Feeling Zippy: Fitbit Zip Review

Is it just me or is the word “zip” really fun? Like, makes you want to move with extra pep in your step. Or get somewhere quick. Or quickly put on pants. Zip! So when we were sent the new Fitbit Zip to review, we were quick to get on it—zippy, you might say. Now, [...]

Friday Giveaway: Reebok Fitness Watch and Digital Pedometer

This giveaway is part of our FBG Birthday Week celebration! Check out all of the special four-year birthday posts and huge giveaways here! Today’s FBG birthday giveaway is for the fitness tech-lovers out there who love to track their every step—literally! One lucky U.S. reader will win both the Reebok inShape Fitness Watch and the Reebok [...]

Hello there, Moto: A MOTOACTV Review

This MOTOACTV review is a part of our second-annual New Year, New Rear Week to help you to be fitter, healthier and a touch (okay, a lot!) more awesome in 2012. Read all New Year, New Rear posts here! There are so many gadgets and gizmos on the market these days. From body-monitoring devices to fancy [...]

Omron and Bob Greene Team Up to Encourage Fall Fitness

The following is a post sponsored by Omron Pedometers. For our sponsored post policy, click here. Up here in FBG land, we’re big fans of two things: Bob Greene and pedometers. Best known as Oprah’s personal trainer, Bob Greene is the man when it comes to fitness. And pedometers? Well, there’s just not a better or easier way [...]

Weighing the Pros, Cons of the BodyMedia

After reviewing the Fitbit and generally liking it, we thought it only appropriate to delve a little further into the fitness-tracking/weight-loss technology waters. I’ve been curious about the bodybugg for years after watching contestants on The Biggest Loser wear it, but we’ve never had the opportunity to review them. And then BodyMedia, a similar product to [...]

Every Bit Adds Up With the Fitbit (But There’s No Reason to Get Overly Obsessed!)

Do you guys remember back in 2004 (ish) when McDonald’s starting giving away pedometers with its salads? Well I got one of those back in grad school and—although they were totally cheap and fairly unreliable—I went kind of bananas over them. A way to measure how active you are both when working out and when [...]

Walk It Out: Not Your Grandmother’s Pedometer

If you ask any of the FBGs what the perfect exercise to start with is if you’re wanting to go from newbie to fit chick, you’ll get one answer: Do something you love! And if you’re not sure what exercise you love (or think it’s all dreadful), walk! We all know how to walk, it [...]