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There's lots of evidence from fitness tracker companies that most people (who use fitness trackers at least) are indeed less stressed.

• GekkePrutser 6y ago
  But fitness devices are notoriously bad at tracking stress :) I have stress measurement on both my Galaxy watch active and my phone (S8), and neither reading has any correlation with how stressed I am. Basically when I've been working out it always thinks I'm stressed because my heartrate is still high, and when I'm all stressed in work it shows the lowest possible :S I think it's just not possible to measure something as complex as stress using so few metrics. Same with sleep tracking. When I had a sleep study done I was wired up like a borg :D Checked the sleep tracking on my watch later with the graphs I received and it didn't match at all. They're good at showing raw stats like footsteps, location and heartrate (and tracking them over time for laps/pace etc) but that's about it. But I don't trust their derived measurements at all. If the other trackers work like my watch, they'll think you're super relaxed if you haven't been working out.
  • Avamander 6y ago
    Anecdotally, I can say the opposite. The algorithms seem to work on me to a reasonable extent.
  • sa1 6y ago
    Not arguing your broader point, but heart rate variability is a better tracker of stress than heart rate itself, if you want to track it yourself.
• mattlondon 6y ago
  Not many heavily pregnant people will be out doing strenuous exercise!
• x87678r 6y ago
  There isn't much point wearing your fitness tracker if you never leave the house.