- Wearables emerged as an alternative to monitor health and have now focused on promoting a proper lifestyle.
- In 2020 alone, 10.6 million Fitbit units were sold worldwide.
- With the help of the new function, personalized exercise routines can be designed for each user.
Technology has propelled the world of wearables to new heights. While for some years the brands have focused on developing health-inclined devices. One of the main competitors is Fitbit and its new innovation called recovery level seeks to encourage exercise but in a different way.
In this sense, the race of the smartwatches has as its main leader Apple Watch. Its most recent models even already have the functions of a medical device. But despite having a wide range of functions, there is one that it does not have and one of its competitors does.
To help find a solution for each user, Fitbit introduced a new feature called Daily Recovery Level. It is an experience available for the Premium version that uses information from your body, such as recent activity levels, heart rate variability (HRV), and sleep patterns, to help determine if your body is ready to exercise.
By keeping these metrics in mind, you can exercise and recover smarter. Also, taking time for recovery can produce better results than exercising all the time. With the Fitbit Daily Recovery Level experience, you understand how ready your body is to start your day-to-day activities.
How does it work?
To start, you must use the device for two weeks to allow the daily preparation algorithm to learn your training patterns, sleep and adjust your score. Once ready, the experience begins.
On the first day, you will be able to wake up and review your application Fitbit, check your first score, and if it is marked above 80, it will be an excellent score. It means your recent activity levels will be light, your sleep score will be high, and your heart rate will be average, indicating that your body is ready to start the day. Your Active Zone Minutes recommendation will be approximately 89 minutes.
On that day, you can do exercises like running or jogging that will get you up to 53 minutes in the zone, but if you’re really motivated to reach your suggested minutes goal, you can review from the app the suggested activities available in the Fitbit Premium app and choose a short workout that takes you to the finish line.
Over the next three days, with good levels of activity, sleep, and heart rate, your score may be between 80 and 90, so you can keep pushing yourself during your workouts.
Around the fourth day, your Daily Recovery Level gives a score less than 50, the function will explain to you that it is because of your recent intense activity and that is how it suggests you plan an exercise with moderate intensity and not overwork your body. With this tip, instead of going for a run, you can select a low-impact workout or yoga session from the Fitbit app.
The next day, if your score continues to drop, your body most likely needs to rest, and you can use that day of active breaks and do a session like 14-minute Les Mills Bodyflow Flexibility Yoga or a 30-minute relaxing walk.
In the middle of the week, Fitbit recommends you prioritize based on your daily Recovery Score and you can feel the difference. It will be time to reflect on what your workouts were like before using the Daily Recovery Level and how you would have worked your body to the point of exhaustion. But once you start to recognize these details, you will be able to tell when your body is experiencing fatigue. With this score, you can set yourself up for a successful recovery and perform optimally for the rest of the week.
After this well-earned rest day, the next morning you’ll notice your score is back above 90. Your activity was light, your sleep quality very high, and your heart rate leveled off to average. Your body will feel great, and you’ll be able to see Fitbit’s recommendations on how to reach your active minute goal that day. You’ll be ready to sweat and go above and beyond.