Wearable Tech In Sport: Where Do We Draw The Line?

Aug 17

Episode: #011.

Frances & Laura.

Your friendly hosts & Almost Pro founders.

Smartwatches. GPS vests. Recovery rings. Heart-rate monitors. AI-powered coaching.

We have access to more data about our bodies than ever before — but where do we draw the line? In this episode of Almost Pro Bites, we’re diving into wearable technology in sport and asking whether all this data is actually making athletes better.

Wearables can help monitor fatigue, individualise training, track recovery and identify trends we simply couldn’t measure before.

But what happens when we start trusting the numbers more than our own bodies?

If your watch says you’re exhausted but you feel great, which one do you believe?

And when it comes to competition, the debate gets even more complicated. If a wearable is simply recording what’s happening, should an athlete be allowed to wear it? What happens as that technology becomes capable of analysing fatigue or providing information in real time?

At what point does measuring performance become enhancing performance?

In this episode, we explore:
⌚ The benefits of wearable technology for athletes and coaches
📊 Whether athletes are becoming too reliant on data
🧠 The importance of instinct and self-awareness
🏆 Where wearable tech belongs in competition
🤖 What happens as AI becomes more involved in athlete performance

Technology isn’t going anywhere.

The bigger question might be how we use it without losing the human side of sport.

What do you think? Are wearables making athletes better, or are we becoming too reliant on the numbers?

Stream Episode. 8:47mins.