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The Best Tech for Wellness Warriors

Design — 28 November 2019 / 1 min read

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AUTHOR — Aaron Toumazou

The world of wellness can be a confusing place, with innovation coming from every angle. But recent times have seen tech evolve in ways that could well prove hugely beneficial, both to our workouts and our overall wellbeing.

A prime example is with sleep. As research unveils its impact on every aspect of our health and wellbeing, a new surge of wellness tech isn’t just awakening us to our own sleep data, but optimising restful nights by targeting key variables that are shown to affect our slumber.

Amongst our top tech picks, you’ll see a few of the most exciting products in the sleep space, alongside gadgets that optimise workouts (magnetically-charged kettlebells and real-time muscle oxygen sensors) and the latest products contributing to wellness’s shift towards hyper-personalisation.

Scroll through our gallery to witness the new age of wellness.

The Best Tech for Wellness Warriors

Oura Ring

For the most data-driven of wellness warriors, the Oura Ring offers sleep and activity readings that simply can’t be replicated in accuracy by its wrist-strap equivalents.

Its advanced sensors are capable of infrared optical pulse measurement, including a 3D accelerometer, gyroscope and body temperature sensor. All work to record activity 24/7, providing insightful baseline information about all the most important aspects of wellbeing – from how to sleep better to how to improve performance – via its data nerve centre, Oura Cloud.

€314, ouraring.com

Jaxjox KettlebellConnect

Dreaming of home workouts but lacking the home space to install your own home gym? Some positively-charged innovation can fix that.

The Jaxjox KettlebellConnect is a single kettlebell which gains or drops weight magnetically based on input from its Bluetooth console. And, not only is it a space-efficient way of keeping a gyms-worth of kettlebells in your house, the Jaxjox app will act as your trainer with free kettlebell workouts to get you started on this most versatile piece of kit.

£299, jaxjox.co.uk

Lumie BodyClock Spark 100

2019 has been a year that has relentlessly shone a spotlight on the importance of restful sleep to our overall wellbeing. Of course, there are many ways in which sleep can be optimised, one being the avoidance of tech with LED-screens in the hours before bed.

But in mimicking the light of our natural sleep-wake cycle, Lumie’s alarm clocks are a technology that support shuteye, in turn, boosting mood, energy and productivity through the day. Syncing to your natural sleep/wake cycle triggered by daylight, subtle light and colour changes will wake you at sunrise while fading sunset lighting helps to create a relaxing mood before bed.

£275, joyresolve.com

Barisieur Coffee-Brewing Alarm Clock

For those deep sleepers who need more of an instant morning boost than a natural, gradual wake-up, opt instead for a bedside brew you don’t have to lift a finger for.

Full disclosure, this is more from the school of Wallace & Grommit invention than Silicon Valley innovation. That said, you'll be able to energise for morning workouts within 5 minutes of waking as the alarm boils, brews and blends your coffee exactly how you like it.

An inbuilt coffee drawer keeps a week’s worth of ground coffee (or tea) fresh, while an inbuilt mini-fridge will do the same for your plant-based milk of choice.

£299, jaxjox.co.uk

The Pod by Eight Sleep

Another crucial factor that influences the quality of our sleep is body temperature, which is said to be optimal at between 16 and 20 degrees celsius.

Eight Sleep’s The Pod is the first-ever bed that learns the perfect temperature for your sleep and dynamically changes it through the night. Temperatures can be tweaked for each side specifically, and another of its nifty features is compatibility with Amazon Echo and friends, so you can cool down or warm up via voice control.

And where tech like the Lumie BodyClock adjusts light to sync with your internal body clock, The Pod’s Thermo alarm adjusts surface temperature to wake you up naturally and gradually without sound.

From $2,095, eightsleep.com

Theragun G3

Significantly reducing muscle and joint pain, improving mobility and enhancing performance in your next workout was once a job best left to a good sports masseuse. Theragun’s ever-improving handheld devices, however, are consistently relinquishing the need.

Providing deep percussive massage, the Theragun G3 offers pain relief by using rapid, repetitive strokes that stimulate blood flow. Used before a workout, it activates and re-energise tired muscles; used after, it treats them to accelerate repair and recovery. The latest incarnation is the quietest yet, coming in two minimal and inoffensive colour choices.

£285, theragun.com

Humon Hex Muscle Oxygen Sensor

For the person who's always looking to push to the edge of their physical limits, Humon’s Hex device is the first-ever clinically-validated, real-time muscle oxygen sensor.

Hex allows users to pace workouts better by measuring lactate threshold, be that during warm-ups, interval training or endurance feats. And, thanks to the intuitive app which shows you when your muscles are working at steady state, approaching their limit or are already in the red zone, good or bad sessions will no longer simply be a feeling you get post-workout.

$295 (approx £230), store.humon.io

Everysight Raptor Smart Glasses

There once was a time that handlebar GPS devices reinvented the wheels for cyclists. But the future is now, and Everysight’s Raptor glasses are exactly what you imagined you’d be wearing in it.

The Raptor is the world’s first cycling computer, projecting an unobtrusive AR layer of information right before your eyes. Yes, the inbuilt maps are like having GPS plugged into your brain, but perhaps the coolest feature is the ability to relive your rides with real-time videos from its front-facing camera, embedded with all the relevant metrics.

£549, everysight.com

Circle Vital DNA test

The personalisation of wellbeing programmes is all the rage right now, and it's given rise to a whole new growth market within wellness.

Circle’s DNA tests use an exome sequencing technology to scan your genes and analyse the mutations that may contribute to your health. In doing so, it provides detailed reports on everything from your skin, nutrition and fitness to stress and brain health. It could well provide the knowledge you need to break through the guesswork of your routine and achieve your goals.

£139, circledna.com

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The Best Tech for Wellness Warriors