AIR, the light-weight fitness and activity tracker

Fitbug AIR is the sturdy, accurate, smart and small sized fitness tracker. This is the first Bluetooth Smart Bug device, which sends your activity stats to your Smartphone or tablet and makes it visible. This pedometer is similar to a regular pedometer with a full monochromatic screen and battery backup, but the Bluetooth 4.0 features makes this glossy pedometer distinct from other regular pedometers.  With Fitbug AIR you can easily track,

• Steps taken
• Aerobic steps
• Distance rolled out
• Time elapsed
• Calories burnt

The AIR syncs with your mobile device and transfers graphs and charts on stride-data. The Fitbug app will in turn connect to the Fitbug account for better analysis on nutrition and activity tracking. Fitbug AIR is a great appliance for those who wish to track their steps very accurately, either you may be a casual walker or serious marathon practitioner or a fitness passionate.

With the plugin USB dongle you can sync your activity data to Kik - the personal digital coach. With your personal digital coach you can set yourself goals, receive personalized targets and nudges you need for free of cost.
The results out from the Fitbug AIR are very accurate and it greatly recognizes the actual step movement versus non-step movement. Syncing the data from the AIR device to the mobile is at your choice, you can manually sync it whenever required, schedule it to sync at periodic intervals or can sync it constantly. When synced constantly the stride count can be verified as rising within the app, but this happens at the expense of battery life.
Together with sharing the activity information, mobile app shows whether you’re hitting the targets and motivates to walk more for reaching goals. At the history panel in the app, you can access the activity status of your past and can also check if the targets on those days are hit.

Pros

• Unlike many other devices that are to be regularly recharged, Fitbug AIR has a watch battery that lasts for around 6 months.
• This pedometer is affordably priced and comes with wireless syncing.
• The activity data recorded can be accessed in 3 ways, either on the AIR device directly or on the mobile or through the online Fitbug account.
• This button operated fitness activity tracker has the workout status of the last 14 days for better analysis.
• The device has wireless syncing.
• Tracked details of the workout are readily visible on the device.
• Nutrition details can be tracked from the website

The online account on Fitbug website will reveal your nutrition details. At the point of start, Fitbug creates personalized weekly targets and on-going nutritional advice depending on the personal details shared. Considering your first week as the baseline, will set aerobic targets and total steps targets for the next week, so for the first week perform everything as usual so as to get an idea of your daily activity and nutritional routine. The aerobic and total step targets are set for next week depending on your activities, the current week. 

In the online members’ area on Fitbug website, with games, recipes and exercise plans, allows you to log your food and additional exercise details to ensure if the personal goals are met. The access to the online personal account is possible with a monthly subscription.

Cons

• It is just splash-proof
• Can’t track sleep patterns and sleep efficiency
• Can’t measure stairs taken or mountains climbed as it doesn’t have a built-in altimeter

Conclusion

The AIR is a smart, portable and durable fitness activity tracker. This fitness gadget would be best, if you are choosing for a simple and portable pedometer with Bluetooth feature but at some expense for online subscription. Apart from this, Fitbug AIR would form a better partner analyzing your activity reports and motivating you to work more for improved fitness and healthy living.

Diet Plans and Tips for Healthy Weight Maintenance

Those who indulge in overeating, bulge with numerous health issues sooner or later. Their lives, a thin man inside every fat man that on one day will lead you to your tombstone. Follow a healthy diet and maintain your body weight for a bright and active future. You may not be there in a day or a month, but remember that you’re closer than you’re yesterday and one day you’ll notice a lot difference. Good dietary practice is the only game that you win when you lose. Don’t give up just after practicing the weight loss strategy for a few days, wait for some time as the weight loss program takes some time to show the results. Here are some tips for a good diet plan for well-being and weight maintenance.

