Wearable Fitness Devices

Using a wearable computer such as a wristband that tracks your movement or a mobile application that gives you work outs to follow or nutrition advice to follow and monitor food in take gives you the knowledge necessary to make better health decisions. It can be hard to tell in today's world if you are being active, sedentary, or moderately active. Most people should be aiming to walk anywhere between 5,000 to 10,000 steps each day However, with our tendency to drive everywhere and work in a cubicle sitting down means that many Americans get far less exercise every day. Until you start tracking your steps and activity you really do not have a good grasp on your fitness level. Proponents of the quantified self movement understand that having the information is important, but knowing how to use it to understand more about your health and motivate you to get more physical exercise is what is most important. When you know you need to get 10,000 steps in everyday it is a lot easier to justify going for that long end of day walk and it also feels more rewarding when you can see your progress and ability to hit daily goals.

There are lots of great devices out on the market, but the following three were chosen for inclusion here because they are the best all around products for someone interested in using a wearable device to improve their health.

Fitbit makes tracking your personal health and well being really easy. Fitbit has developed a comprehensive solution that combines the wearable device, which includes one of 3 different models that track your physical activity. A scale that monitors your body weight and a mobile app that helps you to eat better and be conscious of everything that you are putting in your mouth.

Wireless Trackers

• Flex - A sleek wristband that can be worn night and day and tracks everything from steps, distance, calories, burned, and even monitors sleeping patterns at night
• Zip - A simple clip on device that tracks your movement through the day and keeps the data on the device to be synced via your computer or smartphone.
• One - The one has all of the compact benefits of the zip with the ability to manage your night activity and track sleep quality.

Reach your goals by keeping one of these devices on your person at all times and make sure that you are getting up and moving each day.

The Jawbone is an attractive wearable that comes in several stylish colors. Jawbone has coupled the Up with a iPhone and Android mobile application in order to get more data into the equation. Use the application in order to capture meals and your personal mood. The device is constantly keeping track already of your steps walked and sleep.

The following are the most important elements of your personal activity that can be tracked and analyzed from a wearable health monitoring device.

• Number of Steps Taken
• Distance Traveled
• Calories Burned
• Hours Slept
• Food Intake

Developed by Nike the Fuelband has become a popular device among athletes that want to tap the benefits of becoming more aware about their personal activity levels. Nike has also fully supported the developer community by providing an API for third party developers to build applications using the Fuelband for their source of data.

Nike allows the user to set their daily goals and then monitors the progress throughout the day. Connect with Nike+ and see your activity history and stay connected with your friends that can help motivate you to stay on target.