Fitness Watches & Trackers
Boost your health and fitness by grabbing a fitness tracker from Hoskings’ awesome range of activity trackers. Monitor your daily activity and everything else you need for accurate fitness tracking. That includes built in GPS, sleep tracking, stress tracking, skin temperature and heart rate monitoring. This vital information will help you get the most of outdoor activities and a long battery life means your fitness tracker will keep going as long as you do.
You won’t have to compromise on style with our stylish watch faces and fitness bands. Hoskings exceptional collection of sports watches suit everyone from the weekend warrior to top athletes.
FAQs
A fitness tracker is a wearable device, like a minicomputer, in the form of a wristwatch. It allows you to track activity levels and other health-related information that ultimately allows you to manage and improve your health and fitness.
Fitness trackers often have many features, for example they will usually be able to measure your daily step count and/or the distance you’ve travelled. And some fitness trackers can track your heart rate, calories burned and even measure how well you sleep. Most fitness trackers will synchronise with your smartphone to provide real-time feedback on your physical activity, so you can use it to help you achieve your fitness goals and improve your overall health and wellness.
A hybrid smart watch is a watch that has a traditional watch design but also has ‘smart’ features like fitness tracking. Unlike some smart watches, a hybrid smart watch looks like a classic wristwatch. Take this Maserati ‘Traguardo’ hybrid leather strap watch, it looks like a boss in the boardroom, but can also count steps, calories and has a stopwatch, sleep monitor, music and camera controls, as well as the ability to deliver notifications. All with the unmistakable elegant design style that Maserati offers.
So, if you want a high-tech hybrid smart watch with heaps of useful features without compromising on style, a hybrid smart watch is the perfect choice for you.
The best fitness tracker is the one you’ll enjoy wearing and has features that you’ll use to help improve your overall health. If you enjoy walking for exercise, then a daily step count is a great motivator. If you’re into high-intensity exercise, then a heart-rate monitor is useful.
At Hoskings, many of our customers find that the Cactus fitness tracker brand offers excellent quality and value for money. Many of the Cactus fitness trackers come with features like step counts, activity tracker, smart alerts, heart rate monitor, smartwatch GPS connectivity, find my phone function, touch screen and even music control.
There have been many studies carried out to test the accuracy of various fitness trackers and most report that fitness trackers are reasonably accurate. Of course, the accuracy often depends on the brand and model. It seems that most fitness trackers accurately record brisk walking steps rather than a slower pace, and some track hand/arm movements, to exaggerate the number of actual steps taken. In most cases, the heart rate monitors are quite accurate, however sleep tracking accuracy can vary.
Overall, while they may not always offer exact measurements, fitness trackers offer valuable insights that can motivate you and help you monitor your fitness goals.
Each brand and model of fitness tracker will come with different key features. But generally, most fitness trackers have some common features.
- Step counts – your fitness tracker might also monitor distance, time, speed, heart rate and calories burned too.
- Activity tracker – many fitness trackers will also monitor activities like running, cycling, yoga and swimming.
- Heart rate monitor – some fitness trackers can assess your vital signs such as your heart rate, which can help you optimise your training.
- Calorie tracker – a calorie tracking feature on your fitness tracker will help you monitor calories burned for each activity or exercise session.
- Smartwatch GPS connectivity – you can synchronise your fitness tracker with a health and fitness app on your smartphone to help you track your goals.
- Smart alerts – need an extra incentive to get up and moving? Smart alerts on your fitness tracker will be your best motivator!
- Find my phone function – losing your phone will be a thing of the past with this handy function.
We know fitness trackers look great on your wrist, but we’d also like to make sure you know how to use fitness trackers to track your fitness goals. Here are some tips:
- Choose the right fitness tracker – choose a fitness tracker that has the most important features for you. If you like walking, a step counter and distance tracker is essential. If biking is your thing, then choose a fitness tracker that’s robust and will connect to your smartphone’s GPS so you can track your rides.
- Wear the fitness tracker – OK, we’re stating the obvious here, but to collect accurate data, you need to consistently wear the tracker.
- Set achievable goals – define specific fitness goals like the number of steps per day, and gradually increase them over time.
- Monitor Progress – check in regularly to monitor your progress and celebrate your wins!-