•     Never take the risk of ordering food that is in excess of your body weight
•     Have a healthy breakfast
•     Never skip your breakfast as it results in excess intake, rest of the day
•     Include energy boosting and protein-packed breakfasts
•     Avoid food and drinks that are rich in fat and sugar
•     Make sure that your diet includes more fruits
•     Avoid salt as much as you can
•     Be very active most of the time as it is a kind of physical activity that burns calories
•     Consume as much water as you can, don’t wait until you get thirsty
•     Avoid occasional feasts, if not at least increase the activities after occasional feasts
•     Measure your calories with a calorie tracker regularly, the number motivates you to do more and  plan accordingly
•     Avoid fad plans. The reasons behind avoiding these diets are

                             i) They make you ill and weak
                             ii) Staying away from some food items or food groups may prevent some important  nutrients and vitamins that are required for the proper functioning of your body
                             iii) Low carbohydrate food is likely to have high fat

•     Never eat while you do some other activity like watching television, reading books, working or driving etc., as you mindlessly overeat at that point
•     Never overeat until you are full
•     Eat as early as possible during the night so that you can give a long break to your digestive system i.e., till the next day breakfast

Fitness Tracking Devices 2014

The increase in outcome of new activity trackers, over the last few years is beyond belief. This increase in the fitness activity tracking devices is spectacular,and that they, at nowhere are compromising with the quality standards. With the huge benefits in both usages as well as cost point of view, it has now become quite difficult to choose a fitness health tracker that is acceptable for all your well-being needs. Here you will get knowledge on the top activity trackers 2014 and why you need to have an activity tracker?

Why should one have a fitness activity tracker anytime?

For weight losers or fit body zealous, being on a diet is a clear choice but as you lose weight, that in itself won’t end you up with a fit and healthy body. Joining a gym can be at a great expense and with no feasibility in timings.

·         A good physical activity monitor would leave you with good results in that, the price is very acceptable, activities are tracked very accurately and you can measure your readings whenever and wherever required.

·         When you measure anything, then the measured valueis visible, catches your attention and motivates you to workout more so as to hit your targets. This easy act of measuring brings focus and this in turn will create results.

·         The fitness health tracker apps and online status will make you to focus and be disciplined in reaching your workout and health goals.

·         The exercise activity tracker online account and mobile apps gives you the possibility to interact with social communities, and the results can be achieved faster when you are in a social group working for similar goals.

Top rated fitness activity tracking devices 2014:

With more number of best fitness tracking devices readily available in the market, it becomes harder to pick one as per your choice. So here are the bunch of best collected fitness health trackers chosen considering various factors. These are the best activity monitors for physical fitness and wellness.

FitBug ORB:

Fitbug ORB is gaining fast over many other activity tracking gadgets,as people’s favorite gadget. It is simple, smart, cost effective and with more functionalities when compared to other industry leading products. ORB provides the user with great wearability choice.If you’re very passionate of your weightthen it becomes easy to loseweight with FitBug Orb.

With FitBug ORB one can track distance covered, steps taken, calories burnt, sleep pattern, aerobic steps and can sync the data wirelessly to your mobile devices and to your online FitBug account. Kik, a personal digital coach comes free with FitBug products.

An excellent activity tracker is the one with easy to use features and should work properly in any direction. FitBug ORB fulfills all these features and more importantly, it tracks the sleep patterns and is very cost effective. For those who are looking for a fitness gadget that workserror free, ORB is highly recommended whilst it’s not suitable for those who are looking for a gadget that readily displays the recordings. Apart from this, FitBug ORB can be considered as the best activity tracking gadget 2014, which is very portable, durable and reliable, so far.

Omron HJ-323U Tri-Axis Pedometer with USB:

Improve your physical fitness and well-being in an engaging and information driven way. This activity tracker is a small ingenious pedometer withtri-axis technology, which makes the pedometer to track the exercise accurately whether positioned flat, horizontally or vertically. It has 22 days of data in memory and 1 week of data visible live, anytime. The USB supports in connecting to OmronFitness for better tracking of pre-set goals or to verify your trends or to stay motivated for improved fitness and health concern. Along with calculating various features like steps taken, calories spent, aerobic steps done and distance travelled, Omron HJ 323U also measures the steps per minute i.e., pitch that most of the other gadgets can’t track.

FitBug AIR:

Make your health and wellness goals breezed by tracing steps taken, distance lined, aerobic steps and calories spentwith the FitBug AIR that comes with a personal digital coach. FitBug AIR unlike ORB provides the results displayed on the gadget directly, but it can’t track the sleep duration. The last 14 days workout data is available for reference. This physical fitness activity tracker syncs with mobile devices and shares the tracked details. The online FitBug account provides greater accessibility for analysis of your workout.

