It also doesn’t offer guided breathing sessions on the device or the ability to control Spotify from your wrist. The products or services listed have been selected independently by journalists after hands-on testing or sourcing expert opinions. inch AMOLED display, this budget fitness tracker has a large screen for such a small band and boasts 30 types of workouts. It took me over half an hour to download the Fitbit app, charge up the watch and connect to my phone but once I was all set up, I realised why Fitbit is so often lauded. Yes, it’s only an estimate, but I found it incredibly motivating when my 10k race predictor time was faster than my actual PB, since it means the current training I’m doing must be working and helps me to keep pushing on.

I’m constantly testing smartwatches, but I’ve never experienced such intense curiosity as when I’m wearing an Oura Ring. Garmin - the American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company that specializes in GPS technology for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sports activities. Some are cheap and basic, others are very high-tech, with extra features like tracking oxygen and blood temperature levels.However, I was disappointed when I turned up to my weekly reformer Pilates class and realised there wasn’t a ‘Pilates’ workout option – I had to log the class as ‘gym cardio’, which really isn’t the same. Some trackers will also measure your sleep (both the quality and quantity), stress levels, heart rhythm irregularity, blood oxygen levels and even your menstrual health, but it’s important to remember that these only act as a guide. It’s like having a personal sleep doctor, PT and GP on your finger, nudging you to make smarter choices. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. There are only two buttons on the right side – one being a dial to scroll through the home screens and workout menu.

Paired with the Fitbit app, which, as mentioned previously, is super easy to use, accurate and intuitive, the Fitbit Charge 5 is small but mighty.

The Apple Watch Series 8 comes in aluminium and stainless steel coloured in gold, silver, starlight and midnight and there are a whole host of different straps, from stretchable silicone to nylon weave . If you’re not a fan of velcro straps, you can opt for an ever-so-slightly more bulky silicone band (39g).

If you don’t fancy wearing on your index finger, they say the middle and ring fingers are good alternatives. Better still, the touchscreen is locked by default during workouts (something I wish they’d implement on the Venu, above), which prevents accidental button presses and hitting ‘discard’ halfway through a swim session. This excludes the watch itself or where the buckle holes are, rather the total length of the phsyical strap itself.

But they can also improve athletic performance by measuring the distance you’ve covered, calories you’ve burned, your heartrate during exercise and your sleep pattern.