What's a health watch and what can you use it for?

With a smartwatch, you can do much more than just tracking your steps. Even if you're not a sports enthusiast, a smartwatch can help you get healthier. Not all smartwatches measure this equally well. That's why we've found watches for you that do. You can find these on our health watches page. In the rest of this article, we'll explain how a health watch can improve your health.

Every smartwatch encourages you to move enough. You can track your walked distance and number of steps. It also indicates how much you still have to walk to reach your daily steps goal. You can adjust this goal if you want to take more or less steps. Do you sit a lot during the day? Choose to receive a notification to remind you to move. This helps you get through the day more actively and move more.

Do you feel like you have a lot on your shoulders? You may experience stress. All our health watches can measure this. Based on your heart rate and heart rate variability, the watch gives a stress level. Your heart rate variability is the variation in time between your heartbeats. The higher the better. You're more agile, more resistant to unexpected situations, and you can prevent serious issues like a burnout.

All our smartwatches measure your sleep. You can see how many hours you sleep and how long you're in the different sleep phases, for example. On top of providing interesting insights, it allows you to improve your sleep pattern by comparing nights. For example, you might not sleep well because you exercise at night. By analyzing your sleep, you can find the cause and get a good night's sleep.

Nowadays, you can keep track of your menstrual cycle with many smartwatches. That way, you know when you're fertile and get more insight into when your cycle deviates. Smartwatches from some brands can also keep track of your pregnancy, like Garmin. In the Garmin app, you can see how big your baby is and indicate how you're feeling. You'll receive tips about the movement and nutrition that suit you at that time.

Do you want to improve your health by exercising more? A sports watch is more suitable. By tracking your performance in detail, you'll see your fitness improve. This'll motivate you to keep exercising. You can also set goals, after which your smartwatch will give you training advice to achieve them. Many sports watches also have the above health options. One doesn't exclude the other.