Get fit from your office!

With summer just around the corner (we hope), the fear of tiny tops and shorts, or even worse- the dreaded bikini- is ever looming. 

If, like a lot of people, you are sat behind a desk for the majority of your day, it is difficult to find the time to get fit and stay active. There are however ways to improve the levels of physical activity in your day to day life without making massive lifestyle changes or having to sign up for costly gym memberships.

Try and walk or cycle to work or if that is not possible, get off a stop earlier on the bus or train and walk the last part of your route. You could even find a carpark a bit further away from your office if you drive to work.

Stand while talking on the phone and try walking over to your colleagues desk to talk to them rather than calling them.

Take the stairs instead of the lift of escalator.

Go for a walk in your lunch break. You could use a tracking device such as the Fitbit Ultra to keep track of your progress and even share with friends and family online. Build up gradually to walking at least 10,000 steps a day. Set goals and reward yourself when you reach them.

And just remember- small changes in your daily routine can add up to big changes in your health!  

How to burn off the excesses of Easter!

After a long Easter weekend of roast dinners and more chocolate than you would usually eat in a year, you may be feeling a bit lethargic and bloated. With the summer just around the corner it is time to burn off those Easter eggs and shake yourself out of this sugar slump!

Start slowly if you are not used to doing a lot of exercise. The last thing that you want to do is injure yourself on the first day of your fitness kick and end up in bed for a week! Start by incorporating exercise into your everyday life. Exercise doesn’t have to mean jumping jacks and sprinting- anything that raises your heart rate above its normal pace for a sustained period of time will help with your overall fitness. Small bursts of exercise throughout the day will also help to increase your metabolism and get that chocolate bunny-bulge burning!

Try parking further away from your office or get off the bus a stop early and incorporate some brisk walking into your daily commute. Take the stairs not the escalator or lift and instead of browsing the internet in your lunch break, take a little walk around a local park. You could even try and get a few of your colleagues together and start a walking club, or do a quick exercise video in an empty office. Not only is exercise good for your body, but it has also been proven to have a positive effect on your mental state. Doing some exercise in the middle of your workday could help you to be less stressed and more productive too! It’s a win-win situation!

If you need a bit more motivation, you should invest in the Fitbit Ultra. This clever little gadget records your exercise all day and uploads it wirelessly to your smart device. Using a free app you can record how much exercise you do on a daily basis, how many calories burned and consumed and track your overall progress. You can even get advice and support from an online community who will encourage you to achieve your goals and keep you motivated!  

Welcome to the Smartphone 'Appcessories' Revolution

Smartphones and tablets are no longer just for phonecalls and emails - it is now possible to accessorise a smartdevice to suit any lifestyle. New premium phone accessory company, Phonezest.com, revolutionizes the market by giving the consumer everything they need to create a personalised ‘ecosystem’ around their smart devices.

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Apptoyz - Toys and games to take the smartdevice gaming experience to the next level!

Appcessories connect and interact with smartdevices and apps, enhancing the overall smartdevice experience.

What is an appcessory?

In the UK, over half of the population now uses smartphones and tablets. There are apps for everything; with some apps receiving hundreds of millions of downloads every month. However, increasingly, people want more from their phones and tablets - they want a truly personal experience from their premium product - this is where appcessories come in. Appcessories connect and interact with smartdevices and apps, enhancing the overall smartdevice experience.

PHONEZEST.COM focuses on the key areas of appcessorising; games, entertainment & creativity, fitness & health and security.

Phonezest has partnered with Apptoyz to provide the consumer with some of the most popular, fun appcessories on the market. Using peripheral devices that connect to smartdevices and free downloadable apps, Apptoyz takes the portable gaming experience to the next level. Examples of Apptoyz are the fully interactive Appquiz, Appfishing and Appdrive, and the state of the art gyro-stabilized smartdevice controlled Appcopter and Appracer. There is even the Appsing, that transforms a smartphone into a fully portable karaoke machine!

Another lifestyle appcessory is the ingeniousBubblescope. This little camera attaches onto any iphone, ipad or ipod and records a 360 degree video which can then be viewed over and over from any angle - immortalising special memories in a 360 degree action replay!

Fitbit Ultra wireless activity and sleep tracker has already been making waves in the fitness community. This clever little device monitors physical activity day and night to provide real-time feedback on steps, distance, stairs climbed and calories burned to encourage the user to be more active. It wirelessly uploads this data to fitbit.com to gain a deeper insight into personalised fitness levels with free charts and graphs. Fitness enthusiasts can earn ‘fitness badges’, connect with friends or join the online community for advice and encouragement. There is even the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale that measures overall weight, body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) to help track progress.

The health-conscious person may also be interested in the wireless Blood Pressure Monitor that, for the first time ever, tests, tracks and shares accurate blood pressure readings and heart rate wirelessly with any ios device.

A must-have for anyone who has ever lost their keys is The Mi-Zone- a Bluetooth 2-way proximity alarm system that works with a smartphone or tablet. Simply attach a Mi-Zone tag to anything valuable or that has a tendency to disappear and the smartdevice will light up with a flashing screen and an audio alarm if they are moved outside of the designated security zone. It can also be used to keep track of your smartdevice if you misplace it using the locator function on the tag.

Appcessories have opened up a new world of possibilities for the smartdevice user. By carefully selecting the most innovative premium products, Phonezest Ltd takes the mystery out of finding everything the discerning customer needs to make their device fit their lifestyle.