Making Health Easy, Fun – and Just a Little Bit Surprising
(ad gifted) I need music to run but admit I’m not keen on blocking out the whole world while I do it – AfterShokz Bone Conduction Headphones aim to solve the problem using bone conduction technology to bring the sound for your music player to your ears. But, what the…
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He’s pooped….how do I clear up poop? This was the slightly bizarre conversation going on at NYNHB-Towers the other morning. It seems my new personal trainer isn’t quite so good on the personal hygiene front. Okay, he’s also a small animated giraffe called Flubby who appears on my phone encouraging…
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When I read about app The Walk, I was excited. Created by the team behind Zombies Run but with the backing of the NHS, it sells itself as a storytelling app/game that you use while you walk. Hit a set number of steps and you unlock the next chapter. It…
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Ladies and gentleman, I welcome you to tonight’s Award Ceremony: The App-e’s. After testing 30 apps in 30 days I’ve realised that like everything in life there are good, bad and ugly workout helpers on your smartphone and so I’d like to award those that I think fitted the good…
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When I first read the description of the Beatburn Treadmill Trainer fitness app, I thought it was just a music service – the idea is that it speeds up songs to match the speed at which you’re running. Yay, went my slightly strange brain, I can make Adele sound like…
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TRX is predicted to be one of the hottest growth areas in fitness next year – yes, yes I know that most gyms have had one for a good year now, but the powers-that-be at the IDEA fitness conference have decided that next year it’s going to go more mainstream….
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One of the nice things about working out by app is that you can get access to trainers – or classes – you couldn’t do otherwise because of cost or location. Today’s Barre 3 app is a great example of this. What is Barre 3? Barre 3 is a legendary…
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Pedal, pedal, pedal….. Squeal. No, no, no you evil blue jerseyed b******, get back. Don’t you overtake me…. Pedal, Pedal, Pedal This was what was going on exercise bike number two at my gym yesterday. Thankfully it was only in my head otherwise I might not be allowed back there….
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Skipety do dah, skipety ah. Why am I skipping. Because yesterday’s app testing was what I thought this challenge was going to be all about when I started it. I loaded the Personal Running Trainer app. It worked. It gave me a much better workout than I would have done…
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I have a sneaking suspicion I am actually not very fit. Yes, I know I managed to complete a 10km and half marathon in a weekend a few months ago but I did it pretty slowly and, while I train for distance, I don’t do nearly as much speed work…
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