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Gamification aside, the benefit that I see is that there's a clear, quantifiable metric for how active I've been on any given day. Simply setting a goal for mys
by cweagans 11y ago
Gamification aside, the benefit that I see is that there's a clear, quantifiable metric for how active I've been on any given day. Simply setting a goal for myself to "be more active" without some way to quantify it won't yield any results because I'll essentially lie to myself and say "Yeah, I got enough exercise today" without knowing if that's actually true. With a fitbit (or similar), I can say "Yes, I got at least 10,000 steps today" (or, "No, I didn't, I'll go for a walk.")
- eitally 11y agoThis. And besides this, the trend of corporate wellness programs is booming, and a large portion of these is quantifying the activity levels of participant employees. Wearables like Fitbits make this trivial (as do API hooks into services provided by Garmin/Polar/Suunto/etc). In these cases, there's a financial interest for employees to use and like their activity tracker.