I love testing new fitness tech. I’m fascinated by data and metrics, from heart rate to stride cadence during runs, to sleep scores and how they’re aggregated. I wouldn’t be in a job testing the best smartwatches and fitness apps if I weren’t interested in how we as athletes measure progress.
For months now, I’ve been making a concerted effort to wind down running (a bit) and increase my strength, testing plenty of gadgets and apps along the way. Whoop’s workout-building software, for example, is exemplary, as is PUSH’s AI-powered plateau-busting workout programming. Thousands of apps and gadgets clamour for space in my inbox, offering to make programming easy or take the load off so I can “focus on what matters”.
