About the GoWear Fit

BodyMedia describes the GoWear fit as "a lifestyle and calorie management system that helps consumers monitor their body and improve their health." The Multi-Sensor Armband is a small wearable monitoring system(computer) that measures a variety of physical characteristics, including motion, steps, galvanic skin response, skin temperature, and heat flux. The armband is used in conjunction with the Online Activity Manager and an optional watch-like Display. Using the measurements from the armband, the system reports:

• Calorie burn
• Physical activity
• Steps taken
• Sleep duration
• Sleep efficiency

Like most fitness products the primary market leans heavily towards customers interested in weight loss, and by association health and lifestyle.

Combining the information that the armband reports to the online activity monitor with either, BodyMedia's Nutrition Assessment or the new daily food logging provides a recepie for healthy weight management. Daily stats and extended reports of calories in, calories out, activity, and sleep tell you everything you need to know about your current lifestyle that there are no more excuses. It is time for action!

I am far from BodyMedia's typical customer. I am a healthy and fit 31 year old male. I keep very active working out and playing and competing in team sports. But being a gadget geek and also very interested in the health and fitness industry, I wanted to get one of these things at least to play with. I have lost weight in the past, and don't neet to lose any right now. My objective here is to see what benefit I can get out of the GoWear fit as an athlete; not interested in weight loss, I want to improve in the gym and improve on the field.