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It’s perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January


Your fitness journey isn’t defined by New Year’s Resolutions.

My Apple Watch training load data, Strava fitness graphs, and Oura Ring scores all resembled stocks crashing. I got several treacly reminders from the half-dozen fitness apps I use to “get back to it!” By every wearable measure, I’d utterly failed by Quitter’s day. At their core, wearable and fitness tech are tools that can help you build new habits and achieve goals — but using them effectively also requires knowing when to ignore them.

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