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Let the weight loss games begin with SlimKicker
If you’re like me, the whole idea of using fitness or health apps always seems great. A few weeks later it’s a different story. I stop using them either through boredom or the regime I’m on has gone downhill. For many like me, an incentive always helps when it comes to trimming a few pounds. Enter SlimKicker, a free new iOS app that offers users the opportunity to win prizes whilst getting slimmer. In a nutshell, “SlimKicker … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Featured, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
Enlist the help of your own digital personal trainer with Pear Sports Square One
If you’re anything like me, an app or gadget that records how far you’ve run, the calories burned or where you’ve been is cool, but it isn’t enough to make me use it consistently. I always left wanting more. Enter Pear Sports Square One, a new fitness gadget that not only acts as a fitness tracker, but also becomes your very own digital personal trainer. Like competitors such as Adidas miCoach, Square One offers all of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Add competitive edge to your workouts with iPhone app Fitocracy
There’s nothing new about an app that allows you to track your workouts. Fitocracy, after huge success with a browser-based service, has launched a new iPhone app that brings everything you can expect from a fitness app, but adds a competitive edge. Fitocracy’s USP is the way it lets you go head-to-head with other users and friends. Earn points by logging fitness activities to earn badges or rank on a leaderboard. You can also follow your friends’ progress … Read entire article »
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RunKeeper gets social with ‘Healthy’ button
‘Tweet’ and ‘Like’ buttons can be found on pretty much every content site we visit nowadays. Well now, thanks to the fitness-tracking app Runkeeper, the ‘Healthy’ button will now be joining them. The fitness-tracking app launched a Healthy button and bookmarklet on Monday that gives it a social network feel. Users can now add content to their RunKeeper newsfeeds directly from sites that install the Healthy button. Although RunKeeper started out simply tracking users runs, its vision … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, CHS news, Facebook/Twitter, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Latest News, Mobile Phone Apps
CES 2012: Video demo of Valencell’s fitness monitoring technology
Over the past few months we’ve come across various gadgets that utilise in-ear technologies to get the most accurate health and fitness metrics (take a look at the Iqua Beat device we covered last week). At CES we also came across a company called Valencell, which aims to find out important physiological data from the wearer through their ear. Valencell has worked its technology into small earbuds that contain the all-important tiny sensors, they then collect the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
CES 2012: Video demo of the Iqua Beat fitness gadget
We first heard about the Iqua Beat a few weeks ago in the run up to CES, so we were keen to go find it on the show floor to see if it lived up to the hype. It certainly looks compact, it’s comfortable and easy-to-wear and most importantly its advanced technology means it’s going to give you only the best and most accurate results. Check out our hands-on demo of the Iqua Beat and its … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets
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