Moving out of the labs and into the streets, wearable technologies have the buzz as they begin to hit gyms and fitness enthusiasts attention. It’s called disruptive technologies and Google Glass is leading the buzzwaves. Moving from “swipes” to voice commands or head gestures or simple tap controls – the new head-up displays can capture…
Times have changed. In the old days, circa 1984 when I bought the first commercially available device, all heart rate watches would communicate with each other. Those days are gone. That’s because the transmission, how the transmitter (chest belt) and receiver (watch) connect or communicate has changed. Today, to be an aficionado of mobile training…
If exercise becomes one of your habits, it becomes automated. No longer do you have to engage in the daily internal dialogue of “Should I workout today?” Doing a workout is no longer on the table for discussion. It becomes habitual – you exercise every day. Daily physical activity isn’t a choice, it’s a requirement of…
Tracking your workouts to see if you do enough exercise is key to insuring that you are getting the right amount of physical activity. Currently, adult health guidelines promote about 30 minutes (about 3,000-4,000 steps at 100 steps per minute) of moderate-intensity daily aerobic activity such as brisk walking. And, walking is one of the…
If you want to save heartbeats or improve your heart health, recent research points to two different non-drug methods: Yoga Meditation Yoga, with its meditation, breathing exercises and sometimes-difficult poses, has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Because practicing yoga is known for its ability to bring inner peace, the activity is often recommended…
There is emerging a new definition of patriotism. Being strong and being healthy is one of the most patriotic acts that an American can do to get our country back to being at it’s best. In the past, patriotic acts and services would include joining the military, volunteering for a civic cause, displaying–pledging–saluting the flag,…
You have choices in selecting a heart rate monitor. One of those choices is whether to choose an analog or a digital transmitter belt and watch or receiver. But, what is the difference between a digital and an analog heart rate monitor? And which of the two is best for you? The answer lies in…
Could Exercise be Risky? Could exercise really be bad for some healthy people? Really? The answer to this recent controversy is – it depends. The new report used six different sound studies involving 1,687 people. The results of this provocative research is that 10% of the participants got worse not better from cardio-exercise as it…
On January 12th, I, Sally Edwards, moderated a panel at Digital Health Summit, part of the CES, Consumer Electronic Show, titled “The End of the Couch Potato: How to use Technology to Motivate”. The question that I posed and asked of the panel is the big hairy one: How do these device tools help you…
Fitness NOT Fat When I co-authored with Lorraine Brown the first book of it’s kind titled Fit NOT Fat in 2003, we showed the research that validated what researchers from University of South Carolina just published (Dec 6, 2011) in the journal Circulation: men who maintain or improve activity can help overall fitness levels, even…