While I’m on lockdown I might find that my health and fitness could suffers with limited access to the outdoors and a cupboard full of healthy snacks taking its toll on my waistline. Here’s a solution though, in the form of a MORE fitness tracker. And adding cycling to my daily routine is another good reason for a new tracker.

Now that exercise time is a valuable commodity in most countries, it’s more important than ever to make the most of it, and a fitness tracker or health-focused smartwatch can do this. This will help me track my exercise and overall activity levels, both when I’m outdoors and stuck inside, and keep me thinking about my fitness without breaking the bank.

To help you understand why exercise wearables are so useful right now, I’ll talk you through five ways they can help you right now, and give examples of why I chose the Fenix 6X Pro as best for me.

• What you need to know about the Garmin Fenix 6X Pro

It let’s me maximize workout time

My workout time is not brief, it’s worth finding ways to make the most of it, and this fitness tracker helps me track how much  cross-training exercise I do. This help’s me see how far I went, as well as see how many calories I burnt and how many steps I did along the way.

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This fitness tracker has different modes for running, walking, cycling, swimming, mapping, etc and plenty of other features too, so no matter what outdoor activity you’re doing, this fitness tracker can be really useful to keep on top of your fitness.

This can help me improve fitness

Exercise bands and fitness-centric smartwatches don’t just track my workouts, but provides me feedback, activity logs and advice to help me actively improve the way I get better and fitter, and that’s going to be doubly useful if I’m working my way up from last years performance to meet my pre-determined 2020 goals.

This wearable breaks down my workout, telling me if I didn’t push hard enough, went too far, slacked off a little, or kept the right pace throughout. This gives me detailed feedback like cadence, pace and altitude, and can let me track these metrics over time to help measure my progress and assess my performance on different routes (hill sessions are great for my fitness, but can’t be compared like-for-like with a long, slow weekend run).

This is especially useful fitness tracker with ‘body battery’, sleep and rest tracker, which can tell if I’m well rested, and help me plan my workouts to avoid over-training. This can be especially useful if I’m trapped indoors a lot, because I can often push myself too hard if freedom is only a brief treat.

One of the best wearables for helping me build my fitness is the Fenix 6X Pro, and It can help keep me motivated to reach my pre-detwrmined 2020 goals.