New Fitness Tracker Helps Athletes Push Their Limits at the Gym

When you're lifting weights and not sure you can do one more rep, it either means that you can still do 10 more — or that you're putting yourself at risk for injury. In fact, there's a trend in exercise science towards prescribing a velocity of weight lifting rather than a number of reps, as it allows for optimal workload but still lets the body recover between trainings or competitions. But you can't log velocity with a pen and paper

PUSH, a wearable fitness gadget that launched on Indiegogo last week, will retail at $149 and is the first device to measure strength marketed to consumers (i.e., affordable). Unlike other wearable fitness trackers, PUSH is not meant to be worn throughout the day — it's only for the gym. Read more...