At this point in our lives, most of us have tried a fitness tracker of some kind. Maybe we’ve worn a watch or a pedometer necklace that tracked our steps and heartbeat. Maybe we’ve even just used the ...

Pretty soon, the moment of truth will arrive for all of us, as technology finally reveals everything there is to know about our bodies. Australian startup mPort is taking a step in that direction with ...

Standards is a series explaining various tech protocols, looking at their practical implementation, and where we could find them in devices around us. Fitness bands and watches have thrown around ...

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional ...

Whether you’ve just recently gotten an Apple Watch or have had one for a while and haven’t used cardio fitness, it’s a valuable measurement to understand and use. Here’s how Apple describes it: ...

Researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices -- and more robustly than current consumer smartwatches and fitness monitors -- without the wearer ...

How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new ...