![]() ![]() The recharge score itself is based on what Polar calls Sleep Charge and ANS (autonomous nervous system) Charge. A recharge score also provides a handy way of showing just how effective your night of snoozing was in terms of helping your recovery. On the flip side, the sleep tracking is decent too, outlining the different stages of sleep you’ve achieved each night. This can include your sleep quality, calories burned, and steps walked, as well as the Black Mark of Shame – a mark on the wheel that shows if you’ve been inactive for an entire hour. Each day, the Polar Flow app serves up a sort of pie chart which fills up throughout the day, depending on what you’ve achieved. The Unite’s occupied with easing you into being more active while keeping tabs on your exercises, fitness levels and sleep. Instead, you can track other miscellaneous workouts with the ‘other indoor/outdoor’ options. In addition to the lack of GPS, the Unite also won’t get the plethora of specific tracking options for other activities such as weightlifting and boxing, to name a few examples. The accuracy of this method will depend on your smartphone, as they’re all different.Ĭompared to our reference Garmin quatix 6x Solar (a high-end smartwatch), the Unite was around a thousand steps more generous a day on average. There’s no built-in GPS, so you’ll need your phone with you if you want to track your walking, running and cycling routes. It’s a good thing the Polar Flow app is so well polished, as we’d definitely recommend sifting through your stats on your smartphone, rather than fiddling around on the Unite’s screen.Īs mentioned before, this isn’t a device for hardcore athletes or stat fiends. The well-placed physical button helps things somewhat, letting you make selections, end workouts and return to the main screen, to name a few examples, but swiping through different options is still a chore, thanks to the poor responsiveness of the display. It’s by no means a dealbreaker, but combined with the fact that the display quite often fails to turn on on the first wrist flick, further adds to our frustrations. ![]() Not only that, but there’s a small delay in the auto-wake feature when raising your wrist to kick the screen into action. The Unite’s screen is frequently unresponsive and quite laggy, making for a rather frustrating user experience. Visuals aside, we were quite disappointed by the performance on offer. ![]() The resolution leaves a little to be desired though, with visible pixels and slightly jagged edges if you pay close enough attention. What it lacks in aesthetics, it makes up in brightness, and we had no problems making anything out, even in the midst of a blindingly hot July heatwave. Surrounded by a gargantuan bezel and a flat base, it’s definitely not the prettiest wrist-mounted display we’ve laid eyes on, but that’s understandable at this price point. “It really takes you from that super pumped up muscles work to the recovery phase,” says McKay.Shifting over to the business end of things, we have the screen. “The whole idea is to cross train, not do one repetitive movement, because that leads to injury,” says McKay, who grew up in Bucks County.Ĭardio intervals typically last between 30 and 40 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of free form strength training-meaning there are no machines-ending with a warm down of 15 minutes of yoga. They begin with cardio intervals, allowing members to choose between types, from running to spinning to rowing, with the goal of switching up across classes. It doesn’t create a community or a lifestyle that really makes an impact.”įrustrated, he developed the model for Unite, which goes through three fitness cycles in a one hour and 15 minute class. “How can we get all those benefits in one place? Gyms just didn’t cut it-everyone’s on their headphones. “When you’re playing a sport, you have a coach, teammates, nutrition,” he says. That vision “came down to helping people have higher levels of fitness, nutrition and happiness,” says the certified personal trainer and yoga instructor.Ī long-time athlete, McKay was used to being surrounded by a fitness team and found traditional gyms uninspiring. Founded by Gavin McKay in 2006, Unite Fitness eschews traditional gym values in place of a non-competitive community environment.Īfter leaving the corporate world in New York, McKay wanted to pursue something more personally fulfilling, coming up with the idea for Unite, originally known as Fusion. The cardio, strength and yoga combination focused studio is the first franchise for the company. Popular Philadelphia-based exercise concept Unite Fitness will open its first Main Line location in January. ![]()
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