Technology; (tai chi for beginners) Now Helping Us To Stay Fit And Healthy

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Monday, 08 December 2008

By Ben Needles

Sports might be about getting fit, but that doesnt mean its not without its gadgets. Whether youre running, cycling, snowboarding or swimming, gadgets can help you get the most out of training. Here are a couple of great gadgets that will maximise your training, helping you on the road to victory.

Nike SportBand.

The Nike SportBand allows runners to get real-time performance feedback during a run giving them information on their distance, pace, time and calories burned, in addition to gaining access to all of the features and tools on the nikeplus website.

The Nike SportBand watch face is a detachable link that captures all the run data from a sensor located in the runners Nike ready footwear and once a run is completed, the link plugs into a computer like a USB drive, so data can be tracked. The system also offers Nike Coach so beginners and intermediate runners can access existing programmes to train for a 5k, 10k, half-marathon or full marathon.

Orange e-diet.

Launching later in the year, the Orange e-diet is a text service in the UK that will allow you to monitor calories in the food you eat on the go. Users wanting to monitor what they eat will be able to text orange and get the calorie count back giving them the information of whether its good or bad for them before they buy.

Samsung miCoach fitness mobile phone.

Weve had camera-focused phones, weve had music-focused phones, and now Samsung is to launch a fitness-focused phone. Called the miCoach (F110), the quad-band slider handset will offer a dedicated fitness button that once connected to a heart rate monitor and a step counter will give you information about your heart beat, distance covered and time running when out on a run.

But rather than just record your information to download to a computer later, the phone, through the headphones, will give you running information on the fly by simply tapping the screen. Measuring your heartbeat, the phone will also tell you if you are running too fast or too slow, based on the fitness programme you have selected. The miCoach will offer over 220 training programmes via a fitness website ranging from plans focused towards you loosing weight or running a marathon and measure your running speed within four zones to best suit your training based on an initial assessment run.

Wii Fit.

The computer game from Nintendo means you can play computer games and get fit at the same time. The Wii Fit comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board. It senses weight and shift in balance in any direction and therefore by standing on the Wii Balance Board during activities allows players to follow along to movements ensuring they have full control of the on-screen activities.

There are four training categories including Aerobic Exercises, Muscle Workouts, Yoga and Balance Games that Nintendo claim will help you (and your friends/family) to develop bodily balance control ability, burn fat in the body, help tone and condition muscles, as well as help increase aerobic stamina. Within those categories there are over 40 different activities such as Hula Hoop, Ski Jump, Press-up Challenge, Rhythm Boxing, Rowing Squat, Lunge and classic Yoga poses such as Half Moon, Tree and Crocodile Twist.

H20 Audio headphones.

The H20 Audio headphones arent any old headphones, but waterproof headphones that let you listen to your iPod to a depth of up to 10ft, or 3m, thanks to waterproof housing and waterproof speakers. Robust enough for active watersports thanks to a behind-the-neck design, silicone earplugs, and a durable neckwrap to keep them in place they cost around 26.99 and means youll be singing underwater as you do length after length.

In the past technology has been accused of making us lazier. Clearly with the development of technologies such as these the move is towards using equipment to improve our fitness.

Sports might be about getting fit, but that doesnt mean its not without its gadgets. Whether youre running, cycling, snowboarding or swimming, gadgets can help you get the most out of training. Here are a couple of great gadgets that will maximise your training, portion you on the road to victory.

Nike SportBand.

The Nike SportBand allows runners to get real-time execution feedback during a run bountiful them entropy on their distance, pace, time and calories burned, in summation to gaining access to all of the features and tools on the nikeplus website.

The Nike SportBand watch face is a detachable link that captures all the run data from a sensing element located in the runners Nike ready footwear and once a run is completed, the link plugs into a computer like a USB drive, so data can be tracked. The arrangement also offers Nike Coach so beginners and intermediate runners can access existing programmes to train for a 5k, 10k, half-marathon or full marathon.

Orange e-diet.

Launching later in the year, the orange e-diet is a text serve in the UK that will allow you to monitor calories in the food you eat on the go. Users wanting to monitor what they eat will be able to text orange and get the calorie count back liberal them the data of whether its good or bad for them earlier they buy.

Samsung miCoach good shape mobile phone.

Weve had camera-focused phones, weve had music-focused phones, and now Samsung is to establish a fitness-focused phone. Named the miCoach (F110), the quad-band skidder handset will offer a consecrate seaworthiness push that once connected to a heart rate monitor and a step counter will give you info about your heart beat, distance covered and time running when out on a run.

But rather than just record your information to download to a computer later, the phone, through the headphones, will give you running play data on the fly by simply tapping the screen. Measuring your heartbeat, the phone will also tell you if you are run too fast or too slow, based on the fitness programme you have selected. The miCoach will offer over 220 training programmes via a fitness website ranging from plans focused towards you loosing free weight or running a marathon and measure your running game speed within four zones to best suit your training based on an initial assessment run.

Wii Fit.

The computer game from Nintendo means you can play computer games and get fit at the same time. The Wii Fit comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board. It senses weight and shift in symmetry in any management and therefore by standing on the Wii Balance Board during activities allows players to follow along to movements ensuring they have full control of the on-screen activities.

There are four training categories including aerobic Exercises, Muscle Workouts, Yoga and Balance Games that Nintendo claim will help you (and your friends/family) to break bodily balance restraint ability, burn fat in the body, help tone and condition muscles, as well as help increase aerophilic stamina. Within those categories there are over 40 different activities such as Hula Hoop, Ski Jump, Press-up Challenge, beat Boxing, row Squat, Lunge and classic Yoga poses such as Half Moon, Tree and Crocodile Twist.

H20 Audio headphones.

The H20 Audio headphones arent any old headphones, but waterproofed headphones that let you listen to your iPod to a depth of up to 10ft, or 3m, thanks to waterproof caparison and waterproofed speakers. Robust enough for physical watersports thanks to a behind-the-neck design, silicone earplugs, and a long-lived neckwrap to keep them in place they cost around 26.99 and means youll be singing underwater as you do length after length.

In the past applied science has been accused of making us lazier. Clearly with the ontogeny of technologies such as these the move is towards using equipment to improve our fitness.

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About the Author (text)

Technology expert Thomas Pretty looks into how sports fitness news programs are increasingly reporting devices that work towards improving the user\'s health and wellbeing. To find out more please visit http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/sportsfitness

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