Nike Technology: More Than Just Shoes
Nike Technology Presents Heart Rate Tools
Nike is keeping up with the times and has fully surpassed its shoe selling competitors. Nike has clearly made it known that it’s not just about shoes anymore. Your heart rate zone is one of the most important factors to be mindful of while exercising. A popular tool that many brands are making these days is the heart rate monitor watch. Nike has surpassed this concept, and has introduced the Nike Imara Heart Rate Monitor. It is designed especially for female wrists.
This monitor includes a calorie counter which records how many calories are burned during a workout, a heart rate display measured in BPM or as a percentage of the maximum heart rate achieved. You may program the monitor to alert you when you are out of the heart rate zone that you need while exercising. The data mode on the monitor lets you know how many calories you burned from the last workout you did, and how long you were in the target heart rate zone. This watch is also water resistant for a maximum of fifty meters. The Imara Heart Rate Monitor will set you back about $100 This is considerably low in comparison to other products with the same function that can be purchased up to twice this amount!
iPod Joined with Nike Technology
Nike has also discovered a way to sensor your running experience. With the Nike + iPod, place a sensor in the sole of your Nike shoe and view how you ran by syncing up with your iPod. As you run, the iPod tracks your time, distance, and calories burned. You can set up your iPod to play music while you workout. Begin with a nice slow song when you are stretching, then when you hear your fast paced pop music you know the 5 minute stretching time you allotted is up, and its time to run! Set up your Nike + iPod to play rock music when you want to be in your calorie burning zone, and then to go back to pop when you are running or jogging at normal speed again.
You can use Nikeplus.com to challenge other runners around the world. Run when it is convenient for you, and then download the results which are viewable on you and your competitor’s PC. Nike has affordable sensor replacements if you have lost your sensor or the battery dies. If you use different shoes for different sports, you can buy a replacement sensor for a spare pair of shoes for less than $20.
Customizable Shoes
If you just cannot find the right colors schemes for your Nike shoe of choice at the mall or sporting good store, go to Nike.com and customize your own shoe. You can change the color of the airbags, the laces, the Nike check which is known as “the swoosh”, and even the swoosh’s border. You can choose from many different bright colors to make it spunky, or choose all one color to make it simple. Orders take about four weeks for delivery.
Nike has not only made a name for themselves as a fitness shoe maker, but also for cutting edge technology. You can find many tools that you need to supplement your training programs through Nike technology.
