![]() ![]() One of the things that is awesome about swimming is the variety of stuff you can do in the water. ⭐ One of the very, very few devices that tracks kicking Whether I am doing backstroke or freestyle, it knows. I’ve used countless devices over the years, from goggle-mounted trackers to smart swim goggles, and the Apple Watch is hands-down the most accurate device I’ve ever used. Over weeks and weeks of training, tallying some 25k of training, the Apple Watch only missed two laps. While the Apple Watch is by no means perfect, it’s as accurate a tracker as I’ve ever seen. Trackers, from the beginning, have had difficulty with accuracy when it comes to measuring and recording strokes and laps properly. ![]() I tried to fool the watch during this workout, mixing freestyle, kick and backstroke. The gyro also helps to figure out when you are doing a flip-turn. While the accelerometer tracks velocity and motion, the gyroscope helps figure out what stroke you are doing judging by the angle of your wrist. The fancy-pants engineers at Apple installed an accelerometer and gyroscope in the Apple Watch to capture all the rollicking and rolling we do in the water with our wrist, and as a result can quickly figure out what we are doing (backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke) and quantify it. The primary benefit of a waterproof fitness tracker is… wait for it… tracking your fitness! ⭐ The Apple Watch is wildly accurate at tracking laps Having been using the Apple Watch Series 8 for a while, here are the things that really stand out about it. ![]() In this review of the Apple Watch, we dive into the lap pool with this bad boy, highlighting the key features of the watch, the things it does really well, some cons/disadvantages of the watch, and how to use it to help you swim better than ever.Īlrighty, let’s get right into it. So, is the Apple Watch right for you and your swimming workouts? It’s unbelievably accurate, is one of the only waterproof fitness trackers I’ve ever used that measures kick, and the Workout app gives you more training information than you could ever want. The Apple Watch Series 8 is (easily) the best smartwatch for swimmers, whether you are doing recreational laps or competing for medals at the end of the swim season. I’m not going to beat around the bush here… Here’s a review of what swimmers need to know about crushing it with an Apple Watch in the pool. How neat-o is the Apple Watch for Swimming? It’s super neat-o, actually. ![]()
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