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We always find Chris' deep mixes of pulsing beats and rhythmic overtones a perfect pairing for Cardio or strength training. Recently he came up on Electronic Groove with a 1 hour set. Download it and rock out
An unlikely source just unveiled their newest phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this week. If you're an athlete or just an individual who enjoys working out, this is a phone you might be interested in.
It's the Puma Phone by Puma, the company that we all know and love for their great shoes and fitness gear. Their new phone will be hitting Puma stores in early April. It has all the features you'd expect from any newly released phone, like, touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, video calls, GPS, etc. etc.
What you really want to know about is its sporty features! The Puma Phone boasts a GPS run tracker and GPS bike speedometer, so after your workout you may track how fast you travelled, plus how far and even see it mapped out! While you're getting your sweat on outside you'll be simultaneously charging your phone. How? With its built-in solar panel, that will tell you exactly how much power its gotten from the sun with messages like, "25 messages powered by the sun." The phone also houses an analogue stopwatch, a pedometer and a yachting compass. We all need tunes while we workout and the new mobile device has that covered as well with a built-in radio and a scratching turntable app you can use to scratch your MP3s.
This phone looks like a whole lot of fun with features such as Puma icon messaging (its very own language) and a resident puma named Dylan. Perhaps not the phone for a serious business person, but definitely the phone for fitness fiends with a fun side!
Sources:
1. http://pumaphone.com/
2. Mobile Crunch. Feb. 10, 2010. PUMA to announce a sports-centric, solar powered cell phone next week. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/02/10/puma-phone-pumaphone/
3. Stuff.tv. Feb. 16, 2010. Puma Phone officially announced. http://stuff.tv/news/Puma-Phone-officially-announced/14077/
4. Mashable. Feb. 17, 2010. Puma Phone: Great For Running in the Sun. http://mashable.com/2010/02/17/puma-phone/
Don't feel like going to the gym is the only way to get in shape. If you're over the treadmill and lifting weights, try taking a dance class! Feel the rhythms and beats pulsate through your body, and dance your way to a new you! Here are some ideas for different dances you can learn to melt those pounds away...
Bellydancing
Want to have a stomach like Shakira? Her hips don't lie, she can thank belly dancing for that bod. A belly dance class is a total body workout. You'll get great cardio in, burn calories and sculpt every single muscle in your core.
Break Dancing
Break dancing is also a great cardio workout, as well as strength building. Breaking incorporates a ton ofmoves you simulate in the gym, push-up's, spins, etc, all use your body weight being supported by
certain muscle groups. The amount of control in many break dance moves,
requires a lot of core strength in order to perform them properly. It's challenging, but your friends will be impressed with your new moves and your body will be extremely toned.
Zumba
Have you heard of it yet? Zumba classes are taking off like wildfire. Zumba fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. You'll have so much fun during this class, you won't even realize you're covered in sweat and that a whole hour has passed by.
Boogie Box
This workout incorporates high intensity hip hop and latin dancing, mixed with kickboxing, plyometric exercises and military drills choreographed in intervals designed to burn burn burn. Warning, this workout is not for the weak! Get ready to sweat. Boogie box experts say you can burn up to 1100 calories in an hour.
Do you have an iPod nano, iPod touch or iPhone 3GS? Next time you head to 24 Hour Fitness take advantage of their Nike + iPod compatible cardio machines. Just plug into a treadmill, elliptical machine, stair stepper or stationary bike and track your progress!
While rocking out to your favorite workout mix you're device will record your pace, distance, time, and calories burned while charging at the same time! When you're done a summary of your work-out will be recorded on your device as well.
When you get home from the gym, connect your iPod or iPhone to your computer and iTunes will sync your workout info to nikeplus.com. Review your workout, see where you can improve and challenge yourself at your next gym visit!
