Have you ever thought about tracking your health and fitness? And the benefits of doing so?

With Christmas not too far away (it is only 54 days!) it is a good time to consider what can be utilised to get you moving more over the colder months.

ACSM have recently released the latest fitness trends for 2025 and technology has featured three times in the top 10, with number one being wearable technology.

Technology has grown in the fitness industry over the last decade, featuring in the annual trend lists top three since 2016,  as many people want extra support with a healthier lifestyle.

With so many options available, everyone has access to some devise to aid your progression.  Whether it is wearable, on an app or programming.

Wearable technology gives you a constant reminder to make better lifestyle choices, and gives you feedback regarding your targets.

You can measure a lot about yourself with the many sensors linked to the technology on an app to give you statistics in everything from heart health, blood glucose levels and sleep quality. Having this knowledge is key to help motivate you to make better choices.  This awareness helps you set realistic goals.  If you are off track, it will let you know! If you are on track, it will encourage you!

If you are a data driven person, this is an effective way to get you healthier and more efficient with your time.

You could start with tracking your daily steps, or flights of stairs climbed.  You could log your workouts or even check your resting heart rate.  You may follow a programme designed for you, based on your current statistics.  It does not need to be expensive, but should you want more, you could review more qualities, such as your sleep, managing REM and oxygen levels.  The more trackers, the more in price.

Why not start 2025 with understanding your body better.

For the latest the reviews in the UK and US, check out the following links.

Forbes and the Telegraph

Let’s Talk About…

The statistics on a fitness tracker.

Sometimes all the numbers and units can be confusing, with it not always clear as to the use.  It can be a lot, so let’s breakdown some key features for you, so you can understand the importance of the measure.

Here are the basic statistics.

• Steps taken in a day, can give you a good indication with the amount of physical activity you are doing, and how sedentary you have been in the day. Starting with a target of around 7000 daily steps is a good place to begin, but anything from 5000 can be beneficial.
• Flights of stairs can help with functional mobility and intensity of physical activity. Obviously the more you achieve, the harder you have trained and raise the intensity levels.
• Speed and distance can help with setting targets, but also to measure the intensity you are training at. For some, knowing your training zone can help with improving your fitness and meet certain goals.
• Mobility data with includes measuring asymmetry, support time when standing and walking steadiness. This is important as we age or should we have any mobility issues, to ensure we don’t overcompensate and to measure decline.  This can then give you guidance on strength training to build balance into your movement patterns.
• Lying time with the intention of rest can help us with balance. Do you have a good ratio of work and rest periods.
• Heart rhythms is an important one, as heart rate, irregular rhythms, and changes as you train can give you trends of how hard the heart works.
• Noise levels or audio levels can give you an indication of your hearing and suitable levels to not cause harm. It can guide you with environmental factors.
• Daily vitals include heart rate, body temperature, oxygen levels, breathing rate and sleep quality. All important to manage a balanced lifestyle.
• Number of falls is something which can be tracked and steadiness, so we can plan suitable training methods to reduce the risk of injuring ourselves.
• Time spent in daylight is important for your vitamin D levels, and your mental health. Have you been out enough each day?
• Medication reminders keeps you on track. Helps you create regular habits to managing your health.

Most trackers will set targets and let you know if you haven’t met your daily targets.  You can focus on the areas you want to, so it is not overwhelming.  It can encourage you to improve.