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At last! You Can Track Your Weight Loss Progress

Posted on Jan 09, 2010 under Fitness Equipment | No Comment

 

Hi Everyone,

 

Do you want to keep track of how well your weight loss routine is going?  If you are like me, knowing whether or not you are actually burning more calories than you are eating is a real hit and miss affair.  Well, this device may solve this problem for us all.

Introducing the Bodybugg Personal Calorie Management System, a state-of-the-art device seen on the national TV show ‘The Biggest Loser.’

The Bodybugg System is a device and software that has helped many people work toward and reach their personal fitness goals. Now you can track your fitness goals and calories burned just like contestants on The Biggest Loser using the Bodybugg’s revolutionary calorie management system.

This is how it works:

• Motion: The bodybugg armband contains an accelerometer that measures motion from multiple perspectives.

• Steps: The accelerometer counts steps by measuring the distinct patterns created by running or walking.

• Galvanic Skin Response: When you sweat, your skin becomes more electrically conductive. This measurement helps the bodybugg understand how active you are.

• Skin Temperature: There s an electronic thermometer inside your bodybugg armband that monitors your body heat.

• Heat Flux: When you move, your muscles produce heat. Your bodybugg armband measures the heat that s flowing from your body into the environment.

 

The Bodybugg combines motion, steps, galvanic skin response, skin temperature, and heat flux to measure calories burned throughout the day or during specific activities.

What is more, the Bodybugg is powered by a rechargeable battery and is both PC and Mac compatible.

So if you want to keep your weight loss goals on track by properly measuring the calories you are burning off, this could be a very useful product for you.  At the time of writing, the Bodybugg includes a special 12-month ‘24 Hour Fitness’ subscription.

Below are a couple of videos by the ‘24 Hour Fitness’ people on using the Bodybugg:

 

 

 

 

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Successful Workouts With Pilates Fitness Equipment

Posted on Dec 08, 2009 under Fitness Equipment | No Comment

 

Pilates is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the world today.  From the original repertoire of 34 floor movements to the current Pilates fitness equipment available at the moment, its effectiveness is always there.

Pilates is a physical fitness technique developed by a German born gymnast called Joseph Pilates during the 1st World War.  Its purpose was to help with the rehabilitation of returning veterans.

 
To ensure that your Pilates workout experience is as beneficial as it is able to be, it is almost essential for you to avail yourself of some Pilates fitness equipment.

As I mentioned earlier, the original exercises were Pilates mat exercises, so what better section of equipment to start off with than a Pilates floor mat.  Since this will be your most heavily used item, the thickness of the cushion and durability of the material is most important.  It will need to supply you with a constant cushion from the floor without any uneasiness, allowing you to focus on the core ground exercises and offer lasting toughness.

Another inexpensive piece of kit is the Pilates exercise ball.  This essential item of Pilates fitness equipment introduces stability into the core exercises and targets your less significant and harder to reach core muscles.  This results in a much superior level of attainable fitness.

 

Next we have the Pilates Magic Circle, invented by Joseph Pilates that is a toning tool that works your muscles, advancing further than the basic core.  It works via a rubber ring reshaping your body using plyometric movements.

If you long to lift your regular workout to a powerful full-body Pilates workout, the Pilates Performer could be just what you are looking for.  The Performer consists of a series of springs, straps and pulleys on a frame with a gliding platform, not dissimilar that of a rowing machine. It is used to tone and fortify core muscle groups and can be used to carry out over 100 different Pilates exercises.
Performer workouts are great for the body because they are a no impact workout that goes easy on your joints and spine, while giving you a strong Pilates workout.

Pilates is a superb form of exercise workout that will work your core postural muscles, balancing and strengthening your body.  So give yourself the full benefit of this system by investing in some Pilates fitness equipment.

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Become Super Fit With Boxing Exercise

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 under Fitness Equipment, Flatten Stomach | No Comment

Is boxing exercise good for your fitness?  You bet it is.  Boxing exercise, whether called box-aerobics, cardio-box, or any of the other names it gets dressed up as, has become very popular in the world of fitness.

According to the American Council on Exercise, boxing exercise in some form or another is available in over twenty per cent of U.S. health clubs.  

So why is this form of exercise so popular?  Top reason, it burns calories like crazy.  Great if you want to burn off unsightly and unhealthy surplus belly fat.  It includes aerobic and cardiovascular routines to give you high levels of fitness and endurance together with anaerobic workouts to develop power and strength.

A typical conventional boxing gym workout would consist of sessions of shadow boxing, circuit training, skipping and bag work.  These sessions would satisfy the requirements of both aerobic and anaerobic workouts.

Health clubs may offer various forms of boxing exercise workouts for persons who just want to improve their fitness levels or lose body fat.  These might include:
Cardio boxing which is a complete workout for your cardiovascular and endurance systems.  It conditions your whole body by developing increased levels of strength, stamina, speed and co-ordination.

Another workout is kick boxing.  This helps to develop levels of resistance, vigor and momentum.  Muscle suppleness is improved as well.  It has been the experience of some practicing kick boxing that their anxiety levels have decreased as they let off steam on a punch-bag.

If joining a health club is not for you, then you could easily perform a boxing exercise routine at home.  Equipment requirements are quite basic.  A punch-bag, gloves, jump rope (skipping rope,) a timer and possibly some music are all that are necessary.  A good DVD course to help you is a sensible aid to have.

If you are looking for an all round exercise workout that will work both your aerobic and anaerobic systems, whether in a gym or at home, then a boxing exercise routine could be for you.  

Do your body a favor and treat it to a superb body tuning with this 1000 calories per hour burner.

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