If today is the day you're going to head down the path of healthy living, one of the best ways to help you stay on that path is with fitness tech gadgets — partly because they make tracking fitness goals easier and partly because they cost so much money you feel obligated to make the most of your purchase (ask my mom, it worked for her). If you're looking for the perfect fitness tech, this is where you want to get started.
Apple ecosystem
Apple Watch
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Apple Watch is bursting at the seams with fitness tech. Not only can it track your heart rate and movement, but it also offers heart rhythm monitoring and Gym Connect, which allows you to connect your Apple Watch with supported gym equipment like treadmills and ellipticals.
Fitness smarts
Fitbit Ionic
Fitbit is the most popular fitness tracker maker in the industry, but did you know they also make a smartwatch? It's got a great battery life and exclusive workout routines that you can deliver right to your wrist.
GPS for less
Garmin Vívoactive HR
Garmin's Vivoactive HR gives you a good balance between smartwatch and fitness tracker. It has a heart rate monitor and onboard GPS, as well as, smart notifications and a built-in sports app.
Steps and more
Fitbit Charge 3
Fitbit's Charge 3 is an ideal all-around fitness tracker with all the basics; step tracking, calories burned, sleep tracking, swimproof, and more. It's also got guided breathing sessions, woman's health tracking, and FitBit Pay. It's also our top pick for the best fitness tracker with heart rate monitor.
Entry-level
FitBit Inspire
FitBit's entry-level tracker is the Inspire. While it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of the more expensive models, it does track your steps, workouts, sleep, swimming, calories burned and more. It also allows you to get notifications from your iPhone. As with many of the FitBits, it comes in several different colors and you can buy additional bands to change up your look.
Minimalist tracking
Misfit Ray
The Ray is a simple cylindrical device that looks like nothing more than a band around your wrist, but it's actually a step tracker, distance monitor and sleep tracker. It also sends you vibrations on your wrist for call and text notifications. Simple but useful.
Fitbit-connected
Fitbit Aria 2
The Fitbit Aria features a polished glass surface with a digital display that syncs your weight, BMI, and body fat percentages straight to your Fitbit account and recognizes up to 8 users while keeps everyone's results separated and private. It's also one of iMore's favorite smart scales.
Total-body measurement
Withings Body Cardio
The Withings Body Cardio smart scale is a comprehensive scale that gives you a total-body readout, complete with high-accuracy weight, BMI, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, and even water measurements, using what Withings calls "Position Control" technology.
Weigh in the dark
Garmin Index
The Index tracks a slew of in-depth metrics including body weight, BMI, water percentage and skeletal muscle mass. It's able to recognize 16 different users through the Garmin Connect app and has extra-large white-on-black numbers to make it easy to read the display, even in the dark.
All-around tracking
MyFitnessPal
Under Armour's calorie counter and diet tracker is awesome for helping you lose weight and eat right, and the fact that it connects with over 50 fitness trackers and apps means you can build yourself an ecosystem of fitness support, helping you set goals and actually reach them.
For runners
Strava
Strava is a wonderful run tracking app that tracks your routes and distance, journaling your progress as you jog your way to good health. You can set personal records and pit yourself against other users on the leaderboards to see how you stack up.
Apple Watch companion
RunKeeper
RunKeeper is one of the best ways to keep track of your running goals and routes with a premium element for even more. The Apple Watch companion app lets you leave your phone at home while still tracking your stats.
There's no shortage of amazing tech to help you lose weight, get fit, and stay in shape. Of course, we're all partial to the Apple Watch here at iMore, so you can't go wrong with that if it's in your budget. If you're looking for a great all-around tracker, Fitbit's Charge 3 offers an amazing array of features and connects to other great fitness devices like the Aria smart scale. If you just want a simple fitness tracker with some nice features but without the hefty price tag, the FitBit Inspire is the way to go.
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