Most of us know exercise can improve muscle strength, heart health, and energy levels, but regular physical activity can also reduce insomnia and increase deep sleep. Research shows that just 30 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, such as walking, swimming, or jogging, can help you fall asleep faster and experience more deep sleep. What’s more, […]
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Enabling 3x Faster Muscle Growth than Traditional Heavy Weights
A single word — responsible for inciting a great deal of pain, anguish, and fear in the minds of professional athletes is the word “injury.” In worst cases, an injury can also cause the loss of a whole career. The most common place to sustain muscle or joint injury is at the gym. When fitness […]
Now Google Wants You To Play Games While You Run
Games in Motion aims to get developers thinking beyond the smartwatch screen.
Why FitStar Decided Its Workout Algorithm Needed To Shape Up
An exercise app gets an overhaul.
To Sleep, Perchance To Lose Weight
Tracking the hours I spend hugging my pillow has helped pinpoint my problem.
As Fitness Apps Explode, Google Fit Promises To Shape Them Up
We all want that magic app that will make us healthier. Developers are responding—as are tech giants.
We Need An Uber For Healthcare
It’s not about doctors on demand for the wealthy. It’s about hooking everything together and creating something new.
Wearables At Work Will Reshape The Office
Salesforce’s new tools for app builders are a sign of things to come.
Sorry, Apple’s HealthKit Isn’t Going To Give You Six-Pack Abs
Apple has left the heavy lifting to fitness-app developers—and that may be a good thing.
Intel Inside Our Closets
The chipmaker keeps talking up its bet on wearables. Can it stitch itself into the clothing industry?
What If Our Refrigerators Get A Little Too Smart?
Our wearables will inevitably talk to our appliances. We may not like what they have to say.
Forget Wearables—Get Ready For Earables
Your next computer may whisper to you.
OMsignal’s New Smart Shirt Shows The Challenge For Wearables
Fitness, not wellness, is driving the market.
MyFitnessPal Takes Its Next Step
Step counting may be just a feature, not an entire product category.
Fitness Wearables Must Smarten Up Or Die—Just Ask Nike’s Fuelband
If you’re making a step-tracking wristband, please stop now.
Taking My Diet To The Next Level
My scale has been stuck for months, and it’s my fault: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But the app that could help doesn’t yet exist.
Armour39: A Fitness Tracker That’s Smarter Than Most
You don’t want to think too hard when you’re in the gym. Here’s a device from Under Armour that does the brainwork for you.
Work It, Windows: 5 Ways Microsoft Could Court Fitness-App Makers
There’s an opportunity, but the software giant needs to jump on it.
What We’re Missing In Digital Fitness (And The People Who Will Find It)
Apps and gadgets whipped up over a weekend show how much potential there still is.
Google And Apple—Take My Fitness Data, Please!
We need a centralized place to store—and share—the data our bodies give off.