Smash your Fitness Goals with the Best Smartwatches
Are you setting out your New Year's resolutions or do you simply want to maintain or improve the fitness levels you've built up in 2021? We want to help you smash your fitness goals in 2022 with a little help from our smart watch friends.
This year is the year of consistency, especially when it comes to smashing our fitness goals. We are excited to get back to normality and commence training so here are some key points to consider when buying a smart watch and what health-monitoring features to look for.
Polar Grit X Outdoor Multisport Smart Watch
Short on time but high on motivation? Get moving with a Polar Grit smart watch, a unisex wristwatch with a 47cm case for easy readability of the dial functions. It is especially useful to track progress during HIIT workouts. These are recommended for people of average fitness levels who have little time for exercising. Whether you're in the gym or at home, a typical HIIT session excluding warm-up should be a maximum of 20 minutes. It involves exercise spurts ranging from 30 seconds to three minutes, working between 80-100% of your maximum heart rate. Your recovery period should at least match your work period, and can reduce as you get fitter. This Polar smart watch can help you measure those intervals, and help you figure out how hard you have to work to reach that heart rate zone. The watch has a heart rate monitor and step tracking functionalities, which are very handy tools!
Tissot T-Touch Solar Connect Smart Watch
Gents who want a connected watch featuring Swiss time-keeping technology to wear on their hikes will love this Tissot T-Touch Solar Connect smart watch. It is set in a 47.5mm antimagnetic lightweight titanium case, which is encircled by a scratch-resistant ceramic bezel, and fastened with a lovely red rubber strap. Hikers will enjoy knowing it is powered by sustainable technology. The Tissot smart watch can be recharged with solar energy, although it will work almost indefinitely in connected mode depending on usage and exposure to the sun. The dial display will indicate energy savings and steps taken, among others. What's more, the dial is protected by a tactile scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. The smart-watch features include a compass, altimeter, weather indicator, alarm and chronograph without too many buttons or complicated sub-menus. If you discover a water body on your hike, jump right in and cool down! The smart watch is water-resistant to 100 metres.
Casio G-Shock G-Steel Smart Watch
The Casio G-Shock series is one of the most highly respected smart watch ranges. The G-Shock (short for Gravitational Shock) collection includes the G-Steel line, featuring the GST-B300S-1AER. It is the first G-Steel watch to include a front button with the patented Carbon Core Guard structure. The fitness watch weighs only 91g, leveraging the lightness and strength of carbon fibre, but has the capacity for superior shock resistance. It incorporates vibration resistance for heavy-duty operations - and we say weight training qualifies! The stopwatch can measure elapsed time and split time to 1/1000 second (for the first 60 minutes) and 1/10 second (after 60 minutes). Need a training buddy when you're travelling to make sure you don't get lazy? We've got you covered. This Casio smart watch features a world-time setting for more than 300 cities as well as various easy-to-use alarm and countdown settings. What's more, it features Casio's Tough Solar charging system that uses any light source to recharge with minimal environmental impact. The luminous coating on the hands enables visibility in poor light.
Radley Smart Series 1 Smart Watch
Here's a smart watch for the ladies who like to post selfies while they're training! This very sexy Radley smart watch can control your phone's camera. It's Bluetooth-enabled for mobile phones working off Android 4.4 and iOS8.0 and above. We love the shape of the case and the Scottie stud on the strap. For wearers focused on health and fitness in 2022, the step counter gets a high five from us too. It is one of the most rewarding smart watch functionalities. Simply sync the watch with the Radley London Watch app and you'll be able to track the number of steps you do each day. The Series 1 model is an activity tracker so you can monitor how much or how often you move, your heart rate, distance covered, and calories burned. It'll even deliver live weather updates and alert you to calls and messages on your phone. You can also set alarms, reminders and more. It's the ultimate fashion accessory. You can't wear it while swimming but it is splashproof!
Garmin Venu 2 Plus Smart Watch
Dial into your well-being with Venu 2 Plus. This GPS smartwatch has advanced health and fitness features to help you better understand your body. When paired with your compatible smartphone, enjoy the convenience of keeping your phone in your pocket, and making and taking calls right from your wrist. You can even use your smartphone's voice assistant to respond to text messages. Switch up your activities with animated workouts and more than 25 built-in sports apps. Built-in music storage lets you bring your favourite tunes along. And get even more functionality from your wrist with contactless payments, safety and tracking features and battery life of up to 9 days. This Garmin smart watch is everything you need and more.
Choose your fitness watch from our exciting selection of top picks and focus on your health and fitness goals for 2022. Physical fitness is more important today than ever before. We find a smart watch is a handy tool for monitoring progress, tracking activity and giving you motivating prompts to up your fitness game.
