Are they a meme?

why are some normies obsessed with step counting?

>>76289235 (OP)
Garmins and Huaweis are genuinely good, however Garmins are overpriced. One could think that the price of software is included, but apparently it's not and you'll need a subscription+ soon

>>76289633
Fatty cope, they think walking 10k steps a day will cause them to lose 20 pounds of fat overnight

>>76289633
>nice dubs
distraction and escapism. add it to the long list

>>76289656
I've got a Huawei and it's complete trash compared to the Fitbit I used to have.
But these bands are genuinely good technology, happy to have it.

>>76289656
>>76289633
Tbf one hour of brisk walking burns more calories than 1 hour of lifting and creates absurdly less fatigue
You could walk for four hours a day without much trouble, try lifting that much and see how you feel

>>76289235 (OP)
I have a cheap amazfit, looks great and very practical for running. I also use it to track my sleep. Lifechanger, can only recommend it. Not super accurate, but an indicator, it's more about tracking fluctuations than taking precise data

>>76289718
If you have time in your day to walk for four hours, you have way more problems than burning the calories that four hours of walking does.

>>76289831
What a stupid and pointless reply

>>76289869
Thanks for proving my point

>>76289656
>Fatty cope
well I mean, what, walking isn't good for you?

>>76289732
>Lifechanger
No they absolutely are not. You already own a smartphone, you should've just bought an armband to slot it into while you run. No need to CONSOOM another step counter that also inaccurately monitors your heart rate as if you do anything with that data you retard.

My wife got me a cheap one for Christmas. It's kind of a cool novelty and I've been using it to help monitor my calorie count for the day (using it with a grain of salt as I understand they can be off by like 20%). I think most of its value comes from just gamifying fitness. Having something tell me that I'm hitting 10k steps a day is a nice little boost of seratonin that serves as a little reward for doing it.

>>76290131
Read past the first two words.

>>76290118
>t. doesn't understand walking burns more calories per minute, just focuses on the four hours part
Change the batteries in your smoke alarm, Tyrone

>>76290445
>>76290118

>getting this mad over walking
Roid trannies probably can't even walk very far while thinking they're the peak of fitness. It's a helluvathing

>>76290466
You legit see them nearly pass out on stairs sometime
You practically live at the gym, you can't do 30 minutes of cardio a week?

>>76289235 (OP)
its for consoooming retards. id understand getting one for an old parent as like a life alert but anything else is just novelty consuming.

>>76289235 (OP)
I like using it to keeps track of sleep, and having a record of your exercise has always been useful and this just automises it.

>>76289718
Burning calories isn't the only goal of exercise though.
Calorie restriction happens in the kitchen, lifting weights increases strength.
I'm not saying walking is bad btw but walking for 4 hours instead of eating fewer calories seems like a serious waste of your life. The worst advice people have internalized about weight loss is that you do it via exercise.

>he can't enjoy a nice, moderate stroll
I pity you

>>76290821
Try reading the comment chain before commenting
>u SaId FoUr HoUrS tHoUgH
How would you feel if you didn't eat breakfast though

>>76290821
Believe it or not walking doesn't mean you're not doing anything productive during the walk. I answer work calls while walking. Its about staying active throughout the day and not sitting around idle.

>>76289235 (OP)
Useful but not essential.
I mainly use it for runs and HIIT which is nice for the cardio zones and to see that my cardio is shit tier. BB squats are surprisingly intense for the heart.

>>76291314
Right, I use it for just HIIT and rooning too. Doesn't have any use for actual gym workouts for my normal PPL days.

>>76290998
>comment
Go back to your coco melon videos, fag

>>76289235 (OP)
i don't care for them. you're basically putting a jew on your wrist

>>76292308
Been saying comment on 4chan since 2009, blow me

>>76289235 (OP)
Yeah, i just wear my Rolex Submariner and use the diving bezel to count time between sets

>>76290821
what if you eat less and walk even more

>>76292930
you had plenty of time to learn then, you fucking idiot
like an immigrant that never bothered to learn the language

>>76293010
Hey! Don't call bloody name! You are fucking fucking you!

>>76289235 (OP)
yea

>>76289633
Look at my steps. Look at them! :)

>>76293075
6 million? Hard to believe

>>76293095

>>76293095
I know, I know - that's why I documented every one of them. Because one day I knew some bastard would come along and say it didn't happen.

>>76293119
A year has 31,536,000 seconds, so to take 6,665,553 steps on a single pair of legs you'd have to take a step every 4.73 seconds; according to google it takes between 0.6 and 1 second on average to take a step, so to accomplish what you claim you'd have to take a step, rest for at most 4.1 seconds and then take another, and you'd have to do this for a year straight without sleeping. Yeah this is physically impossible, I don't care about your fake-ass (((proof))).
Maybe you did take a lot of steps, but it wasn't 6 million

>>76293148
You are a filthy step-revisionist. I'm going to ask my friend Donald to bomb you. We still have the tapes.

>>76293119
Fucking retard

>>76293095

>>76293148
But seriously though, I work on my feet and do spend a *vast* amount of time hill walking.

