The holiday season just came to a close, but that doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to keep treating yourself in the New Year. Instead of indulging in sugary treats and carbs galore, treat yourself by investing in your fitness. After all, what better way to spend your end-of-year bonus or the check your aunt slipped you after holiday dinner than on some new gear to kickstart your health?
New year, new opportunity to drop some weight and get in shape. To assist with that noble endeavor is a bunch of shiny new gear for keeping those resolutions on track, from a smart scale and high-tech food scanner to an app that’ll make your grocery shopping easier—and healthier.
If you want to start your new year off right, you’re going to need the right tech. From fitness equipment to nutrition assistance, you‘ll be seeing serious results with the most innovative fitness technology on the market. Because in the constant battle to keep the weight off, the holidays are your nemesis. But these weight loss-friendly gadgets might be your savior. Here are our top pieces of gear you’re going to want this year.
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Eufy Bodysense Smart Scale
If it’s a scale you’re after, this intelligent number will measure your weight, BMI, muscle mass, and body-fat percentages. It also syncs to an app, so you can see your progress, and supports up to 20 different users—in case you’re a gym owner or have a weirdly big family.
A joint study from ACE and Western State Colorado University showed that these sauna suits promoted weight loss while improving VO2 max, endurance, and heat acclimation among runners. Best of all, they look like clothes and not trash bags.
The future looks like this hand-held device, which uses a microspectrometer to scan actual foods (not bar codes) and tell you what they’re composed of. So scan a tomato or a piece of steak, and you’ll get all the vitals—calories, fat, carbs, and more.
This Bluetooth-enabled blender weighs ingredients as you add them, calculates nutritional data, tracks your wellness goals, and walks you through more than 100 smoothie recipes. It’s a very smart way to make breakfast.
Running is a great workout, but it gets boring. Peloton Tread keeps you motivated with high-energy, instructor-led runs and upbeat music, plus some off-treadmill strength and core exercises to round out your workout.
This scale-and-mirror combo provides more than just your weight and reflection. It scans your body in 3D, and then spits out data like body fat percentage and lean mass, plus nine measurements, including your waist, chest, arms and legs.
This handy app ranks thousands of foods with green, yellow, and red nutrition scores to keep your diet on track. The healthier you eat, the better your score. And to save you time, your purchases are automatically added to the app when you shop at Kroger stores.
Keep this thing by your side, and you’ll stay hydrated all day. The smart bottle tracks your water consumption and vibrates to remind you to drink. The more water you consume, the less you’ll reach for sugary crap like soda.
This updated abs belt improves on prior versions, fitting better around the waist to allow its electro muscle stimulation to tone and strengthen every inch of your core. It’s also slimmer and more discreet, so go ahead and wear it under your work shirt.