New Balance VIA Active Pedometer:

This pedometer activity tracker is very useful if your choice of well-being activity is walking or jogging or practicing for a marathon. With this pedometer you can readily track strides walked, distance elapsed, calories burnt, average pace and speed. The backlight improves the visibility and the time can be set either in 12 hour or 24 hour format. The 3D sensor, target steps meter, PC connectivity, date function and auto workout timer features stand behind the reason for increasing demand for this active pedometer.

New Balance VIA Slim Pedometer:

This New Balance pedometer is designed to wear anywhere irrespective of the directions, will give very accurate results. Similar to the top rated pedometers, it can also track the steps taken, distance travelled, calories burnt, average speed and also works as an automatic exercise timer. The time can be adjusted to either 12 hour or 24 hour format. This Slim Pedometer is the best tri-axis accelerometer physical activity measurement device. The display can be adjusted to either metric or imperial units. It doesn’t require any regular charging and has a user replaceable battery.

Striiv Play Wireless Tracker:

Striiv wireless activity tracker is a slim, smart and a very glossy pedometer plus activity motion system. Apart from tracking steps, distance covered and calories exhausted, it can also count the stairs climbed and total minutes of activity. With this wireless workout tracker you can analyze, tracked record of last 60 days.This activity tracking device is waterproof. You can name your Striiv pedometer and is the feature that is found in no other activity tracker. With the Bluetooth feature, the recorded data can be transferred through this physical activity monitor to your iPhone or iPad.

Striiv Smart Pedometer:

Striiv smart pedometer is the first activity tracker that comes with a fitness based game. With this pedometer you can easily turn around 10000 steps or more into just a game that at the backend inspiresyou with donations to a charity on your behalf based on the steps you walked.  With a Striiv smart pedometer you can track steps, stairs taken, distance explored, calories burnt and complete activity very accurately.It is like having a Walkathon in your pocket that donates to charities for improvement in better clean water supply, fight against polio and rain forest. The 3D sensor and the high precision altimeter are both included in the pedometer for better tracking.

Best GPS Watches Review 2014

A GPS watch forms your best personal trainer and companion, whatever the purpose may be, either a fitness workout or practicing for a marathon or a casual runner. They have been in the market supporting swimmers, runners as well as bicyclers.

Why chose a GPS watch?

The best GPS watches are those that gives the top benefits that includes,

• Training you at the intensity you wish to get trained at
• Letting you to quantify your training and permitting you to control intensity in the race
• With a GPS watch you never over or under train and
• Execute your planned race strategy.

The advantages of a GPS watch are:

With a wide range of fitness, sports and health gadgets available in the market, GPS enabled watches plays a prominent role with their advanced advantages that can be encountered from no other gadget.

1. Online data upload

GPS running watches easily syncs with online programs to store workout data for later analysis. This will be very helpful in reaching the target goals in a strategic way and also assists in modifying the strategies for achieving the targets as planned.

2. Real-time pace information

The GPS watches will notify throughout your run with the pace that is to be maintained as preset by you. This pace information is very useful in the case of training for a race or marathon.

3. Customizable display

The display is customizable and can be adjusted to display the factors that you feel are important during the activity. This helps in easy access to the data that you feel is more important.

4. Route mapping and sharing

GPS watches have an excellent feature that no other watches have, you can plan and store running routes. The routes planned can be shared with other runners. Apart from being fun, this will motivate you to run more and workout more for better results.

Choosing a best GPS watch:

There is a huge count of GPS watches readily available in the market and the one that you choose depends on various facts. What will you use the GPS watch for and how often will it be used, are the driving factors in picking a GPS fitness watch. It, being difficult to pick one from the pile of GPS watches, here are a few selected top rated GPS watches:

1.  Approach S2 Golf GPS watch:

This watch is very advantageous for golfers. It has a sleek, lightweight design. It is durable, easy to access, reliable and very accurate GPS golf watch. The best benefit that golfer experiences with this Garmin GPS golf watch is that it is pre-loaded with courses around the globe and are frequently updated. This golf GPS watch has very good battery backup of around 8 hours in GPS mode. The features that made the Garmin Approach GPS golf watch very useful for golfers are,

• It measures back, front and middle yardages
• Layup and dogleg distances are computed
• 30000+ courses pre-loaded
• Cable to transfer data to PC
• Built-in odometer
• High sensitivity GPS receiver

2.       Forerunner 610 GPS watch

Garmin Forerunner 610 GPS watch best suits either an athlete or a runner or a fitness passionate to achieve their goals. A touch or swipe or tap will drive you through your workout data. This Garmin GPS fitness watch is waterproof and shock proof.

