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Shervin Shaikh, known as Shervin Shares on YouTube, is a fitness influencer known for testing and reviewing the latest products in the booming health and fitness technology industry.

With so much data at their fingertips, some question whether fitness technology can ultimately do more harm than good.

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00:00It's probably like 30 different watches, smart rings, bands, just in this drawer right here.
00:05So I have two Aura rings right now, and then I have a Fitbit, the new Fitbit Air, and then
00:10the Garmin Circa,
00:11and then the Whoop on this arm, so there's three.
00:14There's an invisible one as well?
00:16Exactly, and then just the Apple Watch on this side.
00:19When every choice becomes a data point, from sleep to heart rate variability,
00:22some question whether all that information ultimately does more harm than good.
00:27Has there ever been a time where you sat there and were like, oh, I have too much data?
00:31Always. For me specifically, like, do you really need to be wearing five, six devices? No.
00:35And I think there was one point where I was wearing two, like I was wearing an Apple Watch on
00:39a Whoop,
00:39and people were like, why are you wearing two watches?
00:41And now it seems like it's become more common where I see other people wearing two devices,
00:45and I guess I've become the guy who wears six devices.
00:47So many people think if I buy XYZ, you know, this gadget, this fitness tech is going to make me
00:53fit.
00:54Buying anything is not going to change your behavior.
00:56If we use the data to influence how we feel, then we forget how we feel,
01:00and I think how we feel is the biggest metric for how that day is going to go.

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