Men’s Fitness UK – September 2019

RUNFRIENDLY

Free, runfriendly.com

One of the things that stops people
swapping an environment-damaging car
commute for a fitness-boosting run-or-
ride cardio session is access to showers.
No one wants to hammer out a sweaty
10km then stink out the office all day. This
smartphone app-based subscription
service wants to solve that. Basically Uber
for showers, it helps you find nearby gyms,
hotels and places for a quick hose down
and freshen up. Currently London-only but
coming to a city near you soon.

POWERWATCH SERIES 2

WITH MATRIX

£399, powerwatch.com

Even the longest lasting fitness watches
need to be charged at least once a week,
and most require even more. Juicing up
your watch won’t suck power as frenziedly
as a Bitcoin server farm but it’s still costing
you money and the planet resources. The
second-gen PowerWatch 2 kills that hungry
need for power by being the first ever
multisport watch that never needs charging.
It uses your own body heat – or to
be more specific the differential in your
body heat to the ambient temperature – to
generate power, along with a solar cell ring
on the face for an added bump. Its fitness
skills are up there with other brands like
Garmin, Suunto and Polar, too. They include
sport tracking with GPS, optical heart rate,
and calories measured by heat for better
accuracy. It’s also rugged, built to last and
water resistant to 200m.

COWBOY E-BIKE

£1,990, cowboy.com

An electric bike might seem

counterproductive to fitness, but studies

show e-biking inspires people to ride

further and commute more; it can lower

blood pressure, boost cardio capacity, fat

metabolism and overall mental wellbeing.

This slick Cowboy is as techy as it gets,

with intuitive assistance that senses torq

on the back wheels to give you oomph

when you need it. It also packs hydraulic

brakes, built-in lights and an app that

reveals how much CO2 you’ve saved.

SPORTSART ECO

CARDIO MACHINES

gosportsart.com

While cardio equipment uses a lot of

energy, people using it actually generate

power. You can produce up to 300

watts of electricity during a workout:

that’s enough to provide four hours of

WiFi. SportsArt's motor-free treadmills,

ellipticals and bikes capture this juice,

turning your hard work into electricity and

feeding it back into the building. harder

you work, the more you generate.

Eco impact +++++

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