Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
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Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
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Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#2Does it link to "Google Health"? It might be interesting to have exercise data in an electronic medical record format.
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#3Just installed the phone app. Less a "comprehensive view", and more of a pedometer with graphs. You can manually add activities but the only options are: Walking, Running, Biking, Other. And even then, you can only record duration. I suppose there is hidden integration with the wearables, but why can't I manually input the data?
If I can't record squats, then what's the point?
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#4A better name would be "Google Cardio" (or Met Con if you want to be trendy).
Cardio != Fit. Strength is as much or more an aspect of fitness.
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#5http://fit.google.com/ is giving me a 502 error right now...
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#6Just installed the phone app. Less a "comprehensive view", and more of a pedometer with graphs. You can manually add activities but the only options are: Walking, Running, Biking, Other. And even then, you can only record duration. I suppose there is hidden integration with the wearables, but why can't I manually input the data? If I can't record squats, then what's the point?
And judging from the reviews on Play Store its not a very accurate pedometer either.
It seems more like a clone of Moves.
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#7http://fit.google.com/ is giving me a 502 error right now...
Try using: https://fit.google.com/
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#8Does it link to "Google Health"? It might be interesting to have exercise data in an electronic medical record format.
Google Health was discontinued early last year.
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#9Just installed the phone app. Less a "comprehensive view", and more of a pedometer with graphs. You can manually add activities but the only options are: Walking, Running, Biking, Other. And even then, you can only record duration. I suppose there is hidden integration with the wearables, but why can't I manually input the data? If I can't record squats, then what's the point?
It is meant to aggregate data from other fitness apps. They just need to integrate with Google Fit
Re: Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
#10A better name would be "Google Cardio" (or Met Con if you want to be trendy). Cardio != Fit. Strength is as much or more an aspect of fitness.
That's my main problem with the fitness app industry at large. They are much more focused on steps, running and calories than actual fitness.
And don't get me wrong, cardio works to a good extent. For most of sedentary folks, doing anything will be better than doing nothing, and their fitness level will improve.
But real fitness is about a lot more: strength training, interval training, sports, etc. Bodyweight workouts and HIIT are a much better return for your effort than "just tracking". And so will shifting your diet towards something like paleo or low-carb, instead of just tracking calories.
Part of my frustration with the fitness ecosystem is what made me start up http://8fit.com. It's a mobile app that offers HIIT do-it-at-home workouts and low-carb meal plans.
We don't track your steps. We don't integrate fancy wi-fi scales or wearables. But you know what? If eff-ing works, and our 60k-strong userbase loves the hell out of it for the results they're seeing.