Life-tracking tools for a better, healthier you: Fuelband, Fitbit, UP compared If you want to track, monitor, and record all the details of your run, bike ride, swim, or other intense physical event, then there excellent devices on the market for your specific needs. For the other 23 hours of the day when you are walking to the office, sitting at your desk, going for a simple jog, walking the dog, and even sleeping then you may want to consider the Fitbit Ultra, Nike+ Fuelband, or Jawbone UP. I purchased and have been using all three for a period of time and this article brings all of my thoughts together in an attempt to help you make an informed choice.
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Putting Nike's FuelBand (and me) through the paces I have to hand it to Nike for its unique take on the growing fad of fitness-tracking devices. The FuelBand is Nike's stab at this segment, which others including the Jawbone Up and Motorola Mobility's MotoActv have already tread. But with production of the Up halted for a battery issue , and Motorola's product still a little-known niche device, there's a big opening in the market.
Running 101: Training With A Heart Rate Monitor Heart rate monitors are useful, but hardly essential. Many runners wear heart rate monitors while they run. Should you? Heart rate monitors are not the essential training tools that some advocates make them out to be. When used properly, they can be valuable training aids. Get In The Zone: The Pros Of Heart-Rate Training For Runners Learn how to utilize fat as fuel, improve efficiency and better gauge intensity by training in the right zones. When you think of an easy run, thoughts of runners cruising down the sidewalk, rocking out to the beat in their headphones at a comfortable clip probably come to mind. Unknowingly, however, most runners don’t really run all that easy on their easy runs. After a few warmup miles, many runners start to feel good and begin pushing the pace without even realizing it. What started out as an easy run may end up being a push to simply get it over with as quickly as possible. To help runners and other endurance athletes keep their easy runs easy and their hard workouts at the correct intensity, more and more coaches are relying on heart-rate training.
Basis: A Wellness Monitor and UI Design by Postmammal With the advent of smartphones, personal gps and mass social-media integration, life-tracking habits and devices are becoming more and more common, if not the norm. Much like the Nike Fuelband or the Jawbone UP, the wrist-worn Basis is a device that tracks wellness through heart rate and activity level. Basis however seems as if it will be more of a lifestyle tool and less of a gadget than others in the pack. Part of what creates that perception for me is this beautiful UI concept. These early design direction concepts for the website and interface create a place and experience that a user would want to interact with on a daily basis, to see both short and long-term results.
Three Heart-Rate Monitor Mistakes Everyone Makes Avoid these and you will be well on your way toward getting the most out of your device. A heart rate monitor can be a useful piece of training equipment. Heart rate is a reliable indicator of exercise intensity, so training with one can help you work hard enough but not too hard in each workout. But using this type of device will not automatically make your training more effective. As with any piece of equipment, there is a right way to use a heart rate monitor, and there are numerous possible mistakes you can make with it.
Hands on with the BodyMedia Core Armband health tracker If there’s one trend we’ve seen over the past few months when it comes to lifestyle tech products, it’s hands-down fitness and health tracking gadgets. Everyone is trying to come up with the best, most accurate, and yet easy-to-wear health and fitness gadget, and there is more than a handful of contenders. While I haven’t had a chance to check out all the gadgets yet, I did manage to get ahold of the BodyMedia Core Armband ($179) powered by IBM technology for some hands-on testing. Now I can give you the rundown on what I liked, what I didn’t like, and whether it’s worth buying.