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VO2 Max Explained
VO2 Max is the metric that defines your personal cardiorespiratory/aerobic fitness level. It is your body’s ability to use its most...
May 18, 2020
Health Alert! It’s Time to Move
Are you seated as you’re reading this? It won’t be surprising if you are. A study[1] published in 2015 found that almost 40% of all...
Apr 1, 2020
Understanding your Heart Rate Zones
The Actxa app automatically uses the standard formula of 220 minus your age to get your Maximum Heart Rate, which would be used to...
Jan 1, 2020
Music Photo Life Review: Actxa Spur+ Review: Fitness Tracker with VO2 Max and Heart Rate Monitoring
If you find the name Actxa familiar, that’s because it supplies the step trackers for the National Steps Challenge for the past years....
Nov 29, 2019
Three Reasons To Upgrade & Get a Spur+
Actxa launched the new Spur+ in October 2018. A powered-up version of the original Spur released in May 2017, the Spur+ comes with...
Jul 1, 2019
The Firstbeat Story (15 Years of Firstbeat: What Have We Learnt?)
Firstbeat started off as a technology company, but today Firstbeat feels more like a human company. Firstbeat’s role is to make...
Mar 1, 2019
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