Science suggests fitness trackers might be ineffective

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My Apple Watch sure motivates me a lot though.

However, ironically it sometimes actually prevents me from being active at all if for example I wake up too late during a day with not enough time left to close the rings completely. It’s like “why bother”

Indeed, I think the problem with fitness trackers is that for some people they end up getting bored of them, studies have shown that some people will give them up completely after a certain amount of time.

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