We have seen a wide variety of fitness gadgets on the market this year, which all claim to have a unique method to helping you maintain that healthy lifestyle. The usual attributes consist of: –         Calorie counting –         Counting movement –         Monitoring body mass –         Cost However it is widely recognised, that being constantly told to keep going and always trying to ‘one up’ your previous performance, can in fact have a negative effect on your health. Sometimes you need … Read entire article »

The Omegawave Personal – the fatigue monitoring chest-strap and app designed to push users to their very limits and understand their optimum times to train. Once up and about in the morning apply the chest-strap and within 2 minutes Omegwave will get underway, syncing with your smartphone and supplying a whole host of data, which resembles your bodies cardiac output. This is great for understanding patterns of fatigue levels and helping to create a productive … Read entire article »

Moves, the popular smartphone app, which monitors your fitness without the need of expensive gadgets and long configurations, this week launched its latest edition 2.0 compatible with iPhone 5s. The activity tracker capitalises on Apple’s motion detector (M7 chip), to enable constant tracking of the users steps taken, distance ran and distance cycled. For those who are using handsets with the absence of the M7 chip, the activity users undertake is monitored via a software in … Read entire article »

Another product to break into the market encouraging consumers to wear their technology is the Misfit Shine fitness tracker. The first product from a company that was co-founded by former Apple CEO, John Sculley took their name Misfit Wearable’s from by coincidence the company was first launch on the day of Steve Job’s death. Misfit is considered a tribute due to one of Apples signature adverts, “Here’s to the Crazy Ones”. The Misfit Shine is arguably a … Read entire article »

Basis the popular fitness tracker has now launched an all-new and improved software set to make monitoring your health and fitness even easier. The new development called the Body IQ enhances the tracking capabilities of its Basis B1 wrist monitor, which now gives it the ability to understand the users different types of activity. The Basis B1 can now differentiate between a stroll and a jog and immediately detects when the user is riding a … Read entire article »

Just two months shy of Christmas, Pebble today announced a new iOS7-compatible app for their existing smartwatch. The device will soon bring notifications directly from an iPhone to a user’s wrist. It allows the user to receive alerts directly from their iPhone, which means you’ll never miss an email, text message, Facebook status or tweet again. Pebble are not new to this space and already has an app for Android devices. The new iOS app is … Read entire article »

The trend of city cycling is heating up due the changing trends towards Single and Fixed road bikes. Recycling your old Peugeot or BSA is now considered individual and chic. A clear example of the demand for refurbished styled bikes is plain for all to see from the amount seen cruising on the commute in London. If you’re not riding a single gear bike, in some groups you shouldn’t consider yourself a city rider. However, not every rider in … Read entire article »

With the worlds cycling community adopting a variety of bespoke cycling mobile applications, it was only a matter of time until it became a competition. STRAVA has been considered to be transforming this space through the adoption of a social environment that encourages a competitive edge to a rider’s route. Traditionally, cycling devices and applications focus on distance, speed, duration, cadence and elevation. This is where STRAVA is different. It seeks to introduce a rider to … Read entire article »

We’ve seen countless wearable fitness gadgets hit the shelves in the past couple of years, with the main players being the likes of Nike Fuelband and Jawbone, helping create an estimated $4.6 Billion industry. Due to the upsurge within this market, it now makes creating new product noise extremely competitive. With that in mind, companies must now look to create a more augmented product, keeping the popular tracking and monitoring features of wearable technology, but also … Read entire article »