The Atlas fitness band knows how many chin-ups you’re doing, how tough you really are

‘Meh’, you might well think. Not another activity tracker.

Fortunately the Atlas is different. Thanks to its inertial sensors, it will dig deep into your x-, y- and z-axes to work out exactly how you workout.

Unlike its fellow fitness bands in the market, the Atlas has a sizeable screen (15mm x 30mm OLED) that displays information in real time as you weight lift your way to Hulk bulk. We hate it when we forget the number of laps we’ve done in the pool (was it two or three?), so the Atlas’ display breakdown of type, speed and quality of exercises comes in handy to help the  focus on his or her workout. 

Unlike other glorified pedometers, the waterproof Atlas boasts an accuracy that pinpoints if you’re doing your push-up or triangle push-up correctly. That’s it, no more fluffing the routine. That was a fail, please repeat. In fact, there’s a pretty impressive roster of types of activity it recognises (running, dumbbell curls, pull-ups and, um, drinking beer, among others).