Being in the health & fitness industry, I’ve had the
privilege to do product testings for different sports products. But the one
thing that always interests me the most is fitness trackers. 2014 was said to
be the year of the fitness trackers/wearables and true enough, many players
came in to try competing in this new “space”. And I’m sure you’ll agree with me
that many of these players are not found in this market anymore.
But for brands that are committed to improve their products
continuously, some pretty amazing things start to happen.
This year, Jawbone launched their most sophisticated fitness
tracker yet, the Jawbone UP3.
I will be dedicating 2 blog posts for the Jawbone UP3 as
there are a good amount of functions that is worth looking at =) Lets go!
Before I go into the details of the product, let’s have a look at the new UP3.
The Jawbone UP3 comes in a nice clean packaging with the
user manual & charging port nicely hidden away. And rightfully so, the main
product is the band itself. This band is a one size fit most with an
ultra-light weight of only 29grams.
1) Activity Tracking
Like most activity trackers, the Jawbone UP3 tracks the
number of steps that I take. I am able to set daily goals and even have a
challenge with friends who are using any Jawbone UP products.
As Limaran and I are both testing out the Jawbone UP3, I
sent her a 3 DAYS DUEL. The person who takes the most amounts of steps in 3
days wins. And here’s the result after 3 days =(
Limaran leads a super active lifestyle as a person trainer.
She’s always up on her feet as she’s training clients throughout the day.
During her free time, she’ll be getting her workouts in and preparing her meals
in the gym. She hardly sits down!
As for me, I spend a good amount of time sitting in the
office settling business proposals and maintaining my clients’ accounts. And
I’m really ashamed to say that I can be sitting down for 2-3 hours without
getting my butt off the chair! Plus I drive and Limaran doesn’t, so that all
adds up.
The Jawbone UP3 not only tells you how many steps I take a
day, it takes this data to the next level by explaining to me my level of
activity:
I especially like the function where it plots on the graph
showing the level of activity at different time of the day. And looking at the
daily overview, I seem to be able to hit my daily activity goals only during
the weekends.
Like the rest of the Jawbone UP products, there is an idle
reminder function. When you’re idling for duration of time, the tracker will
vibrate and prompt you to move about. This is particularly useful for desk
bound workers. =)
2) Sleep tracking
The one function that I find Jawbone surpassing its
competitors will be none other than the sleep tracking function. The Jawbone
UP3 has the advanced sleep function where it tracks your heartrate throughout
the night and tells what kind of sleep you’re actually getting.
Light Sleep –
During the transitional stage of sleep, you tend to move more and can be easily
awakened.
REM(Rapid Eye
Movement) Sleep – Characterised by dreaming, REM sleep is essential for
consolidating memories and replenishing mood boosting chemicals like serotonin.
Deep Sleep – Deep
sleep’s many benefits include boosting your immune system and aiding in repair
of muscles and tendons.
This function gave me a huge shock when I saw my sleep
results after the 1st night:
Out of the 6hr15min of sleep, I only had 13min of deep sleep
and 0min of REM Sleep!!!! I was basically getting zero quality sleep. This
explains why I tend to feel tired even after a long night’s sleep, feeling like
I have never rested at all.
I will like to show you how a good night’s rest look like:
As my account is linked to Limaran’s, I’m able to see the
kind of rest she’s getting every night. Limaran gets good quality rest as compared to mine. This made me start to
read up on the things I should and shouldn’t do to promote Deep & REM
sleep.
After making 2 small changes to my pre-bedtime regime, the
quality of my sleep improved slightly.
I’m probably still a long way to
reach the ideal good night’s rest but I will keep trying!
That’s all I have for you in this
post. If you’re already wanting to know where you can get your hands on the
Jawbone UP 3, Visit Ban Leong’s Webstore at: http://banleong.com/sg/jawbone
Ban Leong is also throwing in Free Express Delivery when you
enter “Freeshipping” at the checkout page.
Till the next post……….
