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Fast and Fit seems nice, if lacking a bit in the UI department; I'll see if I can slowly incorporate it into my workouts.
I've only recently started with cardio exercises - I prefer stationary bikes, and I usually have no issues with using Garmin connect for those - there's no scope of having to change exercises midway, and it isn't like someone else can hop on while I'm using the bike. It also tracks HR and calorie estimates so I'm comfortable with it for the moment.
Also thanks for mentioning a fat caliper. I didn't know that was a thing - I saw body fat percentages but I always thought those were from tape measurements and such.
Hi, I'm using a Garmin fitness watch, and it seems they aren't supported, atleast they aren't on this list: LINK
Right now I parallely have the Garmin connect app and I follow along on a custom workout routine that I made using the app. (So timers on the watch, and then record weights and reps and exercises on hevy{I know, it's a clunky system, but I've become accustomed through repeated use}) However garmin doesn't let you change exercise order on the go, during your exercise, which makes it annoying when someone's already using a machine you want to use, and you can't go to another machine because your workout is in progress and the timer is running on your current exercise. I don't want to wait for the current user to be done with their exercise either, because I have scheduled exercise times and I don't want it to overflow the time I set out for it because it makes the rest of my morning really hard.
Energize looks really good - I stayed away from calorie counters after I heard about the myfitnesspal data leak of 2018, but I'll give this a try when I step back in again. It also looks to have encrypted backups via WebDAV so backups are covered.
(Q) Can it handle supplements though? Like, vitamin b12 supplements and such. I suppose food doesn't include medicine, but it seems like a low hanging fruit for a nutrients tracker to look out for.
Garmin is pretty nice if you don't count the closed source nature of the Garmin connect app, the fact that you can't add custom exercises, and you can't alter the exercises once you've started doing them. But they have a strong commitment to privacy compared to most in the fitness wearables space so ehh, I'll take what I can get.
All in all thanks for the super detailed reply. I didn't even know many of these apps existed.
Yes indeed, it was my almost only issue with the app in the begginning.
I initially only used the measurements of my scale, but about 6months ago I thought about giving it a go. I don't think I do it right (cuz otherwize I'd probably have waaay too little body fat and I'm not that extremely lean), but at least I think I do it consistently (I pay more attention to the mm than the result of the formulas it uses to calculate fat). It's an issue with the pressure applied, it's probably better to get a doctor teach you how to do it.
About gadgetbridge, it's ok, use whatever suits you, I ~don't use smartwatch so I don't know much on this.
Yes, you can even add custom foods, either based on other foods or completely custom. The 2 protein powders I've used from ON exist on the (openfood?) database. Plus, it has many fields for macro and micro nutrients (note that many foods may not have all their nutrients or they may be a bit off.
My pleasure to help! I wanted to write these long ago haha😁