The amount of time we spend sat down is quite frankly ridiculous, from the breakfast table, during our commute, at an office desk, and then back home in front of the television it makes up nearly the entire day without exercise.  Ok granted that’s not everyone’s daily routine, but you catch our drift. One of the new crazes that’s currently trying to take off is the standing desk, which as you can imagine, keeps you stood … Read entire article »

The amount of wearable tech that is being released in this day and age means we can track, control and monitor nearly every aspect of our lives. Most manufacturers of wearable health tech design their products to look almost futuristic, creating a slim-line, unimposing device so it stands out and makes people question what it is. But what is there on the market for people who don’t want to appear from Star Wars? Withings, best known … Read entire article »

With the boom in wearable technology over the past 12 months, monitoring nearly every aspect of our lives is now accessible. However when you purchase a product the honeymoon period of wearing it everyday and the excitement of monitoring its progress soon becomes a bit tedious and we forget about them. A lot of this is down to the fact they simply require too much from us, when consumers are actually trying to simplify there … Read entire article »

Sony has finally announced their latest fitness tracker the SmartBand, which promises to offer so much more than your everyday output monitor. It was publicised earlier this year at CES that the device would be made available in the U.S. and it’s currently retailing for $99 via the Sony online store. Ever since the news was release Sony have heavily pushed the fact that the device is a life tracker and not a fitness tracker. It … Read entire article »

Nokia announced yesterday that its latest range of Lumia devices, starting with the new Nokia Lumia 630 & 635 would now be adopting the updated versions of Bing Health & Fitness app that comes adapt with pedometer support. Through this new feature, the devices will be able to work as fitness gadgets in excess to the functions of a normal handset. Bing Health & Fitness app helps users to understand and monitor their activity output by … Read entire article »

Summer is here and so is the time where a lot of our training and exercise shifts from air-conned gyms to the heat driven sun and along with all the last minute trainers getting fit for their holidays, this makes for a busy time in the fitness industry. One of the main highlighted areas for enhancement is in body monitoring, due to the fact that when you take to the roads running, no longer can you … Read entire article »

After constant rumours spreading for a couple of week, it was finally confirmed yesterday that startup Wello will be acquired by weight management chain Weight Watchers. Wello, the startup that connects people with personal trainers to receive private fitness consultations through online video chat, has been a target of Weight Watchers for some time as they aim to become more active in the digital weight loss market. The fee, which Wello was acquired for, remains undisclosed … Read entire article »

Whenever we think of apps, initially the likes of Angry Birds and Twitter spring to mind which subconsciously proves we associate apps purely with consumers. However there is a whole market out there, which develops and utilises mobile applications for the B2B beneficiations. One of these is mobile apps is Voluntis, who have designed an application, which works alongside pharmaceutical and medical professionals to aid them with diabetes management. The company developed the software back in … Read entire article »

When it comes to fitness trackers, enthusiasm is high when we first start using them, but once the novelty wears off after a couple of months they just become another one of many items to rid themselves to the clutter drawer. Other problems that occur – especially for wrist worn trackers – include accuracy in the form of understanding the users movements, which all in all has to make you question whether they are worth … Read entire article »

Over the last couple of months the Christmas serge of people trying to get into shape has proven to be well and truly over, however gyms across the country are now bracing themselves for the serge of two-months-max trainers who will delude themselves into believing they will get that dream body by the time they hit the beach in July. The issue is that people don’t have the incentive to keep working out continuously throughout the … Read entire article »