The size of your kid’s wrist will also be a factor Garmin’s model is designed to fit 130- to 175-millimeter-sized wrists, whereas Fitbit’s band goes all the way down to 116 millimeters to fit kids as young as four or five. Some fitness trackers look like a simple band with a small screen to show stats others look more like a GPS watch with a larger face and more information displayed on screen. They also tally up more than just steps-and often record fitness activities, send movement reminders, track sleep patterns, and more.īut whether that functionality is available to you on the watch face or the tracker’s Bluetooth-paired app depends on your preferred model. While step-counting is still a big component of today’s fitness trackers, new models are far more accurate and actually make it fun to be active with goals, rewards, milestones, competitions, and little digital celebrations.
At that time, the trackers offered little more than a step count that was being monitored by anxious parents trying to encourage their kids to be more active to game the system, crafty tweens would sit in my store playing collectible card games all day while rhythmically shaking the little machines to drive up manufactured movement numbers. Kids‘ fitness trackers have come a long way since I first encountered them as “pedometers” while working at a comic store in the early ’00s. For kids who respond to that additional encouragement-or can enjoy some friendly family competition-those rewards can be a great motivator to get outside and get moving. Kids fitness trackers gameify the experience of developing healthier habits by counting steps, recording active fitness, and tracking sleep time, and then converting those metrics into virtual badges and rewards.
Sometimes we all need an external motivator to reframe exercise in more playful terms.
It’s not always easy to get kids to meet physical activity guidelines, particularly during the winter months. Kids love fitness trackers for the same reasons adults do-they encourage movement and activity in a way that feels rewarding and fun.
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