
But the reality is, there are plenty of other wearables made specifically for athletes that are really helpful, ones that provide valuable information like running cadence, training load, recovery progress, exercise history analysis, and more specific fitness data. I know this because my own Garmin watch recently helped me shave an hour off my 140.6-mile Ironman triathlon race time. Read more...
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