Category: Fitness
9 bright & functional cycling accessories for summer (part 2/2)
Welcome to part two of Shiny Shiny's summer cycling round-up! This time I've tried and tested some fantastic accessories, and again, they're all chosen with safety and style in mind where possible. Click here to read part one, which is a round-up of bright and colourful clothing for female cyclists. 1. Overboard waterproof yellow pannier, £39.99 This…
Top 5 Women’s swimming goggles for the pool and sea: including Zoggs Predator Flex Mirror and Aquasphere Vista
It’s summer time which means its time to invest in a new cozzie and, if you are serious about swimming, a pair of decent goggles. Chris Price looks at five designs for women which are definitely worth checking out.
Jabra launches wireless headset with built-in HIIT coaching
This week audio company Jabra has lifted the lid on its latest piece of tech, the Jabra Sport Coach. A headset that wants to be your personal trainer and your audio BFF.
Acer unveils two new fitness wearables: the Liquid Leap Curve and Liquid Leap Fit
At Acer’s global press conference at 4 World Trade Center today, the brand unveiled two new fitness wearables to add to their Liquid Leap line of bracelets: the entry-level Liquid Leap Fit, and the fashion-conscious Liquid Leap Curve.
Swimmo smartwatch launches on Kickstarter. Available to backers later in the year
There are lots of smart watches out there for general fitness as well as for specific sports such as running and cycling. However the appropriately named Swimmo claims to be the first specifically-designed smart watch for both pool and open water swimmers. True, there are watches available from Speedo and from smaller companies like the…
Gadget Show Live 2015: iFit announces new transformer watches, unveils Altra smart runnning shoe
Not surprisingly wearables were everywhere at this year's Gadget Show Live 2015. One wearables company which looked particularly interesting is US company iFit which took the opportunity to announce seven new wearables in the UK for 2015, including activity trackers with heart rate monitoring, lifestyle watches to be worn from the office to the gym, and…
Gadget Show Live 2015: Kito case lets you monitor vital signs including heart and lung functions via Apple iPhone 5/5S
Here's a genuinely interesting product that we found at the Gadget Show Live at the NEC. It's a health tracker case that enables you to monitor vital signs such as heart rate, ECG oxygen saturation levels, temperature and pulse rate. Sensors are built into the case that take the readings from your fingers and transfers…
ClassPass London review: a one-stop shop for fitness classes in London
We were pretty happy when ClassPass crossed the pond and launched in London last month, giving us capital-dwellers the opportunity to try out their pick-n-mix approach to fitness classes. So we dived straight in to see how we got on with it - here's our ClassPass review. How does ClassPass work? You pay a monthly fee…
You can pre-order the Microsoft Band fitness tracker now
After being available in the US for a while, the Microsoft Band is now about to hit the UK. It’s a fitness wearable that can measure your heart rate, sleep quality, number of steps taken, and calories burned. Connecting it to the accompanying app lets you see all this health info in detail. You can…
Enjoy unlimited fitness classes in London with the just-launched ClassPass
We've been looking jealously across the pond for a while now at ClassPass, an American fitness movement that lets you pay a flat fee every month for unlimited classes at a whole range of studios. Well, thank the fitness gods, it's just launched in London and we're pretty happy about it. ClassPass has more than 25…
