Introduction

If you are like me, you are willing to put in some time and effort to maintain good health and even increase your level of fitness. However, it’s hard to maintain the discipline to take the necessary actions day in and day out, over the long haul. It’s too easy to fill up the day with necessary activities such that when evening rolls around it’s too late to fit in the exercise that you know you should do.

Fitness trackers can help to keep you motivated for a while, but when the novelty wears off, most of them find themselves in the back of a drawer. To be a consistent aid to maintaining fitness, a wearable device must be more than just a fitness tracker. This is where the Apple Watch really shows its value. Yes, it is a fitness tracker, ...

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