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19 best fitness trackers and watches for women, tried and tested
These expert-tested fitness watches will help you smash your goals
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Whether you’re looking to level up your fitness routine in 2024, or you want a trusty sidekick to monitor your health habits, investing in one of the best fitness or sports watches can help you stay motivated and smash your goals.
Don't just take our word for it – studies have shown that the best fitness trackers can improve both your motivation levels and daily activity. Beyond standard activity tracking, today’s new-gen models can do it all, from taking calls and playing music to monitoring your heart rate, tracking sleep and keeping tabs on your stress levels.
But how do you find the right one for you? Wearable tech is uber personal, so it’s important to choose something that’s relevant to your lifestyle. If you’re not going to use fancy features such as built-in GPS, for instance, what’s the point in shelling out for it?
To give you a helping hand, our expert editors strapped on the best of the best fitness watches to find the ones worth your time.
How we tested these fitness watches
Our team put more than 40 of the best fitness watches to the test, to bring you this edit of the best of the bunch.
The top performers were all accurate when measuring steps taken and distance travelled, and provided useful stats when worn during running, CrossFit workouts, dance and tennis sessions. They looked good, felt comfortable and didn’t run out of juice too quickly.
19 best fitness watches for women 2024
Priyankaa is our senior health and wellness writer, specialising in expert-tested reviews and roundups on the latest health and fitness products. From walking boots to running machines, Priyankaa has written about hundreds of products and is passionate about providing in-depth, unbiased reviews. Plus, as an avid runner and gymgoer, she knows exactly what to look for when finding the right gymwear, fitness tracker or earphones.
Priyankaa has an MA in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University and over five years’ experience in health and fitness journalism. Priyankaa has written for Stylist’s Strong Women Training Club, where she regularly wrote about diversity in the fitness industry, nutrition tips, training advice and her experience completing various fitness challenges.
She has also written for a variety of publications including Business Insider, Glamour, Bustle, Metro, HuffPost UK, gal-dem and more.
Outside of work, Priyankaa can usually be found trying out a new gym class, seeking out London's best eats or watching a Spanish TV show in a bid to keep up her language skills.
Bridie is Fitness Editor at Women's Health UK. She spends her days sweating over new workouts, fitness launches and the best home gym kit so you have all that you need to get fit done. Her work has been published in Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and more. She’s also a part-time yoga teacher with a habit of nodding off mid savasana (not when she’s teaching, promise).
Yanar has spent 15 years as a health and wellness editor and writer for national titles such as Women’s Health, Men’s Health and Runner’s World. Yanar is a 580-hour yoga therapist, 200-hour yoga teacher and level 3 personal trainer at Yanar Mind & Movement. After years of running races and marathons, she discovered CrossFit and Olympic lifting in her mid-30s and fell in love with training and competing. She now advocates strength training for women to build a stronger body for life and the benefits of nervous system regulation for better physical and mental health. When not training, teaching or writing, she can be found experimenting in the kitchen.
Jodie is our Health and Fitness product tester. She runs tests on a wide variety of products, including gym leggings, walking boots, fitness trackers and more. Jodie has managed the testing for 577 products to date, including working with over 600 panellists.
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