
Just because we test about 14 wearables on each and every run, doesn't mean you have to run around the local park loaded with tech. For example, if you're continually logging twos and threes on days following your long runs, then it might be time to explore whether you're giving your body the right fuel and enough sleep to aid recovery. This setting is also great for picking up on trends in your training cycles. Eat well, hit the sack early and go again tomorrow. It's may be better to let your body recover than risk injury. Having an 8-out-of-10 day? Why not push for that PB? Struggling to muster a three on a Monday morning? Don't punish yourself. The app's dashboard now offers a "how do you feel?" feature that finally takes this into consideration. Despite our best efforts, factors like sleep quality, stress, diet and hydration often slide beyond our control and have huge knock-on effects on performance. There's an important side to training and improving that GPS and optical sensors can't capture, and that's the emotional, subjective side. Checking one app instead of two or three sounds like a much better solution to us. Once accounts are linked in the My Apps & Devices menu, a quick tap of the "Sync" button will ensure all your info is current. So if you're a runner who likes to use different devices for different purposes, for example Moov for cross training and Garmin for training runs, UA Record is a great way to aggregate all your training data in one place. It also plays nice with apps like MyFitnessPal, Samsung's S Health and Google Fit. You can link an Apple Watch and make use of its heart-rate tracker and activity tracking abilities, or sync data from Garmin, Fitbit, Jawbone, Misfit, Suunto, Polar and Moov devices. It welcomes data from a wide variety of the third-party apps and devices. The UA HealthBox package is billed as a comprehensive fitness tracking ecosystem, but the companion UA Record app is far from a walled garden.
