Fitness Wearable Technology…What You Need To Know
Fitness Wearable Technology…What You Need To Know Introduction – The Rise Of Wearable Technology…
Firstly, welcome to our info packed report on wearable technology and thank you for joining me as we embark on a quick journey of discovery into this ever-changing technology. Let’s get started…
Wearable tech is not a new idea. In fact, most people now own at least one type of wearable tech whether that’s a fitness watch, a smart watch or GPS trackers.
One thing is for sure in 2016, the industry remains unstoppable. Fitbit, the highest-selling fitness tracker, ended the last quarter of 2015 with over 5 million sales.
Major electronics brands like Samsung, Apple, and Sony (among others) are following suit and releasing advanced wearables to keep up with the market.
While 2014 was dubbed the “Year of the Wearables,” wearable technology has been used in military and medical applications for decades.
By the start of this year, the CES showed consumers a peep through the future of wearables.
It’s predicted By 2025, wearable tech will
become a $70 billion plus industry, with
healthcare taking the lead.
This shows just how much it has become integrated into our lives and just how long it is expected to stick around, not to mention the amount of research that is going into it to make it absolutely sensational.
Retail, business, advertising, fashion, jewelry, sports, entertainment and other industries are embracing wearable tech. However, health, fitness and sports remain the top market of wearables.
The Current Stock Of Wearable Tech &
What’s In Store…
The 2016 CES saw many of the leading tech and sportswear companies demo their wearable devices. Under Armour bought popular fitness apps Map My Run, MyFitnessPal, and Endomondo in the past two years, and created buzz at this year’s event by announcing a collection of wearables.
It included the most-talked about UA HealthBox all-in-one system, a Connected Fitness system, and UA SpeedForm Gemini 2 Record Equipped. The company also mentioned its first smart shoe, and wireless headphones that are currently in development.
Overall, the new gadgets and hybrid wearables showcased at this year’s CES event aim to help with professional sports and cater to advanced fitness goals.
These include:
1. Coaching
Wearable tech has made the next level of coaching possible.
Three-time Ironman champion Craig Alexander was present at the 2016 CES to show off Oakley’s Radar Pace, a voice-controlled pair of smart glasses that provides performance data, motivation and coaching in real time.
The in-ear coaching device from Kuai Wear measures sport performance and biometrics, which was clinically tested for
accuracy by Duke University. It also provides live voice-coaching feedback based on personal training plans and goals.
2. Tech Sportswear
Seniora Fitness skipped the strap-on wearables and made a sports bra embedded with an accurate heart-rate monitor ($139 at sensoriafitness.com). OMbra also released its own version that tracks distance ran, pace, estimated calories burned and heart rate.
Shirts, shorts, leggings, and other sportswear have also been transformed into wearable tech, such as Lumo‟s Run Smart Running Shorts with its own Run Sensor, and Hexoskin‟s Smart biometric shirt.
3. Pro Athletes Performance – The fitness, IT and sports industries have collaborated in the last year to announce or showcase sports-specific wearables that aim to enhance the performance of athletes.
o Basketball – Vert allows athletes measure jump data, which gives basketball players a way to improve their vertical.
o Baseball – Major League Baseball athletes will be getting some love, with the launch of motus BASEBALL that would analyze pitching and hitting with sensor-embedded sleeves.
o Extreme Sports – BRG Sports and 360fly revealed four new smart helmets, all of which have the ability to capture athlete’s full movements in high-quality 4K video.
o Golf – Taking a cue from Zepp‟s Golf glove, Garmin recently announced its own TruSwing sensor (designed to be attached at the shaft of a golf club) and provides real-time metrics such as swing speed, tempo, trajectories, and more.
4. Gym tech
The ever-so-popular weight training system Bow flex launched its SelecTech 560 Dumbbells that can track reps and weight lifted, which users can view in any mobile device via the connected 3DTapp.
Another interesting device is the GYMWATCH Sensor, which counts reps, measures speed, and even corrects a user’s form while lifting weights.
Slendertone Connect Abs is a belt-type gadget that claims to tighten and tone core muscle by using Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) tech.
5. Specialized Shoes and Shoe Soles
The trend of wearables embedded into rubber shoes began last year, but the offerings this year were much more impressive. For instance, the iFit-powered Altra IQ Shoe works like any normal shoe but with sensors that measure footstrike and other running habits. Digisole shoe soles work the same way, but double as foot warmer.
6. Real-time Sports Content
Spalding also announced an exciting partnership with ShotTracker, which will track real-time basketball performance stats of each player. New Balance launched its “Digital Sports”
division that partnered with Intel and Google
At the end of January, ESPN tested Intel’s Curie module to track real-time performances at Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle and Men’s Snowboard Big Air during the X-Games.
So, in regard to what’s been said, it’s safe to say there’s been massive advances in technology, with many new additions causing mass excitement in many people.
While you might be paying a lot for the privilege of owning one of the devices or objects, they’re definitely meant to improve the quality of your life and mean that you’re not tied to a wired device all the time, or being constricted by what you can do due to restraints in technology.
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