Fitness Gadget

By Cat Schwartz
July 8, 2010

I knew in February that swimsuit season was around the corner and it totally freaked me out. I love to ride horses—yup, that's me in the picture—but to get bikini ready, I knew I needed to really step it up. So I did what I always do—I looked for gadgets that could help.

Of course I turned to my beloved eBay and was psyched to see a vast amount of awesome fitness gadgets on the site! They can do everything from measure your body mass index to showing you how to get home from a 50 mile bike ride. Take a look at what I found.

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NEW Omron HBF-306C Digital Body Fat Analyzer HBF-306

First you have to decide, "Do I really want to know my body fat?" Really? Absolutely! I found that there’s no better way to be encouraged than to literally measure your progress. The Omron Body Fat Analyzer will help you keep track of what’s really happening inside of your body and super easy to use.

($32)

NEW Suunto G6 Pro Golf Computer Watch

(buy it now price, $425)

Breaking Par…just a pipe dream for me, but one can actually see improvements using the Suunto G6 Pro Golf Computer Watch. This baby measures your tempo, rhythm, back swing length and speed after each stroke! At the end of the day, upload data from your game, analyze your whole round, then use your golf towel to catch your salty tears when you see how much you need to improve.

NEW Fitbit

(sold for $145)

10,000 steps a day. That’s what they tell ya. This little beauty fits neatly on your pants, keeps track of steps, distance AND quality of sleep! No need to download, Fitbit will send data to a base station each time you walk by. Only did 5,500 steps today? There’s always tomorrow.

NEW Garmin Edge 500 Cycling Computer Neutral Color

(buy it now price, $229.99)

Want to know your vertical? You must be a bicyclist! I get giddy just thinking of all the cool stats you can garner from the Garmin Edge 500, a GPS based cycling computer. My favorite, aside from the very accurate elevation readings, is the fact that you can pre-create your virtual course. This feature keeps you right on track so that you can enjoy the trees and rivers without getting lost.

NEW Finis SwiMP3 V2 1G Underwater Swim Pool Waterproof MP3

(buy it now price, $134.95)

Being able to rock out to my favorite tunes always gets me working out a little bit harder, even when I’m swimming. The Finis SwiMP3 Player uses waterproof headphones that work in conjunction with your inner ear so you can listen to “Eye Of The Tiger” while doing laps.

Polar FT80 Black Heart Rate Monitor + Wearlink Strap

(buy it now price, $254.95)

My brother, Michael, is a rugby player. Those dudes are hard core about their workout so when I showed him the Polar FT 80 watch/heart rate monitor he was over the moon. It boasts a training session guide that tells him every detail he needs to pus himself to the next level.

Body Solid Roman Chair / Hyperextension Bench

(eBay classifieds price, $199)

Core! My trainer shouts in my ear, strengthen your core! Think I could use this Roman Chair to get those girly curves rocking and my core solid! I promise not to hang clothes on it....