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Whoop Band vs. Apple Watch: I Wore Both for Months to Crown a Winner
Key takeaways
- It's a screenless fitness tracker built for serious athletes, and the sheer volume of training metrics always felt a little intimidating to me as a mere mortal.
- The Apple Watch, on the other hand, is like that approachable friend who speaks to you on your level -- much more my speed, six years ago.
- But after seeing how many Whoop owners love the band, it was time to confront what intimidated me and see if it could outperform my Apple Watch Series 11.
I put off testing the Whoop band for six years. It's a screenless fitness tracker built for serious athletes, and the sheer volume of training metrics always felt a little intimidating to me as a mere mortal.
The Apple Watch, on the other hand, is like that approachable friend who speaks to you on your level -- much more my speed, six years ago.
But after seeing how many Whoop owners love the band, it was time to confront what intimidated me and see if it could outperform my Apple Watch Series 11. Two months later, the Whoop has transformed the way I work out and surfaced insights about my own body that weren't on my radar before. Don't mistake this for a breakup story -- I'm not ditching my Apple Watch, yet.
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