Your Own Personal Gym at Home.

Kinesis Personal Gym: a home gym made for your home This is one of the most radical and stylish looking pieces of fitness equipment I have ever seen. If you have limited space and want something that looks like a piece of furniture, you need to take a look at the Kinesis Personal Gym. It looks like a wall with a sleek looking pulley system protruding from it. Tucked behind the wall is the technology that enables you to take this pulley system from a piece of art to a fully functional gym.The cable resistance and computerized pulley system enables exercises to be done with a complete range of motion and you can vary the resistance by simply turning the digital dial in the middle of the wall. If space is an issue and price is not, the Kinesis Personal is the product for you

Ideal Sports Shoes

One thing sports like football, soccer, baseball, and golf have in common is that in order to play them you use shoes that have cleats in them. When you run, hit, catch or throw, those cleats can tear up the turf and make holes in the ground. Well, a German designer named Daniel Wilhelms has developed a soccer cleat that is filled with fertilizer. Called the Naturistick, the cleat releases a dose of fertilizer with every step you take. This is an interesting concept that we may see evolve into other sports as a way to insure that our playing surfaces stay green and lush. I don't know too much about them yet as the website is in German, but if you can read German then check out Daniel Wilhelms Naturistick.

SG5 Pro - Every Golfers must have!

GPS is at it again. In my previous post GPS being used as training tool even while competing

GPS Technology touches in with golf.
Introducing the SG5 Pro by Sky Golf GPS. The company has been around for quite a few years and was one of the first companies to offer a hand held GPS device for golfers. Its important features are:

• Patent IntelliGreen® technology enables golfers to measure the full physical features of their course.
• Golf course maps can be easily downloaded from their website.
• SkyGolf's advanced GPS technology is integrated with the very best Swiss engineering to provide unmatched reliability.
• Its vibrant color display features automatic backlighting to ensure easy readability indoors and outdoors.

If you’re traveling to play golf or you want to know everything about your existing golf course the Sky Golf GPS maybe the device for you.

Cardio Exercise Tool

Another cool gadget that will surely be loved by anyone especially those who want to be in shape this coming summer. Introducing the X-Bike by Trixter (second picture on the left).

It’s not just any other indoor cycle; it offers a total-body workout while pedaling. It’s like pedaling a real bicycle. The X-Bike requires the upper body and core musculature to be in action while the legs do the pedaling.

That’s not all, this bike has unique patented handlebar mechanism that the rider pumps from side to side against adjustable resistance while exercising. What a nice tool to include to your cardio program.

Nintendo Wii - Sports Included!

Will the Nintendo Wii become a coaching aid for athletes? Nascar and other race car drivers use video game like simulators to study race tracks and sharpen their skills without the risk of injury from a nasty crash. There are already fitness trainers figuring out how to use the Wii as a workout tool for their clients, and coaches in other sports are starting to see the benefits of using this interactive game system as a way for athletes to sharpen their skills. Could this be the start of a new kind of fitness revolution. I think so, I can see it now you will walk into your local Gym and submerge yourself into a virtual Wii workout. Why not, we never have enough time for recreational sports and if the game world can offer some convergence and help us with our technique, preparation and fitness then sign me up. In just the short time that I have used the Wii sports game, you can see how there is quite a bit of skill involved and it is not hard to break a sweat and elevate your heart rate with any of the interactive games. With sensor technology getting better everyday the next Wii may just come with games made by the best coaches and trainers in the world, this new sports experience is bound to arrive sooner rather than later. If Nintendo does not start increasing the supply of the Wii soon adults will be fighting their kids for time on these little game systems.

Vibration = Strength + Power

Have you ever heard of Vibration Technology? This technology was tested and started by Dr. Nazarov in competitive sports and realized the benefits in developing strength and power.

It surely is a very useful training tool for all athletes, especially those activities fell into the categories where much physical strength is required. These machines create instability in the human body, and force the body to perform reflexive muscle contractions. The result is an improvement in force production, or strength and power. It is becoming a wellness solution for all ages, lifestyles and physical abilities. For athletes in any sport I think this vibration technology is the real thing and encourage you to try it out.

For more information go to www.powerplate.com.

Training while in Competition - GPS monitors player's performance

GPS is mainly use on targeting specific locations globally but now its technology has gotten into the world of sports as a monitoring device.

GPS Sports, an Australian based company made a technology for coaches and athletes out there. The device allow their coaches to track how far they run, what speed and the hits athletes experience during training and during the competition itself. This helps the coaches to train the athletes independently and to track the pressure and whether injured players are fit to resume their game.

It has a "Richter" like scale that measures how greatly the activities are affecting the athletes.

The device is worn in a vest or strapped to the players back