At first look you may mistake this for just another activity monitor but the Gymwatch Sensor is like having a personal trainer attached to your body, it’s not about what you ate that day or how many steps you need to take this is aimed at a more serious workout in the gym, specifically using weights. The Sensor comes with two different sizes of Velcro straps to use on either your arm or leg and has a companion app that is necessary to work alongside the Sensor as there is no screen. The Gymwatch Sensor measures strength and motion across fitness exercises, including machines, free weights and bodyweight, records the full range of motion of an exercise, determines every strength component, all repetitions and will give you feedback in real time as to whether you are performing the exercises correctly. With so many apps and trackers out there specifically for running or cycling it is good to see something has been created for the weight lifters, being a crowd funded project it has had some problems with the app, slow starting, freezing and so on but most of these issues seem to have been ironed out. It is fairly easy to set up and use and seems to work best with the preloaded work outs, you can also use more than one sensor at a time so you can monitor both left and right at the same time.

We enjoyed working out with this Sensor It helped me in particular to have the confidence to use the free weights as it would correct me if I was moving wrong or doing reps too fast and my boyfriend who cotested found that it made him work harder in the gym, took more care over his reps and made him want to surpass his previous work out. This is a smart device but in an age where we are used to multifunction devices is it too limited? Perhaps we do need the steps and calories and sleep too instead of another individual device to lug about, I hope as this product develops we see extra tools that can work alongside it.  RRP $149

4 out of 5

Buy now

Pros

Simple to use

Innovative idea

Long battery life

Cons

Limited use

Expensive