Fitness gadgets to help you get more out of your workout

Finally an activity tracking watch that doesn’t look like a small computer on your wrist. A classic design with fancy features and links to an iOS app, Health Mate, where you can read all your data. The Activité measures time and motion and even monitors your sleep. It’s also waterproof so there is no need to ever really take it off.

A favourite feature is the vibrating alarm function, that gently wakes you with small vibrations, ideal if you share a bed with a light sleeper.

Good for: style and function. 

This GPS sports monitor is ideal for the hardcore runners of the world. It takes your heart rate directly form your wrist, avoiding any chest straps and measures your activity including your stride length. Ideal for analytical and statistic driven athletes, as well as people who enjoy running in the country side as it still measure stats if the GPS looses signal.

Good for: running. 

An action plan – to guide you for a 12 week plan that offers a coaching program. You can choose from 4 different plans. It offers encouragement and motivation that works by using an app on your phone. Each plan suggests exercise routines, nutritional intakes and sleeping targets, based on your chosen plan. You can choose from Healthy baby bump, Beer belly blaster, Goodbye baby bump and Slim Trim programmes. It comes form the fitness tracker makers of the FitBug. It’s a perfect guide for anyone who needs a little extra help to achieve their fitness/health goals and a good way to stay on track.

Good for: keeping on track. 

This is quite a fun and colourful fitness tracker that offers a Bluetooth headset, a perfect product for the professional multi-tasker. It’s a bright rubber band that tracks your steps and a simple screen. Nice for people who just want a simple gadget to track steps and activity and not a big commitment compared to some other fitness gadgets on the market.

Good for: multitasking. 

Not your usual fitness gadget, but sleep is an integral part of recovery and an important element for any training plan. So a high sleep quality can work wonders for your health. The Withings Aura is a jack of all trades. It’s main purpose is to monitor and improve your sleeping experience. It does this by offering aid with falling asleep by offering a 20 minute period of soft mood lighting and earthy, spa-esk, music, which you can pick from 4 different tracks and adjust volume. It also offers a peaceful waking experience, which is a real treat for anyone who presses snooze more than once in the morning.

Setting your alarms and all the features are controlled by the Withings Health Mate App, which is free on iOS. The app gives you your sleep statistics, which you can compare each day. The Aura also allows you to charge your phone and acts as a bedside lamp. 

Good for: getting a good night's sleep. 

This is a fitness tracker meets watch, that looks similar to other fitness tracker products but offers some interesting features. This monitor is quite big, so will not be for everyone and we would recommend you try the product out on your wrist before purchase.

The Polar V800 comes with a Bluetooth heart rate monitor and is designed for experienced athletes. It gives analytics on time, distance, altitude and speed for running, swimming, rowing and long list of other sports.

Quite expensive so you would have to know that this product will aid your training, which by the sounds of it, it will.

Good for: monitoring your every move.

As well as looking good, the technology on this is just as impressive. You can connected the Gear Fit to your smart phone and received notifications of emails, SMS, incoming calls and 3rd party apps.

With this gadget you can count your steps and monitor your heart rate, to keep you on track to achieve your fitness goals.

Good for: manically checking your improvement every 10 minutes. 

As well as being a heart rate monitor, this gadget allows you to track, analyse and share your running stats. You can track your calories burnt, distance, time and pace as well as being able to compare past performances. If you are a keen runner, or someone who focuses better with stats and goals, then you need this on your wrist next time you head out for a run.

Good for: running.

These scales use Innerscan technology to measure your weigh, body fat, muscle mass, metabolic age and more.

There is no getting away from reality with these, but they help promote healthy weightloss. Being able to see your body fat percentage and muscle mass help you to focus on fat loss rather than general weight loss. The perfect tool for in depth results and a slight 'reality check'.

Good for: accurate weight results.

This is wireless activity and sleep tracker that can be worn anywhere on the body to track all physical activity. It can be worn on the wrist, a shoe, belt and even your swimsuit, so no excuses for not tracking.

You can connect this to an app to see your data and set personlised goals.

Good for: setting goals.

Using your workload as a reason to skip exercising? With Yurbuds headphones you can make and take calls from the office whilst working out in the gym.

They have a special technology that makes them lock into place for a secure fit that should never fall out. These should be a vital item in your gym bag.

Good for: workaholics.

A button-sized activity tracker that acts as a personal health coach to encourage and motivate you to increase your activity levels and make healthier lifestyle choices

The Orb can track your sleep pattern, steps, calories burned, distance covered and can wirelessly sync this information to the Fitbug app.

Good for: anyone who needs to see instant results.

BackBeat FIT headphones are the perfect gadget to help you listen to your motivating music without disturbing your workout each time an awful song comes on shuffle.

These headphones are wireless with accessible on-ear controls and they are sweat, rain and splash proof.

Good for: outdoor training.

The Polar Rex 3 isn't just a watch, it gives you instant feedback after each session and provides endurance training programs which you can download for free on the Polar website.

Good for: running and cycling.