How to elevate your workout with a smartwatch – British GQ

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Endlessly adaptable design

One of the reasons that the watches have gone down so well with the fashion crowd is their adaptability. There are up to 150-plus watch faces to choose from in both the digital and analogue style, which cover a vast range of aesthetics from pared-back modernist to fun and vibrant pop art, meaning you can always pick something to suit your workout or style. For those who really want to make the watch their own, there are up to 23 editable watch faces, which means you can apply your own creative flair and customise it so that it looks right for you: think clean and simple or packed with information. Better still, you can also choose from a range of colour straps, among them Moonlight Grey and Thunder Black on the GTR3, Brown Leather and Infinite Black on the GTR 3 Pro or Graphite Black, Terra Rosa and Ivory White on the GTS 3.

Each watch in the series is made from aircraft-grade aluminium alloy in a smooth bezel-less design giving them the timeless style of a beautifully made timepiece. The impressive curved glass screen makes for easy swiping and all three have a physical crown that has been precision-engineered to ensure a crisp haptic feedback, which makes for easy navigation even when you’ve worked up a sweat. 

Up your game

Obviously, the real test for any fitness-focused smartwatch is its health management system and the Amazfit GTR 3 and GTS 3 series allows you to fully liberate your inner health geek with a whole range of functions. With just one tap you have instant access to the four essential health metrics: heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), breathing rate and stress score. (One of the great strengths of the watches is their ease of interaction.) Amazfit has developed all areas of its previous smartwatch generations, upgrading the biometric data measurement, improving the accuracy of its 24-hour heart rate monitor and the speed of its blood-oxygen saturation measurement. A stress score synthesises different data sets and then lets you know if you’re in a prolonged state of potentially damaging high stress. 

Of course, when it comes to your overall health, how you rest is as important as how you exercise and all the smartwatches in the series have sophisticated sleep analysis systems that monitor how long you’re spending in each of the stages of your sleep cycle and evaluate your night-time breathing. 

Those who really want to dig down into the granular analysis of their health and fitness data can view insights inside the Zepp App for a comprehensive picture of their physical condition. Zepp OS represents a serious upgrade for Amazfit – interactions are smooth and simple and it brings with it a rich ecosystem of aligned mini apps that includes BMI and calorie calculators. 

To accurately track your performance, a smartwatch needs to know what you’re doing and the Amazfit GTR 3 and GTS 3 series has 150-plus different specific sports modes so that its data capture can be optimised for each different kind of workout, be it boxing or a biathlon. The watches also automatically recognise eight of the essential exercises including rowing via machine and pool swimming, making sure you never accidentally miss out on activity tracking. And the watches are also brilliant for those who want a bit of fun. Our favourite new feature is the virtual pacer, which works for both outdoor runs and indoor treadmill workouts. Animated runner icons appear on the screen so you …….

Source: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/bc/how-to-elevate-your-workout-with-a-smartwatch

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