The future of exercise
Posted on 18. Mar, 2008 by Jonathan Cherry in Uncategorized
You may think that runners pounding along the Two Oceans route plugged into an iPod is very modern, but there are a few other innovations set to make an their debut soon which could have a profound effect on the way you break a sweat.
Springwise points to the new Adidas miCoach which is essentially a brand collaboration with a Samsung cell phone that gives you performance info and barks ‘motivational’ orders at you while you run. Cool if you personally like a boot camp instructor sitting on your shoulder while you take a run, not so great if you’re after a bit of peace and quiet.
Nintendo Wii have had huge international success with their interactive gaming console, but watch out for the soon the be released, new Wii Fit Exergaming platform [video here] that could give that vibrating thing, which is a rage in all the Virgin Active gyms a run for its money. Fitness built into a gaming console – what’s not to love.
Wii Fit was released in Japan on December 1, 2007 and sold over a quarter of a million copies in its first week.
Then again, maybe running barefoot through a forest in the pouring rain will be the next rediscovered joy in life by the end of 2008.
See: Adidas miCoach
Wii Fit – Gamespot
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Ron Bach
18. Mar, 2008
Nokia have gone the location based exercise route with their Sports Tracker. Released by Nokia Beta Labs towards the end of last year its a GPS based activity tracker so while you’re out enjoying a run/walk/cycle, your phone records all your workout stats – such as speed, time, distance and even altitude. Your route is saved in a workout diary for future reference and comparison and can be exported to Google Earth to plot your route on a map.
It currently only works on S60 smartphones with integrated GPS (like my 6110 Navigator) or a Bluetooth GPS device but it won’t be long before similar apps will start appearing on Google Mobile Maps and other non GPS location based sites.
Its a very interesting space to watch on the mobile landscape…