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The health and fitness market has become swamped with fitness apps and trackers. But do they work and are they worth the investment?
From the Independent
But what use, really, are increasingly popular health apps like Fitbit and Jawbone that monitor our activity levels, heart rate and even sleep patterns? None at all, according to one leading GP – and they could even end up doing harm.
Writing in the BMJ, Glasgow GP and health commentator Dr Des Spence warns that the products, which increasingly include wearable devices that link to computers and smartphones, providing 24-hour health monitoring, are “untested and unscientific” and could ignite “extreme anxiety” in a new generation of the “worried well”.
From App To Amped
You can now exercise for balance and core strength, when you like, where you like – including the great outdoors and you do not need a app or fitness tracker.
With training our balance and stability can improve markedly. These subtle changes in the way our body moves around its centre of gravity and the speed in which it does so, can have a huge impact in our quality of life and sporting performance.
Balance training is functional. This means we are engaging several muscle groups at the same time using a natural flow and transition through the movements. Strength training usually involves isolating a single muscle while we apply stress to it. When we add the balance component we also engage the stabiliser muscles.
Balance and stability training will improve our posture, lower back strength, reactions, range of motion and functional strength. It will also improve our sporting performances. For sports like surfing, snowboarding and skating, balance training should be a vital part of every training program.
The Rooboard balance board has been designed to make balance training fun, affordable and portable. The small size means it can be transported easily. The non sink design also means it can be used on almost any surface. It can be used for balance, core, HIIT and strength workouts making it the most versatile balance board on the market.
View some of the design features here. The Rooboard also has an excellent selection of workouts and exercises for your every need.
The Rooboard combines the exercises you can perform on a gym ball, stability disc, air cushion, wobble board and balance board in a single product. This is innovative design at its very best.
Created for surfing it can turn flab into six pack surfers abs
You cannot buy the perfect posture or six pack abs but you can certainly train for them. Balance training creates instability which forces you to engage the muscles that promote stability…
