My wife bought a Garmin and for ages I looked at it with pure envy. ⌚😂
My wife bought a Garmin and for ages I looked at it with pure envy. ⌚😂
Not normal envy either.
Proper goblin-mode tech envy.
I kept side-eyeing it thinking:
“That little glowing rectangle knows things…” 👀
Eventually I thought:
“Hang on… this would dovetail ridiculously well with RRMS and my inner nerd powers.” 🤣
So St1gzy entered the chat and got one.
Now I’m convinced Garmin hired actual wizards instead of software engineers.
The Body Battery feature is basically dark sorcery.
It tracks:
sleep
stress
heart rate
recovery
activity
…and somehow predicts whether you’re about to:
conquer the world or
need a lie down after making toast.
And annoyingly… it’s usually spot on.
Before pacing I treated every day like an action film montage.
Gym. Work. Kids. DIY. Zero brakes.
Then suddenly my body would blue-screen itself by 4pm. 💀
Now I wake up and consult the sacred wrist oracle.
Garmin: “Battery 82.”
Me: “Excellent. We ride at dawn.” ⚔️
Garmin: “Battery 11.”
Me: “Understood. Survival mode. Minimal stair usage. Emergency Weetabix protocol.” 🥣🤣
The mad thing is how accurate the sleep tracking is.
Garmin: “You slept terribly.”
Me: “No I didn’t.”
Garmin: “You were awake at 2:17am negotiating with a toddler like a hostage mediator.”
Me: “…fair assessment.”
What surprised me most with RRMS is pacing isn’t weakness at all.
It’s performance management.
Formula 1 cars pit.
Phones go into low power mode.
Even Superman occasionally sits near a glowing rock.
Humans are no different.
And exercise genuinely CREATES energy for me.
Sometimes I feel exhausted, do 6 mins on treadmill, and suddenly my nervous system reconnects like someone restarted the WiFi router in my spine. 🔌😂
You absolutely do NOT need a Garmin either.
You can pace cheaply by:
keeping regular sleep
tracking fatigue patterns
noticing stress build-up
not spending tomorrow’s energy today
But the watch gives receipts. 📈
Honestly the most humbling experience on earth is a tiny wrist computer basically saying:
“St1gzy… respectfully… today you are not a Spartan warrior. You are a sentient jacket potato.” 🥔🤣
