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  • Fitbit Air – We Got A Problem – Cadence Lock
  • Vero: On-Device Recovery and Readiness Scoring for the Watch You Already Wear
  • new Amazfit HybridCharge vs Garmin Body Battery and Whoop

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the5krunner.com /3 days ago

Fitbit Air – We Got A Problem – Cadence Lock

Fitbit Air produced cadence-locked HR during an indoor treadmill interval session, averaging ~157 bpm against a reference of 131-132 bpm. Every metric derived from that data — TRIM...

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the5krunner.com /3 days ago

Vero: On-Device Recovery and Readiness Scoring for the Watch You Already Wear

Vero turns Watch data into daily Readiness, Recovery, Sleep, and Strain scores. On-device, no proprietary hardware, free with optional paid tier. Read the full post at Vero: On-Dev...

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the5krunner.com /5 days ago

new Amazfit HybridCharge vs Garmin Body Battery and Whoop

Amazfit's HybridCharge is the first mainstream readiness score to combine biometric sensor data with daily self-reported inputs. Here is how it works, how it compares to Garmin Bod...

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the5krunner.com /3 weeks ago

Garmin HRV Fails Again — Forerunner 265 Study

An academic study has compared the Garmin Forerunner 265's Health Snapshot against an ECG reference and reached a clean split conclusion. Resting heart rate is measured accurately....

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

FORMA: Garmin Recovery Data to Structured Strength Workouts

Forma is a free tool that turns Garmin recovery metrics into structured gym sessions. Enter your HRV status, Body Battery, sleep score, and training load, and it returns a complete...

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the5krunner.com /4 days ago

Fitbit Air vs Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra: Bike Sprint HR Test

The Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra returns ±3 bpm limits of agreement in a road bike sprint HR test, outperforming the Fitbit Air's ±6 bpm. Full results against Whoop MG and Polar Verity...

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the5krunner.com /6 days ago

HyCoach: What HYROX Race Data Reveals About Your Performance

HyCoach aggregates nearly a million HYROX performances across 350+ events and 30 countries. Search your name and get percentile-level benchmarking for every station, run lap, and t...

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lifehacker.com /2 days ago

I Used Garmin's Heart Rate Monitor to Measure My 'Running Economy,' and Here's What I Learned

If you're a data-oriented runner, you'll love the extra layer of insight.

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the5krunner.com /5 days ago

Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra: HR Accuracy in a HYROX Sim – plus SmO2 Sensor

The Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra was put through a HYROX simulation in a gym at 33°C. Optical HR matched reference devices across all comparisons, with near-zero bias against Whoop MG,...

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the5krunner.com /5 days ago

Zepp 10 – major app updates for Amazfit watch owners.

Amazfit has updated the Zepp app, replacing BioCharge and Readiness with HybridCharge, a score that combines biometrics with daily self-reported inputs. The update also adds Traini...

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mens-folio.com /1 month ago

Behind the Beat: 229’s “RESTLESS”

Apple’s MacBook Pro and Logic Pro make 229’s creation of “RESTLESS” a breeze. The post Behind the Beat: 229’s “RESTLESS” appeared first on Men's Folio.

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cnet.com /2 weeks ago

Headspace's New Apple Watch App Uses Your Heart Rate to Know When You Need a Break

The app uses biometric data and sends you nudges in real time.

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

FIT Dashboard: Free Offline Garmin Analytics App

FIT Dashboard is a free, open-source desktop app that analyses Garmin FIT files entirely on your own machine. It parses telemetry in Rust, stores data locally in DuckDB, and suppor...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Amazfit April software updates: catch up features plus HRV syncing

Amazfit's April firmware lands on the Active 3 Premium and Balance 2, but most of what arrives has already been on other watches in the range for months. The genuinely useful chang...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

Coros PFT Test: HYROX Hybrid Fitness Mode Tested

The Coros PFT Test is the Physical Fitness Test built into the new Hybrid Fitness mode, directly replicating the official HYROX P'F"T workout. This field test covers how the mode p...

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the5krunner.com /4 weeks ago

Suunto SHRM2 heart rate monitor — Whoop competitor likely

Suunto has filed a new heart rate monitor under the model code SHRM2. The clues point to one of three products, and the most interesting of them would put Suunto into Whoop territo...

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menshealth.com /1 month ago

6 Best Heart Rate Monitors, Tested by Our Fitness Editors

Knowledge is power when it comes to performance, these picks help you get it.

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

Tymewear VitalPro: A Next Generation training Strap?

The Tymewear VitalPro adds lab-grade ventilation data to a chest strap, putting a metric that needed a metabolic cart onto Garmin head units. Two months of testing reveals which pa...

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the5krunner.com /3 weeks ago

#11 Newsletter Weekly Digest – View or Signup

A leak suggests Garmin is reshaping Connect into a social platform with Strava's 45 million active users firmly in its sights. That ambition sits alongside a uncomfortable number b...

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the5krunner.com /6 days ago

Amazfit’s Answer to Garmin’s ClimbPro – any good on trail mode?

Amazfit's new Elevation Overview takes on Garmin ClimbPro in a trail run test at Wimbledon Common. The colour-coded climb feature works, but metrics are fixed and the experience la...

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the5krunner.com /1 week ago

Suunto Race 2 Triathlon: H1 2026 Features Tested

Suunto's H1 2026 firmware makes the Race 2 a more capable triathlon watch, adding automatic transitions, HR broadcast to bike computers and pool drill sets. Testing the headline fe...

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the5krunner.com /1 day ago

Fitbit Air Arm Sleeve: Excellent Bicep HR Accuracy Confirmed

No Fitbit Air arm band exists yet. This is how I wear the Air pebble on the bicep using a Whoop Any-Wear sleeve, plus the accuracy test result: near-zero bias vs Polar Sense, Apple...

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the5krunner.com /1 month ago

#10 Newsletter Weekly Digest – View or Signup

Evidence is mounting that Garmin is preparing a significant move into strength training. A leaked research survey names eight specific neuromuscular features in development — rep d...

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the5krunner.com /3 weeks ago

Ultrahuman Ring Pro: 15-Day Battery, AI, No Subscription

Ultrahuman Ring Pro: 15-day battery, on-device AI, no subscription Sleep is where useful biometric data sits. Resting heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate and overn...

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