Health/Fitness/Safety

 

Exercise equipment, health gadgets, personal protection, and more.

 

 

Pod People Powernap

The MetroNaps pod was designed with one thing in mind: the Powernap. Its contours are perfect for napping; its mechanical processes are perfect for waking.

 

The spherical shape of the MetroNaps pod's upper body creates a semi-private acoustical and visual environment. The cocoon offers protective privacy without overly enclosing.

 

The MetroNaps pod inclines forward to allow for easy entry, and then reclines to allow for optimal positioning. The slight elevation of the feet and knees promotes blood circulation and reduces pressure on the lower back. MetroNaps pods feature Bose® QuietComfort 2® Noise Cancelling® headphones. QuietComfort 2 headphones enhance your napping experience with their acclaimed noise reduction technology, audio performance and comfortable fit.

 

At the timer's expiration, you are gently awakened with a combination of lights and vibration.

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No More Groggy Mornings

Worn like an everyday watch, Sleeptracker PRO is ideal for anyone who wants to wake up alert and ready to start the day, such as frequent travelers across time zones, business people looking for an extra edge, students with fluctuating schedules, or busy moms who need to wake up easily. It's so hard to wake up to a normal alarm clock because a normal alarm clock can't detect where you are in your sleep cycle (a continuous cycle from deep sleep, to brief almost-awake moments, and back to deep sleep again). Occasionally, your alarm may catch you at an optimal, almost-awake moment and you wake up feeling refreshed, but usually you grope for the snooze button waking up tired and groggy. Wake up at your perfect time; Sleeptracker Pro puts an end to that tired feeling. Once you set its alarm window, it monitors your body and continuously looks for your optimal waking times so it can wake you at just the right moment. Imagine not feeling tired in the morning and getting a few extra minutes out of your day.

 

How does Sleeptracker Pro work? Sleeptracker Pro continuously monitors signals from your body that indicate whether you are asleep or awake. Because you wear Sleeptracker Pro on your wrist like a watch, its internal sensors can detect even the most subtle physical signals from your body. Sleeptracker Pro finds your best waking moments, so that waking up has never been easier. Sleeptracker pro has a ringing alarm and a vibrating alarm so you can wake up without bothering others.

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Gripmaster Hand Exerciser

Once you exercise with Gripmaster, you'll notice an amazing difference almost immediately. The patented Gripmaster is the finest hand exerciser in the world because it is the only hand exerciser available which can isolate and strengthen each finger individually. Exercising with your Gripmaster is the ideal way to maintain the suppleness and flexibility of the hand to prevent injury and make daily life more enjoyable.

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Affordable Air Cleaner

The Surround Air Multi-Tech XJ-3000C HEPA & Ionic Air Purifier seems to be the best affordable air purifier out there at this time. True HEPA filtration, activated carbon filtration, germicidal UV lamp, negative ion generator, anti-bacterial pre-filter, and programmable 'sanitizer.'

 

It's supposedly the only air purifier to combine the top 6 technologies into one unit. The HEPA filter can last up to two years and can cost less than $40 (depending on where you buy it). Not a huge expense.

 

The safe and effective ionizer circulates trillions of negative ions to neutralize floating pollutants throughout the room. Ionizers also enhance filter performance. Plus, the Multi-Tech ionizer creates virtually no ozone whatsoever. Speaking of ozone, I do not recommend that you turn on the programmable 'sanitizer' (ozone generator) when humans or pets are around. That stuff gives me terrible pain in my chest. It might be good to have on in a new house before people move in or if you buy some new furniture that has that horrible formaldehyde smell and no one is going to be around for a while, but that's about it.

 

I saw an infomercial for a famous product that gives off positive ions (can you believe that?) and the woman was talking about regular air cleaners being noisy and causing a draft. Well, noise or not, I want the air moving in my room so I can breathe. What kind of tomb does that woman sleep in? The living dead may not like air moving, but I have covers to keep me warm. I need air moving or I have trouble sleeping, and with the Multi-Tech XJ-3000C, I'll have nice, clean air to breathe that is full of negative ions, not unhealthy positive ones.

