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I wouldn't trust this website. It's based around selling a fitness product, so there's a very good chance it's biased. https://www.polar.com/en/grit-x https://
by spicybright 5y ago
I wouldn't trust this website. It's based around selling a fitness product, so there's a very good chance it's biased.
https://www.polar.com/en/grit-x https://www.polar.com/en/grit-x
- Jtsummers 5y agoWhat would they gain by lying to people about the relative efficiency of marathon runners versus race walkers, or ways to burn more energy when walking? How would those lies (if lies) lead to more sales for them (that's the only benefit I can imagine)?
- spicybright 5y agoIt's basic scrutiny of an article. If a company primarily sells fitness watches, publishing articles on fitness will net them sales, whether it's true or not. The incentive to be correct isn't there, unlike more rigorous sources of information. It's the same reason you shouldn't blindly believe the marketing words on the back of a box of cereal.
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- carabiner 5y agoWhat? If a fitness company started posting absolute bullshit like "vaccines hurt running performance," I think that would reflect poorly on them and cause them to lose sales. I wear a fitness watch similar to a Polar and would abandon my brand if they started espousing health pseudoscience.
- jamiek88 5y agoThey are a well known company in the fitness space. This is like backblaze blogging about drives or square about credit card processing.
- Dwolb 5y agoThe gain for this particular article is more sales due to more viewers on the page. I’m guessing this content is true. The listed author has a PhD in sport science.
- elzbardico 5y agoPlease don't spam by repeating the same comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30342032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30342032