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Wearable Adoption Snapshot for 2026
31 August 2026
A 2026 Pew Research Center survey found that 37% of U.S. adults have a smartwatch. Among adults aged 18 to 49, ownership rises to 44%. A separate survey conducted in 2025 found that 46% of U.S. adults owned a wearable and 83% of wearable owners wore their device at least five days per week. That level of routine use suggests wearables have become less of a niche accessory and more of an everyday source for health and activity data.Read more
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How to Use Sports Science to Improve Athlete Training
19 August 2026
Sports science improves athlete training by turning workload, recovery and performance data into decisions. Coaches can use it to individualise sessions, identify unusual changes and evaluate whether a program is producing the intended response. The goal is not to follow one score. It is to combine reliable data with athlete feedback and coaching judgement.Read more
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What Is an Athlete Management System?
14 August 2026
An athlete management system is software that brings athlete data into one place so coaches, sports scientists and performance staff can track training, recovery and general wellbeing over time. Depending on the platform, this can include wearable data, workouts, wellness questionnaires, performance testing and health records.Read more
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What Is Deep Sleep?
12 August 2026
Deep sleep is the deepest stage of non-REM sleep, also called N3 or slow-wave sleep. It's the point in the night when your heart rate and breathing hit their lowest levels and your brain shifts into slow, steady delta waves. This is when your body does most of its physical repair work, from rebuilding muscle to strengthening your immune system. Most healthy adults spend somewhere between 15% and 25% of total sleep time in deep sleep, which usually adds up to 40 to 110 minutes a night.Read more
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A health analytics platform combines data from apps, IoT devices and wearables in one place, then turns that data into insights a practitioner or coach can act on. In practice, this involves organising health data to help identify correlations and changes over time. Rather than simply displaying raw metrics, it adds a layer of context that helps teams better understand what the data may mean for each client or athlete.Read more
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Athlete monitoring is the ongoing practice of tracking performance data like training load or recovery over time so coaches can ascertain the readiness of an athlete and reduce the risk of overreaching or injury. It pairs external measures like workout type and distance with internal signals like heart rate, stress, nutrition and HRV.Read more
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The Garmin CIRQA is the better screenless fitness tracker for athletes and serious Garmin users seeking a different form factor. It offers deeper training metrics, up to 10 days of battery life and access to most health and recovery insights without a required subscription. It also supports more than 80 sports and activities, connected GPS and heart rate broadcasting.Read more
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How to Connect Garmin to Strava
17 July 2026
Open the Strava app and go to You > Settings > Connect an App or Device > Garmin > Connect Garmin. Then, sign in to your Garmin Connect account and approve the requested connection permissions. You can also start the connection from the Strava website under My Profile settings in the Social Connections section.Read more
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How to Sync Strava to Apple Health
13 July 2026
Open Strava, tap the You tab, then go to Settings > Manage Apps and Devices > Health and connect it to Apple Health. On the Health Access screen, turn on the data types you want shared. Strava requires Workouts to be turned on before any activity data like running, cycling, calories or distance can sync correctly.Read more
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How to Sync MyFitnessPal With Apple Health
9 July 2026
To sync MyFitnessPal with Apple Health, open the MyFitnessPal app and tap More, then Settings, then Sharing & Privacy, then HealthKit Sharing. Grant permission for the data and metrics you want to share. Once connected, MyFitnessPal sends meal summaries and weight to Apple Health while Apple Health sends back same-day workouts, weight and sleep data.Read more
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What Happened to the Fitbit App?
3 July 2026
The Fitbit app was rebranded as the Google Health app on May 19, 2026, and the rollout reached Android and iOS users by May 26. Core data like steps, heart rate, workouts and sleep carried over to the new app, while Google removed legacy features such as badges, direct messaging and Sleep Profile.Read more
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For most people, the best Fitbit alternative is the Garmin Venu 4 because it offers detailed health, fitness, sleep and recovery tracking without a monthly subscription. Amazfit Bip 6 is the best budget pick, Oura Ring 5 is best for sleep tracking, Apple Watch SE 3 is best for iPhone users, Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 is best for Android users and Garmin Forerunner 265 is best for runners or athletes.Read more
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How to Sync Google Health to Apple Health
23 June 2026
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How to Connect Apple Health to ChatGPT
16 June 2026
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Integrations
To sync Oura to Apple Health, open the Oura app, tap the menu icon, go to Settings → Data Sharing → Apple Health, turn on Connect to Health, then allow Oura to read and write the data categories you want in Apple Health. After your ring syncs in the Oura app, supported data such as sleep, heart rate, steps, active energy, workouts and respiratory rate can appear in Apple Health.Read more
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How to Sync Garmin Connect With Apple Health
21 May 2026
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