A quick update! This is by far the latest I have ever opened the pool but to be honest it was the worst spring and early summer I think we have ever had. At least now it looks like things are warming up. The other problem was my pool sand filter cracked over winter. I let it get a bit too cold in the pool house but it was the original filter and was on its last legs anyway. I had to wait a while to get a new filter and then when I got it installed I found out my pool pump was seized. The joys of owning a pool I guess, they are kind of money pits...
On another note I was also able to get my Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire Fitness Smartwatch working. Garmin was attacked by Ransomware and their entire system was down so no cloud or account or app service where working for 4 days. Because of this I was not even able to setup my new Garmin Fenix 5X Smartwatch setup.
I recommend my clients consider a Fitness Tracking device for tracking information like steps, activity, workouts and calories burned so they can factor this into the food that they are eating. You need to know both your food in and out in order to lose, gain or maintain your weight depending on what your goals are. I have built in an entire section where I discuss Fitness Tracking devices like Smartwatches in my upcoming Get Fit Now Training so make sure to get on the waitlist to be notified on when that launches and also to receive a link to my 6 part video series.
I've been rocking my Samsung Galaxy S3 Fitness Smartwatch for a few years now and it has been a bit of a love hate relationship. I really like the watch, I love the way it looks and feels, it has all the latest Smartwatch features I could want including an awesome screen, lots of downloadable Apps and even the ability to answer and take calls right on the watch via BT.
The problem I have right out of the box with the Samsung Galaxy S3 is there is no way to link an external Bluetooth heart rate strap to it in the settings so none of the installed Apps can us an external heart rate monitor, only the built in optical heart rate monitor can be used with the Samsung Galaxy S3. For some people that may be fine but for me I find built in optical heart rate monitors are very unreliable and inaccurate. Sometimes I don't even get a heart rate reading from the watch.
I did find a work around that required me to use a watch face called Sporty Watch that was able to connect to external BT heart rate monitors and then record a workout and send that data to Strata where I could then sync my data with MyFitnessPal but this is a bit of a clumsy way to manage your fitness. For simple walks and other basic activity where I did not use an external heart rate monitor I would use the built in Samsung Fitness Apps with hit and miss results.
What I am saying is I could get my Samsung Galaxy S3 to work for me but there was a certain amount of work on my end to make that happen and this should really just be seamless and it's not. It can be very frustrating at times.
The last straw was this past weekend when I wanted to record a bike ride and some walks only to have Apps crash constantly and lose my data and Strava decided when it did finally record a bike ride that it was not going to sycn the data anywhere...
That brings us to my decision to drop my Samsung Galaxy S3 and go with another option. I have always liked what Garmin is doing in terms of their Fitness Watches. Their focus is fitness first and being a Smartwatch second. Garmin is big into the outdoors but does support other indoor activities. Garmin also links with a ton of external Bluetooth and Ant+ sensors out of the box and what I really love about Garmin is the software. It has to be the smartest health tracking software out there mainly because it records your heart rate constantly and uses that data to figure out when you are active or not, this seems simple right but it is not a common practice with health Apps, most health Apps simply base your activity on steps which can be misleading because not all daily activity is step based and so if you're performing something that gets your heart rate up that doesn't involve a lot of steps you are missing out on those potential calories you burned.
So which Garmin Watch did I get? I decided on the Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire since it was about half the price of Garmin's current 6 series lineup and for me it has all of the feature I need in a Fitness Smartwatch. I even got mine on sale $100 off for only $399 which is about $600 less than a similar 6 series watch from Garmin.
Once I have had some time to fully explore the Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire I will follow up with a review with my take on it.
Without the cool cameras there would be no cool Fitness videos and so when a company reached out to me and says… Hey, would you like to try out one of our new 4K Action cameras? I say you bet! I can always use a high quality 4K camera for even more angles and who knows what else it can do for me…
In this unboxing video I take a look at the SJCAM SJ10 Pro Action Camera to see what’s in the box of course, what it looks like and what my first impressions of the SJCAM SJ10 Pro Action Camera are. I have to say the build quality is much better than I thought it would be, I’m pretty sure the main body is made out of metal and the crips looking lcd screen pretty much takes up the entire back of the camera. The camera is a lot smaller than I was expecting too which is a good thing since the more compact a camera is, the more likely I will be taking it along with me and using it.
Until I get the chance to play around with the SJCAM SJ10 Pro Action Camera fully and see what the quality and functionality are like, here are some of the specifications and details:
Sensor Brand: Sony IMX377.
Sensor Type: 7-Layer Glass with 2 aspherical glass lenses.
Video Resolutions: Up to 4K60fps without GYRO up to 4K30fps with Supersmooth GYRO Stabilization, Slow-motion 2,4,8x.
I'm taking a few days off here in beautiful Whistler BC with my wife Nicole and son Gabe before it's time to put my head down and finish up my Get Fit Now Training Program.
I've got the full course outline pretty much completed and will be shooting the videos and editing them over the next few weeks in time for my program launch.
I'm so excited to finally be able to offer all the health and fitness tips I've been collecting over the past 30 or so years and not just share them with my one-on-one clients but also be able to pass them on to virtually everyone in a super easy to understand and ultra complete program.
If you want to find out what makes my program completely different from all the others out there and how you can not just achieve that dream body also keep it, then make sure to sign up for my email wait-list not only for early bird access but to also receive notification of my 6 part video series full of free health and fitness information you won't find anywhere else.
Wow, it's been over a month now and no real videos! So what have I been up to? I am sure many of us have been a little bit out of sorts with so much going on right now in the world and this has also effected me to some degree but the main reason is I have been working on an Online Health and Fitness Video Training Course.
My Video Training Course is still in development as I want to make sure it has all the right content, that said I want to give everyone a little bit of an idea on what my Video Training Course will consist of.
The main problem I have with my one-on one Online Personal Training is that I can only offer so much of my time to each customer, the amount you pay me has to be relative to the amount of time I can give you. My goal with my Online Video Training Version of my program is that it will have pretty much all of the information I have learned during my Health and Fitness Journey so there will be way more that I can offer you with a much higher value to it.
The reality is most people want the same results, they want to get from point A, where they are today to point B, where they imagine themselves to be. Usually this requires some fat loss combined with strength and mobility improvements resulting in a more esthetic version of your current self. Even people that have already made incredible improvement to their health and fitness often want to take it to the next level.
My Online Video Training Course will show you exactly what you need to do to accomplish these goals without overloading you too much and focusing on what really matters. My Video Training Course will help you figure out the steps you are already doing right and what you need to improve to get to your health and fitness goals as efficiently as possible while fitting a Health and Fitness program into your lifestyle.
Let me know what you think, I will be following this up with a series of short video explaining more about the program in about a months time.
Monday, July 27, 2020 at 3:39PM ;)
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