I have a Garmin scale which automatically interfaces with Garmin Connect which sends the daily data to Training Peaks so i see it in my calendar feed. My morning routine: wake up, bathroom, get on the scale, get coffee, look at TrainingPeaks and how my weight compares to last days / same day last week. Withings scales automatically interfaces with Zwift i think which is pretty good.
I've had a Tanita scale (actual 3 of them, in various locations) for 12 years now. Auto upload to an app is not an issue for me; I use my own internal data storage (cerebrum) for that. The metrics I have found useful are: weight, body fat %, and body water %. I look at those, and only those, daily and am able to keep my weight within a narrow range year round as a result, between 66 and 67.5 kg.
The machine you get is less important than how you use it...and how consistent you are in your diet and activity levels.
@Rob Poma Mine are all at least 10 years old, so I'm not up on the current features. I;ve been using an Ironman® branded one forever, which shows my weight in 0.2 increments. It's been going strong since maybe 2007, so I have good confidence in their longevity. As I;ve said, the only metrics I find useful are wt, BF%, and body H2O %. The other stuff is all derivative from those #'s anyway, so I see no need to follow them. I do get a kick out of being told I'm 12 years old...
I use a Withings scale.....it does all the cool stuff then connects via wifi and can push toTraining Peaks, Zwift and other apps like My Fitness Pal automatically.......
I've got a Withings smart scale too. It's probably 5 years old so I don't know what's out there now. I really look at it to log weight each day, transmit it to TP and that's about it. I just found out you can also connect it to Zwift, so I've done that too.
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I have a Garmin scale which automatically interfaces with Garmin Connect which sends the daily data to Training Peaks so i see it in my calendar feed. My morning routine: wake up, bathroom, get on the scale, get coffee, look at TrainingPeaks and how my weight compares to last days / same day last week. Withings scales automatically interfaces with Zwift i think which is pretty good.
I've had a Tanita scale (actual 3 of them, in various locations) for 12 years now. Auto upload to an app is not an issue for me; I use my own internal data storage (cerebrum) for that. The metrics I have found useful are: weight, body fat %, and body water %. I look at those, and only those, daily and am able to keep my weight within a narrow range year round as a result, between 66 and 67.5 kg.
The machine you get is less important than how you use it...and how consistent you are in your diet and activity levels.
Hi Al. Which Tanita do you recommend? Thanks!
@Rob Poma Mine are all at least 10 years old, so I'm not up on the current features. I;ve been using an Ironman® branded one forever, which shows my weight in 0.2 increments. It's been going strong since maybe 2007, so I have good confidence in their longevity. As I;ve said, the only metrics I find useful are wt, BF%, and body H2O %. The other stuff is all derivative from those #'s anyway, so I see no need to follow them. I do get a kick out of being told I'm 12 years old...
I use a Withings scale.....it does all the cool stuff then connects via wifi and can push toTraining Peaks, Zwift and other apps like My Fitness Pal automatically.......
I've got a Withings smart scale too. It's probably 5 years old so I don't know what's out there now. I really look at it to log weight each day, transmit it to TP and that's about it. I just found out you can also connect it to Zwift, so I've done that too.
It's held up well and I like it.