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Sports might be about getting fit, but that doesn’t mean it’s not without its gadgets. Whether you’re 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 nike plus. The Nike+ SportBand watch face is a detachable link that captures all the run data from a sensor located in the runner’s 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
We’ve had camera-focused phones, we’ve 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 aren’t 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 pounds and means you’ll be singing underwater as you do length after length.

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It’s not true that people have an innate dislike for accomplishing fitness goals. The problem perhaps is the goals themselves. According to Gregory D. McCollum, co-owner of the Training Loft, a private personal training studio in Chicago:

“Start slowly, but do it with zeal. Ninety percent of all fitness programs work if you simply apply yourself. You will see a positive change in yourself by improving your cardiovascular health, increasing your flexibility and building up your strength.”

Starting out right

The first thing to do is to acquire a fitness evaluation. This can be gotten from your local gym or from your doctor. After getting the results, get a good trainer to tailor a fitness program that would match your needs.

If your cardiovascular health needs improving, you can readily engage in power walking. Power walking with constant and rhythmic pumping of the arms and legs can raise the heart rate and burn calories. Get a pedometer so you can see your “progress” immediately.

Other exercises

If you want to tone your thighs and your buttocks, consider doing lunges. Lunges can easily be carried out in hallways or in any long strip of space where you can go backward and forward easily. At work, consider using the stairs when going to upper floors. It might take longer, but it will be good exercise. Eventually, going up three floors would be as easy as one, two, and three.

If you have a pre-existing membership to a fitness club or a locally gym, take advantage of exercise equipment there. Forget “bulking up” during the first few weeks. Lose as much fat as you can first by engaging in aerobic exercises like treadmills and stationary bikes. If you can engage in exercise for 30 to 40 minutes in this equipment, you’re well on your way to improving your cardiovascular fitness.

Real health threats

According to Stephanie Kong, author of A Minute for Your Health: The ABC’s for Improved Health and Longevity:

“Two out of three people will die from cardiovascular disease or cancer. Eating too much fat contributes to both. Most Americans, even slim ones, eat too much fat. Why take the risk? It’s time you discovered how delicious low-fat eating can be.”

More fish, please!

One easy way to balance the good and bad cholesterol in one’s diet is by eating more fish. Once you fill up on good sources of protein like fish, high-fat red meats won’t be as satisfying. There are plenty of recipes floating around the Internet to make fish more interesting. Frying, filleting and roasting are only three of many ways to cook fish.

McCollum advises regarding brisk walking, the urge of bingeing and cooking at home:”Take a brisk walk when you feel a binge is coming on. You’ll find it refreshing, and you’ll lose weight. Cook more at home. That way you can control the quality of your food and you can control portion sizes. You are the only person who can prevent you from meeting your goals.”You’ve heard the experts; now it’s time to turn those fitness goals into reality.

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The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body thanks to Wii Fit and the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board, which comes bundled with it. Used together players will experience an extensive array of fun, dynamic and surprisingly challenging activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and balance oriented games. The focus of these activities is towards providing a “core” workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions, but it’s the fun approach to fitness of Wii Fit that will keep players hooked on fitness for years to come.Have fun while you get fitThe Wii Balance Board.View larger.Calculate your BMI and Wii Fit age.View larger.Enjoy a wide variety of mini-games.View larger.Follow your own personal trainer.View larger.Track your progress against friends.View larger.The Wii Fit Balance BoardThe primary tenet of Wii Fit is balance. Your center of balance, the point between your left and rig (more…)

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at the absolute top of your game?Have you thought about what the commitment might be?Have you considered what dietary changes you’d need to make?It doesn’t matter what your preferred sports activity might be there is always room for improvement. Many amateur athletes turn to diet and nutrition to improve their performance.While diet and nutrition are indisputably the backbone of any training program, the problem is getting the (more…)

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Are you among the “Sandwich Generation”? By that, I mean people who are both rearing children and also caring for an ailing parent.

If so, it’s likely that you’re experiencing a great deal of pressure from the large number of competing demands placed upon you daily by your loved ones – and that doesn’t even include the ones coming from your career and your employer.

Do you ever think you’re always doing things for the other members of your family, leaving no time for yourself. You’re constantly driving the kids to school and sports functions, or transporting your parents to doctors and other elder services, but you never seem to have any time to sit down, breathe, put your feet up, and read a good book, watch tv, or simply take a nap.

In fact, even if there were a sliver of time in your day to do such things, chances are you wouldn’t do them anyway, because to do so would make you feel guilty – as if you were ignoring your duty and your responsiblity to your family.

I used to feel that way too – that I was always the one who needed to surrender my time, energy and fun in order to take care of the family.

Then, one night I was watching the TV show, Baywatch – an episode where one of the lifeguards had swum out underneath a dock in very heavy seas, with the surf slapping forcefully against the posts of the jetty. The inexperienced lifeguard came to the point where he realized that the surf were so strong that they were pushing him and his rescued swimmer toward an inevitable collision with one of those posts.

His initial inclination was that he should set his body between the incapacitated swimmer and the pilings and let his body take the burden of whatever impact might occur. But, then he understood that if he were to do that, he might be knoced out – or otherwise, seriously harmed. If that were to happen, the chances were very good that they would both die.

So, he quickly came to the realization that if either of them had to get smashed against the piling, it would have to been the person he was rescuing. He needed to remain strong, and alert, in order to ensure that they both made it to shore, and to safety.

I took a lesson from that show, and have since applied it to my life in both personal and work situations.

As counter-intuitive as it may seem, when the caregiving situation is so critical, it is imperative that the caregiver remain healthy and strong. Not many of us are faced with the lifeguard’s decision about to allow to be banged around the pilings, but many of us are faced – on a daily basis – with decisions about doing things for ourselves to rest, recuperate. and in general, to disentangle from the extreme pressures of the caregiver’s existence.

I recommend that you take the time necessary for yourself to keep your immune system healthy, to keep your viewpoint positive and your spirits cheerful; otherwise, you will not be helping the people you care most about, but rather, you will begin to add to the problems that are already present.

The moral of this story is that the one who is responsible to ensure the well-being of others must be a little bit selfish when it comes to ensuring his or her mental and physical health – and continuing ability to take care of the rest of the family.

So, be sure to take time for yourself – and don’t feel apologetic about it when you do.

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