This is a great set of gizmos to add extra power to your workouts – whether its running or cycling or other sports. The kit includes a receiver that plugs into your smartphone, a chest strap and a sport arm band.

All you need to do is download the Runtastic Preimium app which comes free using a licence code and your phone becomes your exercise buddy using GPS.

The Beurer Runtstic is ompatible with most smartphones including iPhone, Samsung, Nokia, LG, Android and BlackBerry.
Runtastic app displays heart rate, start screen, course – distance run, training zones, training buddies, personal performance graphics and training to do list. And the bonus is that you can still listen to music. This pack is aimed at incentivising and re-energising your workouts. There are all kinds of plans on the www.runtastic.com site where you can join a like-minded community.

We loved the interactivity of this fitness pack because you can reach a plateau when exercising alone.

And its really not expensive for all the technology that you get – £60 at Argos and also Amazon Beurer PM200+ Heart Rate Monitor

The video below explains how it all works:

Beurer is the No.1 health and wellbeing brand in Europe and has developed an excellent reputation for design, style and innovation.

Beurer was founded in 1919 in Ulm and is synonymous with health and wellbeing. The company started with the first heating pads in Germany, and has gone on to expand into a range including a wealth of products for the health and wellbeing, beauty, baby care, sports and medical diagnostic and prevention sectors. These include electric blankets, heating pads, blood pressure and blood glucose monitors, nebulizers, clinical thermometers, personal and kitchen scales, foot baths and air humidifiers, Shiatsu massagers, baby monitors, heart rate monitors and cosmetic mirrors. The family run company operates a global distribution network in more than 80 countries and currently has a workforce of 350. You can find more information at www.beurer.com