Swimming workouts just got a digital boost. Swimmers can now tap into guided workouts while in the water via a new feature on Canadian fitness company FORM’s goggles. The new technology employs augmented reality to display real-time workouts through the goggles.
The tool works through a subscription model where swimmers can pay $19.99 a month or $179.99 a year in order to tap into a library of...
As is becoming the trend, the portion of Apple's WWDC conference dedicated to the Apple Watch featured a heavy focus on the watch's health and fitness features, which continue to be the wearable's hallmark feature set.
"Apple Watch is designed to help you live a healthier life," CEO Tim Cook said, "and people are absolutely loving the fitness capabilities, the health capabilities, the quick...
Misfit (now a Fossil brand) and swimwear brand Speedo have launched the second generation of their Speedo Shine device, a tracker for swimmers Misfit originally launched last August. Just as Speedo Shine was a swimmer-focused version of the Misfit Shine with new firmware, Speedo Shine 2 is swimmer-focused version of the Shine 2.
That means the device itself is thinner than its predecessor and...
Ecommerce website, SwimOutlet.com, has launched a public beta for its swim tracking platform.
The website helps swimmers track, share and compare the workouts they monitor with waterproof activity trackers. The platform, called Swim.com, received 5,000 beta requests within its first 10 days, according to the company.
“Swimming can be a lonely sport even in a busy pool, but we’ve built a platform...
Monitoring heart rate and calorie burn is helpful for any kind of athlete, but for one sport in particular, traditional wearable trackers won't cut it: swimming. A Beirut, Lebanon-based startup called Instabeat is looking to fill that gap. Instabeat has been in development for two years, appearing at events like TED and CES in the meantime. The company has received seed funding and built a...
