12-20-2014 13:41
12-20-2014 13:41
12-20-2014 13:59
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12-20-2014 21:44
12-20-2014 21:44
He wants accuracy of distance run?
Get GPS, much more accurate.
He wants accuracy of daily calorie burn to insure eating enough?
With that level workouts, the inaccuracy of the Fitbit will be bad.
Because actually, all the examples you listed - actually do log steps.
Yes, you can manually input stride length, and it may adjust properly for his different workouts where he does not maintain the stride length - again GPS for accuracy.
So what is the purpose for it?
Because as a guy, he can examine his weight gain or loss every 2 days, log food accurately, and figure out what his average daily burn is.
Not enough stats really to be useful compared to say a Garmin running watch. Steps isn't useful, distance is the only other stat, and that's the iffy one.
The best use of it would be for say maintaining weight or losing a little, and tracking his non-running part of the day, incase it's activity changes.
But every workout he'd need to update manually with better stats, both calorie burn and miles - but you can auto-sync in from Garmin.
12-21-2014 06:15
12-21-2014 06:15
12-21-2014 21:32
12-21-2014 21:32
There isn't enough data that is even collected to be useful for someone that is or wants to be semi-serious runner.
It estimates distance, and calories burned, from steps seen.
For training purposes, distance is the only one of those that is even useful.
Calories might be in the sense you need to eat enough to support good workouts.
Really, the money would be better spent on a GPS/HRM system.
Like the Garmin ForeRunner 15 GPS watch and HRM and daily activity/calorie burn tracker.
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/garmin-forerunner-15-depth-review.html
While Fitbit's Surge is attempting to get to the same place - they just don't have the stats to really make your training first rate.
12-22-2014 05:30
12-22-2014 05:30
A pedometer may indeed be a waste of money for your nephew. If your nephew has a coach, he should ask his coach what to use for training.
When I ran, I found a stopwatch was all I needed. I estimated the miles based on the time at my estimated pace. If were running for competition I'd use a GPS or only a stopwatch.
It's not all about more miles for runners. It's about the quality of miles. It's also about avoiding injuries.
12-22-2014 11:50
12-22-2014 11:50
12-22-2014 12:22
12-22-2014 12:22
I live in the United States. I'm curious what it means to run for the county and what sort of training he gets.
We have open races in Colorado anyone can enter, but I'm not into running. Usually people are associated with running clubs.
12-22-2014 13:28
12-22-2014 13:28