• Inspects cadence sensor or bike speed
• The effect of activity performed on aerobic fitness is measured
• Calculates distance covered  and lap pace
• The tracked data can be transferred to a PC for further analysis
• Accessible for multiple sports
• Customized screens
• High-sensitivity GPS receiver

3.       Forerunner 110 watch

Garmin Forerunner 110 watch is a button operated GPS sports watch. This watch is designed in different sizes and colors so as to best fit for both men and women. With FR110 sports watch you can monitor how far and how fast you are running. The face of the watch is reader friendly and can be easily accessed at any point of time. Together with the advanced features that a GPS watch has, GarminForerunner 110 GPS watch also acts as a normal watch displaying time, day and date, so one single watch would serve 2 purposes. The activity data can be updated to your account in Garmin Connect for further reference and scrutiny.

• Tracks distance covered, calories burnt, time elapsed and average pace
• HotFix ^TM satellite prediction assists highly sensitive GPS receiver
• The USB interface is compatible with Garmin Connect
• Waterproof
• Distance and pace being the 2 important motivators for runners, FR110 records all this data together with time very accurately
• Fuss-free technology

4.       New Balance NX990 Cardio Trainer

This Cardio trainer is mainly designed to support daily training sessions of users and has all supportive tools needed to optimize the results. The New Balance Cardio Trainer tracks and transmits the distance, relative speed and navigational information. With all the advanced features, this Cardio monitor watch is still available at a very effective price. This watch is accessible in either 12 hour or 24 hour format. You can set up to 5 alarms daily and can upload 5 different profiles. This GPS enabled watch has a good battery backup and is water resistant. The noticeable features that are available with this Cardio trainer watch are,

• Digital compass calibration
• Adjustable declination
• Cardinal north indicator
• 3 navigational modes with 48,170 track points stored
• Chronograph featured
• The display can be customized to either in metrics or imperial units

Apart from just tracking the workout or running activities, all the above listed GPS watches can monitor your heart rate accurately.  These GPS heart rate monitor watches when used with a heart rate monitor will show the heart rate stats and will alert you when the heart rate is beyond the healthy and efficient heart rate zone. The heart rate zones are customizable. No other GPS watches other than the above listed can offer such features.

FitBug Products, Wins Market Place on Price and Performance

Workout gadgets from FitBug revolutionized the gadget world, with their best features that are in no way comparable to any other devices. With FitBug devices you don’t need to do diets, and are no longer slaves to the gym or huge exercise equipment. Workout devices from FitBug helps you in taking small strides and motivates you for a longer workout, which you need to be active and gain your fitness targets. The impact that other industry leading gadget manufacturers experienced will clearly show the efficiency and capabilities of FitBug products. These appliances make realistic changes to your daily routine, setting fun challenges, motivating for longer exercise routine and tracking your activity will make you achieve your health and fitness. The features of various products from FitBug together with how they differ from other fitness gadgets is discussed below:

FitBug AIR:

FitBug AIR is a small Bluetooth activity tracking device with 14 day workout memory and is a pedometer. Designed to work with the FitBugs mobile app, it gives the user very accurate data than any other pedometer. It has a very good battery backup that lasts for around 6 months in the worst case. A total of 2 batteries comes in the pack and so for a period of 1 year you need not invest on any backup. The workout data can be updated into your FitBug account wherein you can track your all day and previous weeks’ exercise details. Together with supporting as a workout tool, it also forms a secondary clock, as the display would never go off. AIR forms an excellent way of staying motivated – which is one of the single most important drivers of gaining fitness and losing weight. This smart device syncs easily with your mobile and provides the accessibility to easily and readily track the data. The backlit is more usable as a torch to track the results with great visibility.

