AlterMe Review: Fitness Built Around My DNA

A reviewer wore AlterMe's smart ring and used its fitness app for six months, and says it built better habits; the DNA part underwhelmed.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 6:46 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026
Updated 11:56 AM ET · aired 2 times

Photo: Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by Wired: “AlterMe Review: Fitness Built Around My DNA”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 6:46 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA fitness app that builds your workouts around your genetics, and a Wired reviewer who wore its smart ring for six months to see if it works.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe says it helped him build better habits, which is lovely, but the genetic insights were less revealing than he'd hoped.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo for six months the ring knew his DNA and told him what his calendar already did: move more, sleep more.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMaybe the habits were the real gene all along.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlease don't put that on the ring.

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