Fitness equipment
The fitness bracelet, also called fitness tracker, is an invention that is booming in the health market. It is a wristband with a touch display. A fitness wristband tracks various data such as distance, time, calories burned, heart rate, steps, floors covered or sleep patterns.
Fitness wristbands have different functions and can sometimes even replace a personal trainer. A fitness wristband keeps the wearer on the alarm until he or she finally moves on. There are numerous products on the market with different price-performance ratios.
Even the less expensive products already offer many functions. Basics are pedometers, calorie trackers and sleep analysis. Higher priced fitness trackers are also available with GPS and heart rate measurement.
Other features include missed call notification, SMS or email notification, remote music control and social apps. Some devices are equipped with apps for Android, iOS or Windows Phone. Many fitness trackers are also waterproof.
A fitness bike is a special bicycle. It is a kind of mixture of a racing bike and a mountain bike. A fitness bike allows you to ride on paved and unpaved roads.
Most fitness bikes are equipped with straight handlebars. This means that you can sit upright unlike on a road bike. A fitness bike is characterized by a tire size of 28 inches, which makes it possible to ride at high speed.
This aspect is similar to the road bike, while mountain bikes usually have 26 inch tire sizes. This means that a mountain bike has a lower rolling resistance. Fitness bikes are not only fast, but also very light.
They have no mudguards, luggage rack, chain guard or lighting elements. Fitness bikes have frames made of aluminum or carbon. In addition, most fitness bikes have derailleur gears with up to 30 gears.
To find the right fitness bike, it is important to adapt the bike to your own needs. The frame size must fit and the saddle must be right. Since you take a sporty posture on a fitness bike, narrower saddles are recommended.
On a fitness bike you say: ischial tuberosity width (the area between the centers of the two ischial tuberosities) + 1 cm = corresponds to the appropriate saddle width. For the individual frame size you multiply your own step length (in cm) with the value 0.66. In appropriate stores there are trained personnel who can help you with the right choice of frame size and saddle.
Fitness gloves are sold by many sports brand manufacturers and are becoming increasingly popular. The main function of these gloves is to provide a secure grip in the hand. This applies to free weights and barbells.
Fitness gloves are ideal for lifting heavy weights. Products with padded palms in particular provide pleasant wearing comfort. Among the fitness gloves there are many products with ventilation function.
This means that the fabric absorbs moisture to keep hands dry during exercise. With wet hands it is more difficult to keep weights clean for a long time and technically. Fitness gloves also prevent the formation of pressure points and calluses on the inside of the hand.
There are also special models that surround the wrist with reinforced material to protect the wrist. Fitness straps are among the most versatile and affordable fitness accessories. The classic fitness bands are colorful, elastic bands made of latex, which are one to three meters long.
The choice of fitness bands depends on the intended use. Fitness bands are suitable for everything between general physical exercise, physiotherapy and targeted weight training. For physiotherapy, red bands are mostly used, which means medium strength bands.
The colors of the fitness bands of most manufacturers correspond to the colors of the Thera bands (original fitness bands). That means yellow bands have a light resistance, red bands have a medium resistance, green bands have a strong resistance and black bands have a super strong resistance.A red band is usually sufficient for physiotherapy exercises, while strength training often starts with light or medium strength bands. With the training the resistance may be increased gradually, so that it makes sense to have a choice of different fitness bands for strength training.
A fascia roll is a self-massage device made of hard foam, which is used in many different ways. Apart from its use in physiotherapy and sports medicine, the fascia roller is now indispensable in the fitness sector. The Fascia Roll can be ideally used for warm-up or cool-down.
When warming up, the Fascia Roller can be used to improve the gliding ability of the muscles by rolling out the muscles on the roll. This allows for better body control throughout the workout. The Cool-Down uses the fascia roll more intensively, rolling out is slower and longer.
You can also use the fascia roller for certain fitness exercises, such as holding exercises or abdominal-leg-to-back units. Depending on your preferences, you can use the Fascia Roller for warming up, training or cooling down. A further beneficial effect is the reduction of pain.
If you do not place the roller, pain will be felt in the fascial tissue, which is rich in pain receptors. Regular training sessions with the device help to loosen stuck fasciae. Vibration plates can be found in many fitness studios.
They have a frequency range of five to sixty hertz and shake the user well. One possibility is to simply stand on the plate for a few minutes. The vibration plate forces muscle contractions from our body, which promotes the build-up of muscles.
The body uses these muscle movements to maintain balance. This means that the movements on the vibration plate are passive movements. Therefore, vibration training is exhausting even without active movements.
If you want to achieve more, you can combine active and passive movements. This works by simply doing classical muscle building exercises on the vibration plate. There the exercises are more difficult, which increases performance and improves coordination and balance. Training with the vibration plate is considered to be particularly effective because it addresses the deep muscles, which are otherwise less addressed during training.
