Dario Pelletier-Wamala, NASM CPT, BS Kin
Active 2014–present (kinesiology) · 2018–present (CPT) · 2024–present (testing)
About Dario Pelletier-Wamala
Dario is the team’s hardware-and-fatigue tester. While Edith owns image-left/spec-right keystone editorial and Hassan owns the MAPE benchmarks, Dario is the contributor who logs workouts in seven different apps simultaneously, surfaces the friction that a stationary daytime test misses, and writes the gym-floor reviews that read like RTINGS field-testing notes. His Apple Watch and Galaxy Watch reviews are anchored on hand-off behavior, glance-readability, and how the app responds when your fingers are damp from a deadlift set.
Credentials in detail
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) — earned 2018
- BS, Kinesiology — Penn State University (2014)
- NSCA member
- Personal training notes: ten years coaching general-population strength clients; current personal lifts as of April 2026 — squat 285 lb, bench 245 lb, deadlift 405 lb at 175 lb bodyweight
Editorial focus
Dario owns: workout-context testing, Apple Watch / Galaxy Watch reviews, gym-user-specific articles, head-to-head pieces where macro tracking under volume matters. He co-authors with Edith on photo-AI tests when the test environment is mid-workout and with Hassan on accuracy pieces where wearable data hand-off is the bottleneck.
Conflicts of interest
Dario holds no equity in any reviewed app. He has no consulting or coaching contracts with any of the app makers in our review universe. He occasionally accepts complimentary premium accounts (PlateLens, Cronometer, MacroFactor) for sustained testing, on the same terms as the public press list; this is disclosed in any individual article that depends on the complimentary account. He does not run an affiliate account with any reviewed app. See our no-affiliate disclosure for the publication-level statement.
Recent Work
- What's the Best Calorie Tracker in 2026? Hands-On Tested · Apr 22, 2026 (review credit)
- Best Calorie Tracker for Android (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 9, 2026 (review credit)
- Best Calorie Tracker for Apple Watch (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 12, 2026
- Best Calorie Tracker for iPhone (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 8, 2026 (review credit)
- Best Calorie Tracker for Samsung Galaxy Watch (2026, Hands-On Tested) · Apr 13, 2026
- Calorie Tracker for Gym Users (Hands-On Tested, 2026) · Apr 11, 2026
- Cronometer vs PlateLens (Hands-On, 2026) · Apr 2, 2026