I used to think a smart watch was just another tech thing for “techie” people to “stand in line” for and so I pretty much ignored them the first few years they were on the market. But today I’m sharing 5 things to love about Samsung Galaxy Watch! Eventually I was upping my own health and fitness game and came across some recommendations for a smart watch! And I never looked back!
I’ve been wearing my Samsung Galaxy Watch now for about 5 months and in that time I’ve learned so much about myself, my routines and habits! I’ve also been able to use that information to IMPROVE all of those things!
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
Exercise Tracking
One of the top 5 things to love about Samsung Galaxy watch is how great it is for exercise! If you already have a fitness routine then you’ll love how much the Galaxy watch can compliment it! OR if you’re like me and were hoping to ADD fitness to your life then the watch will be a huge motivator! As seen above, it can track all sorts of workouts. During the work out it monitors your heart rate. After you add your health profile, it’ll let you know what ranges are good for you!
There are so many types of workouts you can do and track. For me personally I’ve used the walking, running, yoga, dancing and weight lifting and it’s super easy! Another thing I love about this is the app on your phone gives you a daily and weekly overview of how much you’ve worked out that week! You can set daily step goals as well as daily activity minutes goals.
Above is a look at my week last week of light exercises! It gives you a nice overview and then a total for the week. I like this as it helps keep me mindful of how active I’ve been throughout the week.
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
Convenient with alarms, texts, codes, etc.
Although I don’t respond to texts via my watch, when I get on eit’s easy to say “Ok” from my watch. I have also taken calls from my watch time to time when I was away from my phone. Or if my hands weren’t free and a call came in and I could easily accept on my watch screen. Watch calls just sound like it’s in speaker mode!
I also am the type to have a lot of alarms set throughout my day to remind me of numerous work things. So those popping up on my phone are very handy! I also have the “I AM” app setup on my phone to share positive affirmations throughout the day!
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
Sleep Tracker
The 2nd best top 5 things to love about Samsung Galaxy Watch is sleep tracking! Not to sound too dramatic but I think this sleep tracker has changed my life! We all know that we need to be getting 7+ hours of sleep per night and most of us don’t. I am not too bad about that but I am really bad about keeping a consistent routine. Some nights I go to bed at 10pm and other nights 2am so you can see how this affects my routine and amount of sleep.
The watch tracks how many hours you sleep, all your sleep cycles, time in bed vs. time asleep, REM sleep, deep sleep and an overall sleep score. If you sleep too little or too much, your sleep score is lower. It has been really eye opening for me. It helps remind me that even if my score isn’t great, that I need to put more effort into being consistent!
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
Stress level
This watch has the capability to measure your STRESS LEVELS! The watch photo above shows that you can see a snapshot of the day on the watch. But since the screen is small it can be hard to see. The other image is a screenshot from my own app for this last week. This has been so eye opening for me. Prior to me quitting vaping in September 2023 I would have never guessed I was such a stressy person.
When I quit vaping, I had so many moments of high stress and near panic attacks. I had just started using the watch a few weeks prior and so I began keeping an eye on it. You can see from my screenshot that I am still experiencing stress and it affects me daily. I have been able to resist returning to vaping, which was my go to tasks before if I was stressed. I have been working the last few months to catch when I feel this way and find new positive ways to deal with stress.
With meditation each morning and you can see the nice bright green section in the morning. But I’m trying to figure out what is triggering these red spikes! Nonetheless, I think this is a very handy tool! You may be like me and have underlying stress that you’re used to. You might not even know that you’re doing it. It’s good to find out if we are experiencing stress so we can reduce it because stress causes illness, diseases and premature death.
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
Other stuff; body composition, cycle tracking and water tracking
Some other cool functions include menstrual cycle tracking, body composition scan and water tracking.
The cycle tracking is very interesting, you can add the date of your last cycle and then it’ll give you warnings or alerts for your ovulation week and a few days count down up to your cycle. You can log symptoms too if you want.
The body composition scanner supposedly scans yours wrists, obviously I’m curious as to the validity of this feature, and then it tells you your body fat %, pounds of muscle, % of water, etc. I’d like to think it is accurate-ish but the body fat % is off by like 9% compared to my scale in my bedroom. Still, even if you don’t trust it as super accurate, I can attest that as you low weight the figures do change and update!
I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy watch and you can find it here on Amazon!
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About the Author: Elizabeth Richey, living and thriving in rural Arkansas, Aquarian and iced coffee enthusiast. When she’s not writing, gardening, playing with her chocolate lab Maple or sharing videos on YouTube (Elizabeth’s Many Adventures) you can find her enjoying time with her family or traveling somewhere new! Most of the time she’s dreaming of being kicked back in her hammock in her cottage garden listening to the birds sing.
