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Pokémon GO fitness gains were short-lived

Published December 14, 2016

gogogo During the supreme madness of the Pokémon GO season this summer, it wasn’t uncommon to hear people talk about how the insanely popular game was boosting activity levels and making people walk miles more than they did before. That effect appears to have been significantly overstated, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Read More

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Zwift merges indoor fitness with massive multi-player online gaming

Published October 21, 2016

screen-shot-2016-10-21-at-12-26-30-pm At its core, Zwift is indoor cycling software. But layered on top of its functionality is a community that in the two years the company has been operating has grown in both scale and shear strength. At an event at Rapha’s cycling in SF, I found myself surrounded by core users proudly flaunting their team names and meeting, often not for the first time. Even Barry Bonds showed up to… Read More

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The mPod is a 3-D body scanner coming to a gym near you

Published September 27, 2016

la_fitness_mpod Looking in the mirror or stepping on a scale can tell us much about our bodies and wellbeing, but not with the greatest precision.
Now, a Sydney, Australia-based company called mPort is bringing its mPod body scanners to gyms and malls in the U.S., where they think users will be interested in getting granular data about their bodies.
The mPod, which looks like a large photo booth or a small… Read More

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Passive Fitness Tracking App Human Comes To Android

Published January 5, 2016

Hand_dashboard_01 Human has been quite popular on iOS, and Android users can now rejoice as the app is now available on the Play Store. As a reminder, Human is a passive app designed to help you stay healthy with a simple goal. Every day, you need to move for 30 minutes or more, and keep up with this simple habit. The company calls this the ‘Daily 30′ and will gently nudge you when you hit your goal… Read More

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Fitness Wearable And Coaching Startup GOQii Lands $13.4M Series A From NEA And Cheetah Mobile

Published November 26, 2015

GOQii Wearable fitness trackers are becoming increasingly popular, but a lot of them are quickly abandoned after the novelty of tracking exercise and sleep wears off. GOQii, however, believes it has landed on the winning formula for long-term success. The Menlo Park, California and Mumbai-based company just raised a $13.4 million Series A, which it will use to expand in the U.S. and China. Read More

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Bowflex Max Trainer M5 Review: Connected, Intense Exercise In A Relatively Compact Package

Published October 5, 2014

IMG_4925 A blogger’s life is not the most active lifestyle possible for a human; tech bloggers probably get the most exercise walking to and from the post office to retrieve packages they missed at home or to ship things back out. If you don’t have a standing desk, you probably barely even rise out of your seat at a job where the Internet is your main medium, source and subject. The chance… Read More

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The Tech Behind 50 Cent’s New SMS Audio Fitness Tracking Earbuds

Published August 14, 2014

12053482093_d56f795e6d_k 50 Cent’s SMS Audio is holding an event in NYC tonight, but the cat’s out of the bag: the product to be unveiled is a new fitness tracking in-ear headset, which is entirely Intel inside – the technology used was originally developed by Indira Negi, an Intel engineer who created Intel’s smart earbuds reference design, which is what the SMS Audio product will basically… Read More

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Movo Wave Wants To Make The Activity Tracking Wristband Affordable For All

Published August 6, 2014

MovoWave_1 The days of the $100+ activity tracker might be over; Movo, a consumer tech company out of NYC, is kicking off pre-orders today for a $29 wearable wrist band that tracks steps, distance traveled and calories burned, collecting and reporting that data via an iOS and Android app. The Movo Wave, as the device is called, is expected to launch this fall following its self-hosted pre-order campaign. Read More

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