The latest fitness watches, bands and trackers will remind you to stick with your fitness goals — they’ll track your progress and they’ll sync the info with your phone.
• Garmin Vivofit: With a battery life of at least one year, you won’t have to take off this water-resistant watch for quite some time. It will monitor your steps, heart rate (an external monitor is required for this), calories and sleep — as well as tell the time. Vivofit automatically learns and personalizes your daily goals, tracks progress and reminds you when you should be moving by displaying a red move bar on the watch when you’ve been inactive for an hour. $129.99 at garmin.com.
• Polar FT60: This watch is basically a personal trainer attached to your arm. It offers personalized training programs, and it rewards you when you complete them. It also displays your calorie count and fat-burning percentage — and it’ll store 100 training files. It pushes you to work out harder by telling you how long you’ve been in different fitness zones by tracking your heart rate so you don’t slack at the gym. $179.95 at www.polar.com.
• Timex Personal Trainer: Less expensive than most of the higher-end fitness watches on the market, this watch simply monitors your heart rate while still helping you maintain your fitness goals. It is easy to use, has a large display and counts calories. It also beeps when you run outside of your heart zone (it’ll beep if your heart beats too quickly or too slowly). $70 at www.timex.com.
