The Future of Fitness Can Fit in Your Ear
For fitness geeks who love their Apple Watches and FitBits, there is a new gadget on the market that will further enhance the way people workout.These new gadgets are smart, sweat-resistant earphones called "hearables". They can deliver music from you smartphone without wires, track your pulse, count steps, measure distance and pace, tally the flights of stairs you climb, figure out running routes and estimate how many calories you've burned. Hearables compiles all this data and to create fitness goals for you and inspire you to continue pushing yourself to the best of your abilities. Best of all, they do not way down your wrists as your run like Apple Watches and FitBits.
Some hearables even have an AI personal trainer that talks to you when your earbuds are on, such as LifeBEAM's Vi. Vi, the AI can offer you casual greetings, in addition to providing progress updates, and personalized instructions for you. Her remarkable personality allows her to crack jokes and communicate with the athlete in a way that resembles a real personal trainer and friend.
The innovation of these hearbles are threatening to disrupt and change the industry of fitness as some people may decide to pay a one-time price for an AI trainer instead of a monthly membership at a gym or with a real personal trainer.
LifeBEAM Vi: Best for Serious and lonely runners. Contains a chatty AI named Vi who seems impressively human, personalizes her audio coaching based on your history and makes you laugh. $199.
Jabra Elite Sport: Best for CrossFit regulars and data junkies. Contains versatile tracking that adjusts to cardio or weightlifting depending on your needs, records your past achievements, and tests your fitness level. $220.
Bragi Dash Pro: Best for Swimmers. Contains a waterproof casing and a 4GB hard drive, built-in MP3 player that allows you to disconnect from your phone and still listen to tunes at the bottom of the pool. $330.
Written by Priscilla Phuong
The Jabra Elite Sport is really cool to me, I actually have been trying to find ways to calculate how many calories i actually burn when weight lifting, and that product would solve my problems!
ReplyDeleteThe earbuds called Bragi Dash Pro really surprised me!! i knew there were water proof earbuds for sweat reasons but i didn't know they existed for swimmers! These are something i will definitely look into because i swim laps very often and wish i could listen to music at the same time. The price tag is something to consider though.
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