Wearables Mostly Don't Work - Cremieux Recueil

The latest fad in nutrition and exercise just isn't that helpful for most people

This was a timed post. The way these work is that if it takes me more than an hour to complete the post, an applet that I made deletes everything I’ve written so far and I abandon the post. You can find my previous timed post here. Wearables are all the rage. From FitBits to WHOOP bracelets to Oura rings to smart glasses, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), metabolism-tracking patches, and the Apple Watch, everyone in the fitness space seems to be wearing something that tracks their health, whether they’re monitoring their VO2 max and heart rate variability or just the basics like sleep and…

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• Seth Howes

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