Anyone interested in joining the fitness band craze will like this deal. The Garmin Vivofit fitness band (http://amzn.to/1Ir1bi4) is now only $70.99, 45% off its list price of $129.99. The Vivofit is the #1 bestselling GPS activity band from the most respected brand in GPS gear. At this bargain price, it’s not hard to see why.
Of course, some of us are asking the question, “What the heck is a GPS activity band and why do I want one?”
Well, it all comes back to that age old topic of your health. It’s a well documented fact that Amercians have gotten more flabby in recent years. The root causes of obesity are many, but one of the core problems surely is inactivity. All too often we lead inactive lifestyles. We spend a lot more time watching TV and surfing the Internet than moving our rear ends. Hence the rear end expansion.
In what we’ve called “The RV Exercise Paradox,” we’ve experienced sedentary days even when we RV travel. If the weather outside is lousy, it’s all too easy to sit inside the RV (and sadly, no one ever has a treadmill inside their RV).
An activity band can be a great motivational tool. It uses GPS technology to track your steps and activity throughout the day. At the end of the day, you can view a report that shows the number of steps taken and calories burned. If you are leading a sedentary lifestyle, a band will give you valuable information.
The Garmin Vivofit contains a “move bar” that attempts to motivate you to be active throughout the day by displaying a red move bar after one hour of inactivity. Additional “move bar” segments light up for every 15 minutes of inactivity. You just walk for a couple of minutes to reset the move bar.
Some activity bands require frequent recharging. The Garmin Vivofit offers a long battery life – it stays on for more than a year without having to change the battery.
The Garmin Vivofit has an easy-to-read display. You can always view the time of day and your stats right on your wrist. That’s correct – it even tells the time! What will they think of next? 🙂 Actually, this basic wristwatch functionality is a welcome feature.
Here’s another interesting feature of the Garmin Vivofit. The band learns your activity level and assigns a personalized goal each morning. So every day, it’s kind of like having a personal coach who is setting expectations for you.
As it tracks your activity, the Garmin Vivofit records calories burned throughout the day including base metabolic rate.
And yes, this band can even monitor your sleep! Set the sleep mode when you go to bed to track the quality of your rest. You see, the band contains an accelerometer, so it can detect whether you are resting still or tossing and turning.
We view this sort of fitness gadget as an investment in health.
Trips to the doctor are usually expensive. The best method of avoiding health problems is often to merge healthy nutrition with exercise. These fitness bands help motivate exercise by monitoring activity and calories burned.
At this bargain price for a #1 bestseller, the Garmin Vivofit is great way to get started with activity bands.