Apple Watch
Apple's wrist computer for activity, sleep and notifications
Tracks steps, workouts, heart rate and sleep, and passes notifications along from the phone. The Ultra models add a bigger battery, a brighter screen and a case built for water and cold. Third-party apps do much of the real work here: the built-in rings are deliberately simple, and anyone who cares about the underlying numbers usually installs something else to read them. Battery life is the running complaint on the standard models. A watch that needs charging every evening is a watch you are not wearing overnight.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Stephen HackettDoes it
Technology writer · 512 Pixels and Relay
Wears an Apple Watch Ultra 3 in black almost every day and night. Two apps read what it records, one for steps and one for sleep.
Source: 512 Pixels: My Gear
Aimed at the same thing
Other entries filed under fitness, sleep or productivity.
- Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.
Home gym
A private training space at home, from a garage rack to a fully equipped room
On record from 7 of 62 tracked people: 5 do it, 2 recommend it - Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
WHOOP
Screenless wrist strap tracking strain, recovery and sleep
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 4 do it, 1 recommends it, 1 has discussed it - Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Action camera
Small waterproof camera mounted to a handlebar, chest or helmet
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.
Apple Watch Ultra
Apple's biggest watch: titanium case, brighter screen, more than a day of battery
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily minimum workout
A floor you never drop below: 20 minutes of movement and recovery on your worst day
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 4 recommend it - Habit$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Batch cooking protein
Cook a week of chicken, lean meat or fish in one session so protein is always to hand
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
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