As we age, we must prioritize our longevity goals and fitness performance to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. Wearable technology has revolutionized how we track our health and Fitness, allowing us to monitor our progress and make data-driven decisions to improve our well-being. This blog will explore how Polar, CardioMood, Oura, and Movefactor X can help us measure our longevity and fitness performance goals.
First, let's start with the importance of using research-validated metrics to measure our health and fitness goals. Using metrics that have been research-validated ensures that the data we collect is accurate and reliable. It's important to note that not all wearable technology uses validated metrics, so it's essential to do your research before investing in any device. After 20+ years in the industry on the service and vendor side, the platform below is a game changer for in-person and remote population monitoring in gyms, therapy, or team sports environments.
CardioMood, another heart rate variability monitoring and app solution, provides research-validated metrics to track stress levels and recovery time, helping you optimize your training regimen. Along with CardioMood, I use Polar H10 and Vantage 2. Polar's leading provider of heart rate monitors offers research-validated metrics to track your heart rate variability, a key indicator of your overall cardiovascular health. Happy to report the Phillips Sensor by CardioMood is rock solid.
Oura, a ring-shaped wearable, provides research-validated metrics to track your sleep patterns, including deep and REM sleep, helping you optimize your rest and recovery. Amazed by the Finish and Swiss engineers always striving for standards to ensure data is reliable. Some of my favorite views from the devices I use are below:
The Movefactor X accelerometer measures your jumping ability, which can be used as an indicator of leg strength. As we age, we must prioritize strength training to maintain our physical health and independence.
The future of Fitness about tracking our longevity and fitness goals isn't just about calories or points; it's also about understanding the relationship between mechanical loads and physiological loads. Mechanical loads are the forces applied to our bodies during physical activity, while physiological loads are the internal responses to these mechanical loads. By understanding this relationship, we can adjust our training regimen to optimize our performance while minimizing the risk of injury. I have seen the impact of power and velocity training in cycling and professional team sports environments. MovefactorX gives you an excellent level of utility and reliability.
A great example is the Movefactor X accelerometer measures the mechanical load body, barbell, or MedBall on our legs during jumping exercises. By comparing this data to our physiological loads, we can adjust our training to optimize leg strength while minimizing the risk of injury. This is particularly important as we age, as maintaining leg strength can improve our overall mobility and independence.
Conclusion
Looking towards the future, we plan to explore the implementation of wearable technology in a 10 by 20 space. Through a series of blog posts, we will examine how devices such as Movefactor X and Cardiomood can monitor Fitness and cardiovascular health in a confined environment. By understanding the relationship between mechanical and physiological loads, we can optimize our training regimen to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. With a growing demand for wearable fitness technology, there is a significant opportunity to capitalize on this trend and offer devices that provide a purpose and service in a limited space. We are excited to delve deeper into this topic and share our insights on achieving success in the fitness industry by measuring what matters.