It’s a fantastic device for both beginners and advanced users, thanks to its array of features:

• Affordably priced pedometer
• Backup lasts for around 4 to 6 months, reducing the effort of regular charging
• AIR has a wireless syncing
• Display for immediate tracking
• Portable and
• Durable

Multi-functional and smart, its most useful readouts include the detailed assessments of your:

• Calories burnt
• Steps taken
• Aerobic steps
• Distance elapsed

Wearability choice:

• Clip it  
• Drop it into your pocket or bag
• Hang it with the tag

FitBug ORB:

FitBug ORB is the best activity tracker which builds your fitness and health. This coin sized tracker makes you feel healthier and happier. With the advanced 3-axis accelerometer, you could accurately track 24/7, day and night, wherever and whenever required. The wireless Bluetooth technology helps you to send the workout stats to a compatible Smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. This device can track and store the data for 14 days and motivates you eat better, move more and reach target goals. The Orb manages your nutrition and monitors your activity so as to support in attaining your health goals.

The features that make a FitBug ORB stand above other devices in the market are:

• Cost effective
• Portable
• Durable
• Long battery back-up
• Splash proof

The button sized ORB records:

• Steps
• Aerobic steps separated from total step count
• Calories burned
• Sleep patterns and efficiency

Kik the digital coach comes free with FitBug ORB and forms a real-time personal coach,

• Computes your activity, food and sleep and sets daily targets to achieve your fitness goals.
• Persistently inspires and encourages you by sharing articles on health, well-being, healthy eating habits and expert advice for fit and healthy living
• Shares everything possible to see you fit and healthier
• Spotlights your progress. You can view your improvement through the FitBug activity app or your online account

Like FitBug AIR, FitBug ORB also offers a great wearability choice for continuous performance tracking,

• Clutch it to your trousers or belt
• Hang it with the tag that comes in the pack
• Wear it as a watch
• Drop it into your pocket or bag

FitBug WOW:

You’re doing your exercises, but as well as keeping fit are those dreaded pounds coming off your middle or thighs? With FitBug WOW scale you can swiftly take action on your weight, whether it is to gain or lose weight and well-being. Simply standing on the scale will activate it and the data is effortlessly uploaded into your profile by way of Bluetooth. Being a Bluetooth low energy device, it has very good backup. These weight scales fall into the group of Bluetooth Smart health gadgets that sync with the FitBug app in real-time for better tracking purpose.  FitBug weight scale forms your best partner, showing your actual weight and motivates you to work more in order to achieve your target. This fat scale or blood monitor is much more sophisticated than wrist monitors and very useful in monitoring your weight loss.

This Bluetooth smart scale is fine trying with supreme display and facilitates with extremely customizable online accounts for recording personal health information. This weight scale adds merit into everyday health and fitness goals. No other appliance can beat FitBug weight scale in its features. The principal selling point of this body fat scale is that it’s cheaper than most of the other products that provides the similar features. This body weight analysis scale syncs and works readily with iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch (5^thgeneration), iPad (3^rd and 4^th generation), iPad Mini and many more devices to come. Using this weight scale is a great enhancement for tracking your weight. The best features that come with FitBug WOW makes it the most opted fitness scale,

• Supports multiple user profiles, thus a single would serve entire family requirement. You can upload data separately into different accounts.
• Excellent battery life
• Smooth, glossy and accurate weight scale
• Durable and reliable
• Connects directly and swiftly to your Smartphone or tablet and thus is more user-friendly than many other scales that rely on Wi-Fi
• Available at an unbeatable price

FitBug WOW & AIR Bundle:

Whether you workout to lose weight or gain weight or stay fit and healthy, FitBug products would form the best package to stay on track and reach your goals. With FitBug AIR and WOW bundle you not only can track your workout stats, but also can check your weight either in kilograms or pounds. With this FitBug product bundle you can track in-depth about your previous days and weeks stats through the online account. The exclusive benefit that comes when you purchase this bundle is that you can save up to $20.

The FitBug products wins on price but will nowhere compromise with the quality of the products. All the benefits of FitBug products resulted in a successful journey and triumphs over the market legend products.