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Simple Sit-ups

Want to do sit-ups but hate getting down on the floor? Now you don't have to with the Ab Scissor Ultra. Cut the fat and sculpt your abs in just four minutes a day. The revolutionary Ab Scissor Ultra is the only serious piece of home exercise equipment specifically designed to target and isolate your abdominal muscles. The machine is ideal for workout enthusiasts who haven't had much luck with crunches and sit-ups. The secret is the Ab Scissor Ultra's patented gravitational linkage system, a biomechanical breakthrough that creates a perfect synchronized abdominal motion called the scissor crunch. As your upper body moves down on the Ab Scissor Ultra, the machine targets and isolates your upper abs to help develop rock hard definition. At the same time, your lower body will come up to flatten, firm, and tone your lower abs. And even though the arms, seat, and footrest all move independently, they're precisely synchronized to deliver pure muscle isolation and maximum results.

 

Because the Ab Scissor Ultra uses your own body weight for resistance, you'll enjoy a workout that's perfectly balanced to your individual needs, no matter your fitness level. In addition, it's extremely simple to use--there are no complicated cables, pulleys, or weight stacks. To change the resistance level, just pull out the spring-loaded knob and select the level you want, from Level 1 for the absolute beginner all the way up to Level 5 for the most advanced user. Best of all, you'll perform your abdominal exercises on a big, comfortable padded seat. No more getting down on the floor and straining your back or neck while performing a bunch of sit-ups and crunches.

 

The whisper-quiet Ab Scissor Ultra, which folds down and rolls away for easy storage, comes with Body by Jake's Cut the Fat Program, an accelerated step-by-step system that combines invigorating cardio workouts with custom fat-burning meal plans to provide the safest, most effective way of dropping the pounds and inches fast.

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Climb Mountains at Home

I've wanted a mountain climbing machine for a long time, but couldn't afford one. Seems they were everywhere in the late 1980s, even set up in department stores, but now that I might be able to afford one, they're kind of hard to find. In May of 2005, I heard Sylvester Stallone mention the VersaClimber on Imus in the Morning on MSNBC and I immediately ran to Google to check it out. VersaClimber is what I've been looking for, but it costs over a thousand dollars which is more than a lot of people can afford, but I will find a way to buy one as soon as I can.

 

The VersaClimber provides a more complete, safe and overall better exercise than treadmills, ellipticals, steppers, running, cycling, swimming, rowing or cross country skiing because the VersaClimber works all the major muscles of the body in one safe, smooth rhythmic motion. Climbing against gravity also burns more calories than any other exercise. It's exactly the kind of machine I always should have had and I'm going to buy one before I get too old to care.

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You might also want to check out a moving climbing wall. Treadwall is a rotating climbing wall that incorporates auto-stop technology for self-paced, motor-less climbing with adjustable angles and holds.

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Electronic Shark Repeller

Based on the famous Shark POD technology, SeaChange™ Shark Shield™ products help to protect surfers, swimmers, scuba divers, body boarders and snorkelers from various types of sharks. I have not tried this myself, but if it works, it seems like a nice thing to own.

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No-Impact Running Shoe

Exerlopers are a unique type of running shoe that is fundamentally changing the experience of running and fitness. They absorb and store energy that would otherwise be wasted in the form of shock. The springs release the energy slowly and gradually towards the exercised muscles of runners, giving them a safer and healthier workout. The patented Exerlopers are made of durable, space age materials. They are easy to use and require no maintenance.

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Handheld Storm Detection

ThunderBolt is an advanced handheld storm detection system. It can detect and track lightning storms up to 60 miles away, and provides information about distance, speed, ETA, and hazard level.

 

About 75% of people who are struck by lightning are struck with blue sky overhead! This is because a storm system can generate lightning that can injure or kill even when it is ten miles away. The ThunderBolt can be used to avoid this.

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