This is the day I have been waiting for—F!
I’ve been doing research on Fitbit for a class project and I have way too much I can say. Since we have to keep it brief for the A-Z bloggers who are very busy writing posts every day and visiting other A-Z bloggers there is a short version and you can continue on for more informaton if you’re interested.
Fitbit is a company that makes fitness trackers, at it’s very core it’s a pedometer and the goal is to achieve 10,000 steps per day. There are various trackers with different types of features to help you be healthy. Fitbit also has a blog with all kinds of posts to motivate people to keep moving. For my project, I read all of the blog posts under the category of Success Stories to get a feel for what people gain from using Fitbits.
Many new Fitbit users start out by aiming to achieve 10,000 steps per day. While on the journey, they realize there are other benefits that occur when one achieves this goal. They have more energy, they feel better, and their symptoms (disease, pain, mental state) improves. The benefits they enjoy from this new lifestyle motivates them to branch out into other activities like running, yoga, or working out at a gym. It makes people who may not even think of themselves as athletic want to participate in 5Ks, marathons, or other extreme competitions. All of the success stories on the Fitbit blog, show how using a Fitbit device helps the users feel better and see themselves in a new way. In keeping with the Fitbit mission of transforming lives, it seems the implicit idea is that walking is the gateway to other activities. This could be why the blog focuses on so many more activities than one would expect would be necessary for a pedometer.
I recommend checking the success stories if you would like inspiration.
If you would like to know more about the types of reasons people started using Fitbits please keep reading.
I think sometimes we make things harder than they need to be.
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