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Spire Health Tag Changes The Wearables Game With Near-Invisibility

Wearables can provide an athlete with valuable training insight. They can also provide the hassle of battery life, clunkiness and overall impractical product design. Spire Health, creator of the Spire Stone, is introducing a new product, eliminating many of those nuisances. The Spire Health Tag flips the idea of a “wearable” on its head, avoiding […]

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Apple Watch Connects To Cardio Machines In Australia

Apple’s GymKit technology, the new Apple Watch implementation on commercial cardio machines, has started to roll out in Australia and is expected to soon follow in the U.S. Since announcing an update for Apple Watch in June, Apple has been working with the world’s biggest equipment machine manufacturers to enable seamless sharing of user biometric […]

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Houston Astros Organization Used New Shoulder Test To Monitor Fatigue

A strength assessment for the shoulder rooted in judo, devised by a soccer physio, tested in rugby and administered with a tool associated with the lower body has been adapted for baseball and used this past season by the World Series champion Houston Astros organization. The Astros tested the use of ForceDecks — a leading supplier of […]

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Epson Launches ProSense Running Watches With Meb Keflezighi

NEW YORK — Epson has announced the launch of ProSense, a line of five running watches that has a notable American runner endorsing it. Meb Keflezighi – a winner of the Boston and New York City marathons and silver medal winner in the 2004 Olympic marathon – has tested and used the ProSense 307, according […]

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