Category: fitness

Fitbit’s OS for the Sense and Versa 3 won’t come to earlier smartwatches

[ad_1] OS 5.0 includes a new interface navigation method and an interface with tweaks that take advantage of the higher-resolution screens, such as a new font and improved graphics. It can run older apps, although they’ll have to run in a compatibility mode. The cutoff isn’t completely surprising given the scale of the update. Even […]

Nike Run Club’s Apple Watch app gives you more incentives to keep running

[ad_1] Nike The app also promises “fresh” content and art for the quick start button, Guided Runs and other watch face complications. This could be an important update. While Nike Run Club already offered badges and encouragement from your friends, this promotes a regular schedule no matter what your fellow runners are doing. That, in […]

Peloton is getting cheaper with new Bike and Tread options

[ad_1] At the same time, Bike owners will be able to sign up to Bike Bootcamp, a series of classes that integrates bike work with strength training and total body workouts. That’ll be available to all members on September 15th and is taught by Peloton VP Robin Arzón, Jess Sims and Cody Rigsby. The Peloton […]

BoxVR workouts during a pandemic

[ad_1] BoxVR workouts land somewhere between those test-your-strength arcade punch cabinets, a boxercise class and, maybe, an arcade shooter. Once you’ve got your stance (a footprint symbol on the floor will direct you as to whether you put your right or left foot first), the soundtrack and the workout begins.  The aim is to hit, […]

Tell us all about your Fitbit Charge 4

[ad_1] Fitbit’s most recent release, the Charge 4, impressed reviewer Valentina Palladino by echoing many of the features that made the company’s Surge model so successful: on-wrist apps, heart rate monitoring and onboard GPS.  The Charge 4 also includes Fitbit Pay and Spotify integration, making it a solid upgrade from the Charge 3, as well […]

Samsung cuts weight and calorie intake tracking from its Health app

[ad_1] Samsung has been steadily adding to its Health app’s capabilities, but now it appears ready to take a few features away. The tech giant is notifying users (via SamMobile) that it’s removing weight, calorie (that is, food intake) and caffeine tracking from Health with updates coming to its mobile and wearable apps in July. […]

Fitbit’s Charge 4 can wake you up when you feel well-rested

[ad_1] You now have more reasons to wear your Fitbit Charge 4 around the clock. The 9to5Google team reports (via The Verge) that a Charge 4 update has introduced two major features to improve your sleep habits and encourage more exercise. Smart Wake sets alarms based on when you’re likely to feel rested, rather than […]

Lululemon buys interactive home gym startup Mirror for $500 million

[ad_1] Lululemon is best-known for gym clothes, but the gym isn’t an option in areas hard-hit by the pandemic — so it’s finding a way to foster workouts at home. The company has bought home fitness startup Mirror for $500 million to “accelerate the growth of personalized in-home fitness.” While Lululemon didn’t say how the […]

Here’s everything Apple announced at its WWDC 2020 keynote

[ad_1] Apple ditches Intel for its own ARM-based chips One of its biggest announcements today, Apple confirmed long-standing reports that it’s moving away from Intel processors. Instead, Apple will use its own ARM-based, A-series chips to power MacBooks and Macs.  Apple’s silicon project is all about creating powerful, energy-efficient processors, which should mean improved battery […]

Apple Watch Series 3 is on sale for $179

[ad_1] Buy Apple Watch Series 3 GPS at Walmart – $179 With how similar the Series 4 and Series 5 are to one another, Apple doesn’t sell the former anymore. That leaves the Series 3 as the budget pick for people who want to save money by going for an older model. While it’s missing […]