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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room 10 months of waiting after I personally pre-ordered this from Atlas I finally got it what's unique about this and why it's creating so much buzz Atlas claims this can read and differentiate your motions to determine what weightlifting exercise that you're doing of course test is for accuracy but more importantly I'll discuss the user experience is it easy to use is it streamlined does this provide useful data again I personally pay for this at the current price of two hundred and fifty dollars but you can click on the link in the video description below for the most updated prices so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room going over the physical parts this is truly a unique design the band is actually two pieces the band or strap and the Atlas itself there's no electronics in the physical band but only a magnetized area to snap and hold into place the Atlas surprisingly after my testing and I'm a relief to know now for light activities to more vigorous ones when weightlifting here the brains of the device stays attached also keep in mind it's not a deal breaker but because the design and the technology built-in here this can only go any left wrist at least for now before this was released one of the biggest areas of skepticism was how comfortable the Atlas would be unlike activity trackers from Fitbit Garmin or jawbone the Atlas watch style strap feels much more rugged and it's wider than most mainstream bands not a big deal since these sides and stiffer materials do provide better stability and when doing push-ups pull-ups military presses and similar exercises where my hands are bent slightly backwards the Atlas would sit flush against my arm and never got in the way despite what it looks like this might be protruding piece the Atlas was always comfortable and I've seen the comments from fans here on my channel no this cannot call my Megazord Pope regarding the brains of the device there's one physical button here on the side to activate the screen and to execute other actions on the back is the optical heart rate sensor which I'll test soon and last on the right is what every fitness band needs it's a micro USB port for charging regarding better life Atlas claims this should last up to a week if you're working out every day for an hour but for my personal test of leaving this on at a full battery letting it drain while it's in workout mode at lasted six hours in theory working out an hour each day that should have lasted of course six days and I would have to put a disclaimer on this being open and honest with my viewers here if you do leave the screen on when not working out without the heart rate sensor even on as well the Atlas does drain battery very fast the Atlas just simply isn't meant to be an all-day activity tracker there's also no sleep tracking there's no distance measured and there's no sleep monitoring as well the Atlas is just really meant to be worn only when you do workout but going back to that USB ports although exposed Atlas believes the tracker is capable of up to thirty meters of water resistance and with my test although exposed the Ben has been working fine after being submerged under water taking a look at the touch screen it's not the tie touch screen where you can swipe and slide your fingers across to move around instead it's broken down into three areas to tap which has been very responsive also note this is using a dot matrix display which is a bit traditional it's not a fancy or colorful screen like smartwatches or the more advanced activity bands out there but I personally did it mine and regarding any flick when you see in this video here in person you do not see this at all this is only because the different frame rates cameras uses in recording that causes this effect not on the front you have your date and time which is pretty straightforward tapping right lets you go into your plan to coach the workouts if you look to the right of the screen in the app which I'll go over soon each workout has several sets of exercises you can perform you can select in the app which plan workouts you want synched to the band now once synced and looking at the Atlas you then follow and perform the workouts as provided on the display you also have the ability to create your own custom workouts as well which provides you with more unlimited sessions to perform or a plan that you can set up before going into the gym but backing out here and going into the next section which is freestyle this is where most folks have been intrigued tap freestyle and the band will start reading your movements automatically as of this video the band can only read 50 movements for the time being of course Atlas will be adding more throughout the year so for early adopters like myself here this might not have everything that you need but currently out of those fifty eleven are TRX Suspension Training movements while the remaining thirty nine either our bodyweight exercises or workouts with weights now one of the things that I needed to mention before each workout I would highly recommend going through the list on the app and selecting which workouts you intend and performing the reason being Atlas only remembers 15 movements at a time if it's bicep tricep day and obviously in that leg day you want to ensure that you have all your arm workouts you need synched it to the band what I'm trying to explain there's a little preparation required by the user prior to each workout now when I pre-order the Atlas I thought I would just wear this into the gym or whether since ooh my room and start working out and it wouldn't require my intervention but once it's synced though those 15 workouts can be viewed on the band itself to remind what it can track now during my time using the band the tracking and rep counting was impressive to witness and experience but getting over the amazement phase early on eventually start to shape might user experience now as you see in this video here each set I did were ten reps unless I indicate otherwise just to keep things simple for me and for you to follow along and some occasions did the Atlas mr. rapper too and on rare occasions with proper form and movement did the band register only two or three reps out of those ten now Atlas does compensate for those rare occasions where it doesn't miss a rep or two as after each set is completed you need to confirm which exercise you performed how many reps and it will ask you to enter in the weight you use again this is after every set in the end by the time you do sync the Atlas to your phone the rep counts should be accurate for sure I also randomly tested for false positives especially for those lifting heavier for those trying to squeeze in that last rep and it might not make it does the Atlas count though I did two pumps first which looked somewhat legit put the third through fifth pull-ups you can see I'm not even getting over hitting my head on the bar here and just wobbling everywhere the Atlas no once the camera focuses here did register a total of four pull-ups now this also occurred with other exercises I performed as well confirming false positives can be evidence in your case as well again before save me I could always edit the amount of reps just to make sure everything is clean cut before it goes to the app and the last only other issue that I've experienced and another fan of my Instagram experience this too in between sets picking up dumbbells and rear racking or moving your arms around to stretch in between sets the Atlas may register that as some form of random exercise movement and when you do look down there's a rep count of one or two sadly you cannot delete it from the physical band right then and there but you're forced to save it I usually save it as other with a rep in weight count of zero and once I get back to my phone I bent delete a pair again for the user experience I would have to manage my tracking once I get back to the app to ensure it's accurate so overall from my user experience it works great and it does what it claims to do for majority of the time and looking at the big picture compared to anything else on the market this is for sure the best weight lifting recognition and rep counting band available despite more user input and management than I first initially thought now all I want to do was provide a realistic illustration and how the Atlas performed and let you know what you may encounter hopefully after my video here there's no false expectations if you decide to purchase but now there's one more component that is equally benef official to the physical ban itself it's the app I'm the main page here at the very top features two options your workouts performed and the planned workouts selecting the right side this is where you go to sync coach mode select the 15 exercises for freestyle mode which we went over and to create a custom workouts really straightforward here now by heading back to my workouts the day you worked out is on the very top I noticed there wasn't a weekly or monthly calendar with all the data combined which would be really cool absolutely great considering those using the pen and paper method a traditional method doesn't really have the ability to do that moving down and the left indicates how many calories you've burned during this workout average heart beat per minute and how long you worked out for to the right is a heat map indicating which muscle groups you've worked and sliding down there's your entire list of workouts actually performed during that workout session the exercise name reps and how many pounds are all indicated here if you click on cardio and getting into the HR data you can see how your heart rate function over time and want to compare this to my polar h7 chest strap the band works out well and is accurate enough from my testing now less than the app is velocity which reveals a little yellow dot after each workout whether that eventually sits indicates if your toning your body or bulking up in muscle for me after seeing the simple diagram I personally want to go a little bit slower during my reps I personally really like this understated feature but that's really it for the Atlas band again despite the shortcomings for the user experience for the time being and compared to the rest of the bands on the market today again this is hands-down the best form recognition and rep counting band on the market currently I know a lot of you have been waiting for this band let me know what you think below what a pen and paper still be more convenient for you considering not all the workouts are available just yet or the Atlas and it's app would be more beneficial for you write your comments down below and if you're planning on purchasing click on my Amazon affiliate link below in the video description to check for the updated 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