Rethink the way you measure fitness. Athos, Workout, Tracking Clothing!

Athos, wearable tracking clothing has come to light. Not only is tracking simple things like heart rate, now full muscle motions, are you actually hitting the right muscle with the movement you are doing. Athos has hit on a something others have missed. This can open up a truck load of opportunities, with the recent purchase of MAPMYFITNESS by Under Armor, I would think that this would be their next purchase. Trainers get ready, the flood gates are going to open up.  
The Experience
So much data, what to do with it?
While having a lot of data is great, it's even better when it's relevant and easy to understand.

• Get real-time data, feedback and coaching that's relevant to your current workout.
• Get workout summaries that show you how to improve the next time around.
• Compare your progress and results against friends and family.
• Keep track of and work toward your goals.
• And so much more that we can't wait to show you!

John Lewis, Easy Camp Tipi Tent!

$150, for a teepee, a modern era teepee. You can buy light weight tents from EMS for a little more, but for backyard camping this is the best deal around!

Product information

The retro looks and versatility of the Tipi tent continues, with campers using them for shelters, play, centre piece, meeting area and palatial accommodation on site or at the festival.

Having just a centre pole, this 4-berth Tipi tent is easy to pitch. Multiple guys and a hexagonal floor ensure stability.

It features taped seams to keep things water-tight and an anti-bug mesh to prevent any unwanted guests. The apex cowl that protects the underlying vent features an internal hoop to maintain its shape and 4 guys to hold it in place. Bright colours help boost the party atmosphere.

Material:100% fire retardant polyester
Capacity:4 people
Dimensions: 275 x 300 x 205cm
Weight:3.7 kg

OUTLIER Doublebag

OUTLIER Doublebag:

Simple the way things should be. Bags, you can't have enough of them, the minute you think that you have the one that you have always wanted, someone looks over your shoulder see the problems you are having and creates a better more useful bag. Damn! Well Hard to beat the Doublebag, you can even add it to of one your other favorites, yes this will be come a favorite.

A simple way to separate your clothes while traveling. Two bags in one, a clean side and a dirty side. As your journey progresses, the clean side shrinks and the dirty expands. Once you start using it you may well find it an essential travel tool.

Why You Need to Be Doing Burpees

Why You Need to Be Doing Burpees

What is the best predictor of when you’ll die? That seems like a hard—not to mention morbid—question, but, incredibly, study after study is showing that simple tests of physical performance are highly predictive of future mortality.  

My favorite recent example is a study from Brazil that tracked just over 2,000 subjects age 50 and up. A 10 point score system was developed to assess how easily they could get up off the floor based on a sitting-rising test (SRT):

Lower SRT scores were associated with higher mortality (p<0.001). A continuous trend for longer survival was reflected by multivariate-adjusted (age, sex, body mass index) hazard ratios of 5.44 (95% CI 3.1–9.5), 3.44 (95% CI 2.0–5.9), and 1.84 (95% CI 1.1–3.0) (p<0.001) from lower to higher SRT scores. Each unit increase in SRT score conferred a 21% improvement in survival. Conclusions: Musculoskeletal fitness, as assessed by SRT, was a significant predictor of mortality in 51–80-year-old subjects.

There was a clear relationship between how easy it was for the people to get off the floor and how long they lived.

A little deeper dive into the data shows that about 95 percent of the people who scored well (between eight and 10) survived over 14 years. Only about 60 percent of those who scored poorly (between zero and three) survived for 14 years, and the number of people who scored poorly increased with age.  

And that’s not the only test out there that can predict lifespan. There is now evidence that poor grip strength predicts early mortality in young people.

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