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Written By: Palak Juneja | Updated : July 4, 2016 5:43 PM IST
Do you use a fitness tracker to determine the number of calories you have burnt or how rigorous the workout was? Well it may shatter your heart and make you think twice because studies suggest that the monitoring of physical activity may be inaccurate and inconsistent. Also, studies says that though you get a good estimate of overall calories burnt by using fitness tracker, but it does not accurately measure activities such as strength training. All the consumer fitness activity trackers like Fitbit, Goqii and Nike+ FuelBand SE may undervalue the exercise levels.
Earlier a study suggested that Fitbit is one of the most reliable and modern physical activity monitoring devices, especially for the cardiac patients. It was shown to be continuously monitoring the free-living conditions. However, another study rubbished these assertions. The study says that Fitbit Pure Pulse Trackers do not provide a valid or an accurate measure of the user s heart rate and cannot be used to make a meaningful estimate of a person s heart rate during moderate to high-intensity exercises. This came as disturbing news to most of the health conscious people.
And then, with the fitness bands that track the activities trending, Goqii band, an Indian startup, formed under the leadership of Vishal Gondal, doesn t break away from the routine design of an activity tracker. Goqii differs from most of the available fitness bands as it gives you a personal coach with an app that helps the coach monitor the user s lifestyle. Goqii is among the latest fitness trackers on the Indian market.
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