Have you bought into the fitness tracker craze? You know, those Fitbits and Jawbones and all the other gadgets and gizmos out there that claim to help you get fit? Fitness trackers are not perfect. They tend to think people sleep more and walk less than they really do. Fitbit’s new PurePulse heart rate monitoring technology is even the subject of a lawsuit by customers who allege that the technology is inaccurate to the point it sometimes doesn’t register a heart rate at all!
There are also those people that think they’ll lose weight and get fit simply by wearing a Fitbit! Of course that doesn’t happen – it’s like those people who join a gym or a class and never go but still expect results. There are plenty of those around … but I won’t name names!
STOP PRESS!! Barry Grinham in FitPro Magazine!
Prime Energy Fitness’s own barry Grinham was recently interviewed by FitPro Magazine about fitness for the over fifties. In the article he talks about how more 40+ people are joining classes and why classes don’t seem to cater for the older generations. You can read the article here!