The Best Fitness Trackers for Monitoring Your Workouts and Progress
Key takeaways
- Summer is here and it's the perfect time to take your workouts outside (except when there's a heat wave).
- It takes an already great Apple Watch (the Series 10) and adds subtle but meaningful improvements, like six hours more battery life, 5G connectivity, and potentially life-saving hypertension notifications.
- Why we like it: The Apple Watch SE 3 is Apple s most affordable new smartwatch, proving that a lower price doesn t have to mean sacrificing quality or core features.
Summer is here and it's the perfect time to take your workouts outside (except when there's a heat wave). A fitness tracker is a good way to monitor your heart rate, steps and other data if you have certain goals in mind. Most of these devices can also track stress, sleep and other lifestyle factors.
Best fitness tracker overall Fitbit Charge 6 $85 at Amazon Why we like it: The Fitbit Charge 6 tells you everything you need to know about your activity, whether you re exercising or resting: heart rate, steps, distance, calories burned, time spent in target heart zones, VO2 max, sleep score, blood oxygen, skin temperature, stress management score and more.
Best fitness tracker for heart rate Apple Watch Series 11 $329 at Amazon Why we like it: The Apple Watch Series 11 faces steep competition from within its own family, but it's a step forward because of its versatility with a wider range of pricing options, sizes and features. It takes an already great Apple Watch (the Series 10) and adds subtle but meaningful improvements, like six hours more battery life, 5G connectivity, and potentially life-saving hypertension notifications.