What if I don't have a smartwatch that records heart rate? Can I still benefit from training with TrainAsONE?

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What if I don't have a smartwatch that records heart rate? Can I still benefit from training with TrainAsONE?

By Dr. Sean Radford•20th May 2025

While heart rate data from a device is ideal, TrainAsONE's AI is robust and still provides extremely effective training plans based on pace and all the other variables that it considers and monitors.

Having heart rate data from your activities does allow the AI to make more precise adjustments to your training, but under common conditions the eventual difference in outcomes are not significant enough to be concerned about.

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