| hone/workout system will reign supreme? Two | | | | tool. Together, each component helps to accurately |
| phone/MP3 player/ Web workout products, Samsung | | | | calculate an athlete’s performance, monitor |
| and Adidas or Nike and Apple are going head to head | | | | your speed and success and helps you organize |
| to see which workout system will outsell the other | | | | upcoming workouts. The inner workings include |
| and overtake the other. | | | | capacitive sensors that work in part of a 3-axis |
| What is This Workout/Phone System? | | | | accelerometer that is able to measure acceleration, |
| Not unlike a mile tracker for conscientious walkers, | | | | motion and inclination. The phone is attached to an |
| these new capacitive sensor gadgets are cell phones | | | | armband, but communicates via a headphone to |
| with Internet connectivity, connected to an | | | | update the user on the progress. The miCoach will tell |
| acceleration sensor to measure your athletic | | | | the user if they need to speed up or slow down |
| performance. Instead of watching one’s | | | | depending on the information that was programmed |
| performance monitored on an elliptical machine or | | | | into the system. The website included in the workout |
| treadmill at the gym, the Adidas/ Samsung miCoach | | | | tool comes with more that 220 training programs, |
| or the Nike+ iPhone/iPod/iTouch are made up of a | | | | and fitness plans for weight loss, marathons and |
| couple different components that one wears on their | | | | target speeds.iPod Sport Kit |
| body and or shoe to create a complete set. | | | | The Nike + Apple combo allows you to attach the |
| Music and watching one’s progress helps | | | | device to your running shoe or to participating gyms |
| motivate athletes. The busy person is now able to | | | | who have the iPod touch cardio machines. At the |
| have their phone and megapixel camera on them at | | | | gym you can plug in and record your pace, time and |
| the same time.miCoach | | | | distance as they work out. When you are not at a |
| This new gadget is for people on the go. This new | | | | gym that has the convenient machines, then you use |
| hi- tech gadget that has athletes’ attention is | | | | an iPod nano, or iphone, and insert an iPod Sport Kit |
| called a miCoach System, by Samsung and the | | | | Sensor into your Nike running shoe and attach the |
| Adidas corporation. The miCoach System uses | | | | receiver to your iPod. The sensor will track your |
| sensitive capacitive sensor to measure an | | | | running and send the information to the iPod. The |
| athlete’s heart rate, speed, distance and | | | | iPod Sport Kit also offers Nike Sport Music content |
| endurance levels. The set includes a heart rate belt, a | | | | that has a workout-based pumped up tunes to keep |
| stride sensor that attaches to an athlete’s | | | | you running. |
| shoe and a mobile phone with a web based training | | | | Today athlete is now digital. |