In Hungary, the end-of-year festive season is a special time in every respect. People meet their loved ones, schools close their doors, many people can let go of work, and in our country these days are associated with great celebrations, lunches and dinners. On the one hand, this is wonderful, as eating out is a great experience in itself, but it also comes with a downside, as a few extra kilos and fat cushions tend to creep up. But this can easily be helped with some exercise, which is really just a challenge to get yourself to exercise regularly. This is where smart bracelets, called activity trackers, can help enormously.
According to the surveys, this product group was simply a hit in the run-up to Christmas, with the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6 (activity tracker) being one of the most successful. This model uses built-in sensors to continuously monitor the user's physiological data and movement activity. It is able to measure, for example, heart rate, distance covered, speed, to name just a few very important examples. The data is then sent to software running on a connected smartphone, which processes the values and presents them to the user in a comprehensible way.
So you can track your progress virtually step-by-step, how much your performance has improved, and the app can even give you tips on what kind of movement you need to do and what results you need to achieve to reach your goal. This could be running a marathon, but it could also be simply burning fat or losing weight. In our experience, a device like this can be a huge psychological help in getting you to exercise, to get out of a warm, heated room. Also, better devices, such as the Xiaomi product mentioned above, have extra features like music playback, which can come in very handy when you need to get yourself psyched up.
It is also an additional service, but stress monitoring can be very useful. While this is not necessarily linked to specific sporting activities, it has a lot to do with the health of the user. The more advanced models also include specific breathing exercise programmes to help you relax quickly. This feature is not missing from the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6, nor is sleep monitoring. The latter can also come in handy during the end-of-the-year attack on the stomach. You can see how your body reacts to the shocking amount of calories you've ingested, and how much less balanced your rest becomes. Here we should mention the measurement of blood oxygen levels, which is being incorporated into more and more of these machines these days. It is good to know that it is not intended for diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, prognosis, prediction of any disease, testing of physiological processes or any other medical purpose, so it cannot be mentioned in the same breath as professional medical equipment. But it can be of use in alerting the user that something may be wrong and that it is worth going for a 'proper' check-up, which could even save a life.
In the case of an activity meter, it is important to make sure that the Tool can take the strain. For example, the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6 is water and dust resistant, so you can swim in it and even take it out in the field. Also important is the good image quality, in this case provided by a relatively large OLED display with high brightness, extremely high resolution and perfect colour reproduction.
We can only recommend to everyone that obtain an activity meter, start moving nicely! You'll feel much better in your skin, and maybe you'll be able to eat healthier, so you'll be a little more conscious of how you spend the next festive season.