>>76293173

>>76293177
checked
impressive numbers ngl, judging by that daily average I assume you don't spend weekends sitting on your ass either

>>76293194
I have a borderline obsessive need to walk, probably (i.e. certainly) to the detriment of all other aspects of my life. Massive cardio gains though, and a fairly impressive immune system.

>>76293217
yeah the health gains must be great, I have an office job and it's hard to compensate all those sedentary hours with the little free time I have

>>76289656
>One could think that the price of software is included, but apparently it's not and you'll need a subscription+ soon
>laughs in gadgetbridge
Garmins have very good support gadgetbridge
And privacy friendly to boot

>>76290131
I think it's a good thing for people who aren't that much into fitness yet,
the step counter thing lets you compete with yourself and can be turned into a game where every 10,000 steps you have to jack off and cum no matter where you are, forcing you to be strategic encouraging more steps

>>76289831
>he walks 10k for 4 hours
Tell me you're a powershitter without telling me you're a powershitter

>>76289235 (OP)
>want a fitness tracker
>don't want a smart watch (luv me G-shock)
>whoop strap has a monthly subscription

Any screenless fitness tracker recommendations? Idk if I'm just being autistic, but I don't wanna go back to charging my watch every week

>>76289235 (OP)
I got an older Mi band from my dad, as he upgraded to a Huawei watch. As the other (>>76290250) Anon said, it's basically gamifying fitness. I don't trust the data much, but it certainly got me to do more cardio.

>>76289633
Who cares? They are getting exercise.

I average 13-15k steps a day outside the gym, is that enough?

>>76294897
I've never met a thin person who counts their steps.

>>76294747
get a polar HR10 cuck strap. it has an app. only does heart rate but it saves you sessions in the app for tracking purposes.

>the skinniest wrist I've ever seen
>some memetech fitness shitbit

Yes they are a meme. If you truly care about this shit you buy a heart rate monitor chest strap.

>>76289633
For me it's not the step counting itself.
Seeing a low activity level on the watch and high training readyness is confronting and doesn't allow the lie that you already did a lot today.

>>76289732
>I also use it to track my sleep
Why?

>Sleep like shit
>Check watch
>It tells me like I slept like shit

or

>Feel well recovered after a good night's rest
>Check watch
>It tells me like I slept like shit

>>76289633
For normies it is nothing to do with exercise or steps, but status and showing off.
Hey look I both is the kind of person whom do exercise and have wealth, look at my expensive watch
Same think women do take photo of their food and their ass showing a nice background

>>76297052
Sleep tracking tech isn't the best yet, but I do find it to be rather accurate for myself, so it is another datum for me to keep myself on track, and it makes me think about how I actually feel. Before I would rarely think about it and just drudge along.

>>76294747
Casio has a gshock fitness tracker watch

>>76289235 (OP)
i use the same one that prehistoric man used to survive and emerge from the stone age

Its like those mini finger ecg machines you can see when youre having a heartattack. Its gay.

>>76289235 (OP)
I've reviewed a few studies testing these shits... There's a lot of variability on different watch brands. I'd suggest Garmin, Withings and Polar. Apple, Samsung, Honor etc. are good enough though.

>GPS tracking
Great if you like to ROON, enough accurate distance traveled / time.


>HR
Quite useful to track on workouts, most +100 € sport watches have relatively good heart rate tracking. Not that useful on lifting tho, but good in general to track resting HR and general HR during the day.

>Sleep tracking
Most high-end watches actually can track sleep very well and quality of it good enough, it gives valuable data of how much you're actually getting sleep.

>HRV
This is very useful for gym bros. Most watches don't have accurate HRV meter, but solid enough.

>Calories burned
Great as well, quite accurate.

>ECG/Sleep apnea
Some watched are surprisingly good at tracking these. Not clinically good, but they certainly give data which can be used clinically.

>>76293075
6 million steps? i feel like thats a lie by the shoes

>>76297052
This so much. Like wtf? Do I really need a device to tell me how I slept?

Is there one that can track football specifically? I have an amazfit band 5 but it can only track running and the next closes thing is freestyle...

>>76299215
does that matter? it's just tracking your heart rate

>>76289235 (OP)
I got a fitbit for sleep and heartrate when biking. I personally like it but that's just my machine.

>>76289235 (OP)
completely pointless but i have one so i may as well use it i only really use it for running and when i workout it has a nice little countdown thing i just press with one button. I cant sleep with it on either, thats about it.

I got a garmin wearable and their blood pressure monitor. Discovered I had high blood pressure one day and was able to get medication. Garmin probably saved my life because I am otherwise healthy and exercise regularly with good diet. I have a genetic disposition to destructively high blood pressure and caught it relatively early. I recommend monitoring your BP, your work outs, and track your meals. Those items will save your life.

>>76289831
I don’t live in a shithole country so I actually can walk from 4 when I get home to 8 then eat dinner and get to bed by 12 before getting up at 7 and going to work at 9.

>>76300250
>he has to walk four hours a day
grim