Get Fit, Connected and Productive with the Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health by WhichSmartWear & SmartWatchBooks

Author:WhichSmartWear & SmartWatchBooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LOTONtech Limited (as whichsmartwear.com)
Published: 2015-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

Band on the Run

Yes, this subsection heading is an allusion to the Paul McCartney and Wings song “Band on the Run”.

Despite not being a regular runner, I did also take a test “run”, on my daughter’s usual running route round the block, with the difference between the two of us being that I went one round while she went on to do another three laps. My figures came out as follows:

Distance: 1.25 miles

Duration: 12.02 minutes

Calories Burned: 190

Avg. Pace: 9’ 34”

Avg. HR: 144

Ending HR: 167

Recovery Time: 20h 22m (wow!)

Fitness Benefit: Improving (which just about says it all)

This not only tells me how fit or unfit I am; it also gives me some useful information that I wouldn’t have without the Band:

Calories burned per hour: 950 (compared with about 320 on my test walk, and about 80 while sleeping).

Calories burned per mile: 152 (compared with 92.25 while walking).

So I conclude that if I ran my regular walking route, I would burn 65% more calories over the same distance. And if I ran for my usual walking time – which is somewhat optimistic, I admit – I would burn almost three times as many calories.

The moral of the story? While I really enjoy walking, it’s not a particularly efficient form of exercise, so I really should be running instead. Microsoft Health tells me so.

It is said that running and other forms of aerobic exercise help to your lower blood pressure. I’m not sure how true this is in the long run (no pun intended), but I have observed that my blood pressure readings are always lower immediately after a run than they were immediately before the run—by at least 10 points on both the systolic (upper number) and diastolic (lower number) scales. Unfortunately I have to use a conventional blood pressure monitor to do the blood pressure readings, because – as far as I know – the Microsoft Band could not take blood pressure measurements unless it had some kind of inflatable cuff.

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