A new study of seven major fitness trackers finds that calorie counts are often wildly inaccurate. Researchers at Stanford University launched a study of 60 volunteers sporting Apple Watch, Basis Peak, Fitbit Surge, Microsoft Band, Mio Alpha 2, PulseOn and the Samsung Gear S2. Six of the devices measured heart rate accurately — with an […]
The first wireless heart rate monitor was the Polar Sport Tester PE 2000, which was released in 1982. As you can imagine, the entire fitness tracking and wearables industry has significantly evolved since then. For as long as human beings have participated in varying forms of fitness they have kept track of fitness statistics in […]
Everyone, get ready to stop wearing your fitness trackers in a few years and instead start swallowing them. If Jawbone, a wearable fitness tech company, is correctly telling the future, this is exactly what could happen down the road. Jawbone’s CEO, Hosain Rahman, said at the Code/Mobile conference last week that Jawbone is currently conceiving developing […]
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a wearable fitness tracker that measures both strength and motion? Well, gym-goers are in luck, because GYMWATCH has launched their very own fitness tracker that does precisely that. This new product was designed with personal training goals in mind and allows for people to try and take their workout regimens […]
