A Musical Revolution for Your Workout
By Jennie Fitzgerald

The worlds of the gym-goer and music-lover have finally collided to create the ultimate workout experience ~ synching songs to your pace, measuring your heart rate and setting specific goals. That’s right, the iPOD has met its match. Yamaha’s new BODiBEAT MP3 player might even run laps around the typical music device ~ no pun intended.

BODiBEAT is a music player made especially for workout fanatics who need some tunes to help get through the grind. Its cutting edge technology measures your workout pace with a small heart rate monitor and matches that with music categorized by beats per minute (bpm). How cool is that? So, when you’re working up a sweat, tearing up that treadmill, you might be jammin’ out to FloRida’s “Low.” And when you’re catching your breath and cooling down… BAM! It switches to Coldplay’s Trouble. Whatever your pace, BODiBEAT makes the adjustment.

Think that’s all it can do? No way. BODiBEAT has four main functions to choose from ~ Free, Fitness, Training, and Music. In Free mode, the music matches your pace. In Fitness mode, the Walk Fitness and Jog Fitness options selects songs for optimal aerobic exercise of the user’s fitness level. Training mode acts like a personal trainer, telling the user when to slow down or speed up while playing music at the same time. Music mode acts as a regular music player so you can be in control.

Have no fear of tracks skipping during an intense workout. BODiBEAT has 12 hours of continuous play time when fully charged and holds 512 megabytes of skip-free internal flash memory. Do you want to set a goal for your workout? No problem. BODiBEAT lets you specify times, distances or calorie targets to help structure sessions. When you’ve reached it, the music automatically stops to alert you that the workout is over.

For even more control, BODiBEAT allows workout warriors to manually change the tempo. It automatically keeps a session log which appears at the end of each workout, providing information such as average pace, calories burned and maximum heart rate. The included BODiBEAT Station software enables users to easily manage the exercise logs.

You might be wondering if this piece of technology is comfortable and affordable. The arm band guarantees comfort, it retails for a reasonable $299.99, and it’s the ultimate music player to optimize anyone’s workout. You won’t have to search for that perfect song to get you going ~ BODiBeat will do it for you! For the music-loving fitness nut, this is a must have! Whether you need some encouragement or just some fun added to you workout, BODiBEAT is the beat you’ve been waiting for. It’s a musical revolution!

To check out this product for yourself, visit www.bodibeat.com.