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Bluetooth Low Energy ? What is it?

Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth 4.0, BLE, Bluetooth SMART) has made its way into the latest smart phones including the iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, and many Android devices. These devices that include BLE sensors have an increased transmission range (up to 160 feet) and last much longer than Bluetooth Classic, due to the low energy profile. These sensors connect faster, are easier to pair and have increased battery life when compared to Bluetooth Classic accessories.

Health and Fitness Sensors ? Turning Smartphones into Specialized Computers

Bluetooth SMART represents the future for connecting you and your phone to a multitude of health and fitness sensors that monitor your workout performance. Bluetooth Wireless Heart Rate Chest Straps can monitor your heart rate while Cadence and Speed Sensors monitor pedaling speed and overall MPH. Combining numerous sensors turns your Smartphones into a specialized bike computer. The integrated music player on Smartphones also let?s you listen to music while you workout ? a major advantage above other solitary sensors. Runners can also utilize foot pods to gather stride data, power data, and more. Your Smartphone has become a centralized location for gathering and keeping track of all essential workout data!

Health Tracking and Preventative Care Sensors

Diabetics will soon be able to track their blood sugar through BLE glucose monitors and check blood pressure via BLE Blood Pressure Sensors. Expect to see BLE weight scales and more health tracking sensors that focus on preventative care by regularly monitoring your body?s vitals. Daily monitoring of these statistics can help to give you immediate alerts when your body is at risk or in danger ? while providing you with suggestions on how to improve your health (eat more sugar, decrease sodium intake, etc.). This could be a major lifestyle influence and help prevent many adverse health conditions.

Centralized Data

Because Smartphones can connect to the Internet and transmit fitness and health data to a centralized cloud location, you can post your exercise times and data to Facebook or Twitter, or email your data to your physician. The Scosche RHYTHM Dashboard (works with an Armband Pulse Monitor, Heart Rate Chest Strap and Speed/Cadence Sensor) does just that. From the RHYTHM Dashboard (fit.scosche.com), workout data is now stored in a centralized location for reviewing, analyzing and sharing. Previously the act of sharing workout data was tedious and time consuming. BLE sensors paired with Smartphones help to make the interaction between people more fluid.

In the near future, BLE sensors will enhance the daily workout bringing Smartphones to whole new level. With their increased range, addition of functional devices, longer battery life, and quicker connection speeds we will start to wonder what we did before we had these amazing devices in our lives.

- Jon Ham, Scosche Industries Health and Fitness Consultant

Jon is a health and fitness expert and longtime personal trainer who contributes his experience to Scosche?s health and fitness category. Check out Jon?s blog (a great resource for starting an at-home workout regimen, workout tips and more) at http://www.fitnesstrainingbyjon.com/

Source: http://www.scosche.com/blog/pulse-monitor-heart-rate-monitor-ble/

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