Winter triathlon training, part 1: swimming
Alright, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, or who are not doing much racing until May/June/July, etc., this is probably what you would call our Base period of training. Now is the time to [...]
General Fitness
General Fitness
Fitbit captures daily activity and sleep patterns to help track overall wellness
Using built in sensors, the Fitbit captures ‘three dimensional motion’ to provide insight as to the amount of activity and sleep you log each day. It compiles this data and based on your [...]
The Perfect Pushup puts a positive ‘spin’ on pushups
Over my lifetime I’ve done perhaps hundreds-of-thousands of pushups, usually as a form of punishment for poor performance in karate and sports. I still hear my coaches screaming ‘drop and [...]
Another Strange and Cruel Gadget for Lazy Dog Owner
While it’s true the main focus of Bitness is fitness gadgets, we do – from time-to-time – write about gadgets for dogs. Most of these gadgets (like this, this and this) border on [...]
The Shake Weight – 6 Minute Workout
We’ve seen some pretty interesting exercise equipment (e.g. this, this and that), but none made me blush quite so much as the Shake Weight. Using what the manufacturer calls dynamic inertia, [...]
Bodies in Motion Keep Personal Electronic Devices Charged
For almost a quarter century, Kinetic watches have kept themselves wound by converting movement into energy. As of 2007, over eight million Kinetic watches have been sold and the notion of harvesting [...]
Hidden iPhone feature and the new Nike + SportBand
On most runs I’m wearing a Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS watch with the heart rate receiver strapped around my chest, an armband with my iPhone and on my longer runs, a Fuel Belt around my waist. [...]
Metal Detecting Sandals by Hammacher Schlemmer
In the Summer I usually surf before 7 a.m. or after 5 p.m. because the parking lot is open to non-residents. These are also prime time hours to find the treasure hunters, typically older folks with [...]
Best Deals in Intertown
In the past week I’ve had 4 people tell me how grateful they were that I turned them on to Steepandcheap.com. Steep and Cheap sells gear (I’d describe it as general outdoorsy gear) one [...]
Polar RS300X with GPS and Footpod – Worth it?
Growing up, I was always a fan of The Hulk cartoons and TV show. My cousin Joe Harnell wrote the theme song for the TV show (song title: ‘The Lonely Man‘) and was kind enough to send me [...]
Bitness Green Week: Google.org PowerMeter Gadget
However unintentional, this is shaping up to be ‘Green Week’ on Bitness. Google.org just released a list of partners (typically power companies) from all over the world, who will install [...]
Gadget Freaks: We’re Killing the Planet
Apparently, owning a lot of gadgets is as bad for your bank account as it is for the environment. According to an article in the Telegraph, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts our penchant [...]
Gear Locker Project: Introduction
I’ve had an on again, off again love affair with lockers my whole life. In Middle School I graduated from a cubby hole to a locker that wouldn’t lock (an ‘er’ if you will). My [...]
Nike – Onwards (by James Jarvis)
Wouldn’t it be great if all our runs were like this? Of course, you know that some of that static stretching he does at the beginning of the clip isn’t really “correct”. Warm [...]
Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009
I can do the thing where he bangs the back wheel with the wooden board. Posted by: [...]
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