Yamaha BodiBeat MP3 Player Personal Trainer Beat Matches Your Steps Whilst Jogging

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We’ve already featured a wrist watch with integral GPS geared specifically towards fitness freaks, namely the Garmin Forerunner, and even a device known as the Entertrainer that will (believe it of not) switch off your TV set if you’re not exercising hard enough and now we have this BodiBeat MP3 player from Yamaha which will select tracks that match your steps as you either walk or run your way to improved fitness.

Functioning as a fully fledged MP3 player in its own right Yamaha’s BodiBeat also comes preloaded with thousands of ‘electronic mixes’ which, when the device is operating in Fitness Mode, will be loaded according to the pace of your aerobic exercise based on the feedback received from step monitor – thus ensuring that whatever you are listening to matches your current exertion levels on a BPM (Beats Per Minute) basis.

The device also comes with distance, time, pace and basic heart beat monitoring (the required sensor being clipped to your ear via the BodiBeat’s earbuds.) all of which can be displayed on the unit’s LCD and which will conspire to track the intricacies of your workout – the resulting data of which can be uploaded to your PC for analysis via the device’s bespoke software suite.

The Bodibeat offers a range of modes to cater for all manner of fitness regimes – from free workouts to full training sessions – and can even be set to add incentives such as set distances, required pulse rates, running pace and/or song tempos – with certain tracks serving as incentives to coax ever better personal performance.

A great gadget for those looking for a training aid capable of not only measuring and archiving workout performance but serving as an incentive to push yourself ever harder – and which also happens to function as a fully featured MP3 player in its own right (complete with shuffle, track transition and bass boost features) – Yamaha’s Bodibeat is due for release anytime now with an expected price tag of around $300.