There are loads of smartphone compatible health and fitness accessories out there. Here is a list of 10 fitness gadgets (and accessories) to get you in the best shape of your life.
Fitbit has made quite a name for itself with its range of fitness accessories as many people have become obsessed with ‘gamifying’ their lives.
The latest device from the company, the Fitbit Flex, is a fitness tracking wristband, which keeps track of how many steps you take, how far you’ve travelled and how many calories you’ve burned.
If you sleep with it, it can even track the amount and quality of your sleep. In the morning, it can wake you up with vibrations, which is both a gentle way to rise and won’t wake up your partner.
It’s water resistant; so, you can take it almost anywhere and it has a fairly minimalist design, lacking even a display.
But if you want to see your stats, you can just link it up to the Fitbit app forAndroid, iOS and Windows Phone, where you can then see all those stats along with your long-term progress and it even has a section for logging your food.
You can also sync your data with select third party apps such as Runtastic.
If you’d rather have a display on your fitness tracker, you could always opt for the Fitbit One instead, which has similar features and a little screen.
Nike+ Fuelband SE
Nike has also embraced fitness bands and the Nike+ Fuelband SE is the product of its labour. However, where Nike’s offering differs from competitors is in its use of ‘NikeFuel’, which is what it gives you in exchange for carrying out activities.
You can set a target daily ‘NikeFuel’ amount and then the Fuelband will use 20 coloured LED’s to show you how close you are to reaching it, turning from red to green as you approach your goal.
The new SE version even allows you to track different activities more accurately through ‘Sessions’.
It uses an accelerometer to judge how active you’ve been and it can also show you how many steps you’ve taken or how many calories you’ve burned.
It looks surprisingly stylish and can even display the time, so you can ditch your watch. It’s also water resistant and has a five-day battery life.
You can get even more functionality by Bluetooth pairing it with the iOS app, after which you can sync it to the app and then see a breakdown of your activity over the last week, month or year.
It can also further incentivise you by showing unlocked achievements and you can change your daily fitness goal straight from the app.
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