Fuel to get fit:Reviewing the Nike Fuel band

By Chad Sanchez

The Nike+ Fuel band has become a popular trend these days. It has been around for a little under a year, but has seen an increase use from athletes to everyday people just on the run. Very sleek and subtle, the Fuel band has been a sought after toy for anyone trying to track their daily activity, and earn what is called “Fuel points” for a daily goal.

Now at first, the Fuel band wasn’t the easiest thing to use. It had some glitches here and there, and many critics thought it was a very inconsistent device. People laughed at the device in its early stages because its wearer could earn their daily goal by just getting up and walking around, or even typing on a computer all day. The Fuel band works with an algorithm that tracks the wearers arm’s body movement, so people would just wave their arms around and cheat to get points. But the good folks at Nike have worked hard these past few months to ensure that it is indeed a challenge to earn Nike Fuel.

With a few recent updates and some improvements, the Nike+ Fuel band has become a popular device and has indeed made its mark in the sporting world since its release back in February. The Fuel band has its own following and community which allows its user to setup a profile online and track their goals while competing with others in their gender, and age group around the world.The first color it came out in was a jet black color. Activated by a simple button on the side, colored lights would ignite from red, orange, yellow, to green to symbolize that the wearer has reached their goal.

With several advertising campaigns to push the creative Nike product, it has now been released in a “White Ice” and “Black Ice” color because of wide demand, so users don’t have to select just one color to display. Priced at $150, it is definitely a great device for those looking to improve their daily activities whether they are a hardcore athlete, or just trying to get out and be more active.

Top 10 Sports moments of 2012

By Chad Sanchez

1. Team USA Men’s team wins the gold at the 2012 Olympics Led by Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Lebron James, team USA was able to win the gold at the London Olympics. They took on countries like Argentina, Nigeria, Great Britain, and Spain in the gold medal game. Now there was a lot of heat during these Olympics because of all talk that this team could beat the “Dream team” according to James and Bryant, but either way, it was good to see the USA bring the gold home.

2. Juan Marquez knocks out Manny Pacquiao in the 6th Whether you saw the fight or not, the historical 6th round knock-out by Marquez to Pacquiaco left a lot of people cracking jokes and talking about the future of both athletes. This had to have been one of the greatest upsets in boxing history.

3. Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympic athlete…EVER The fastest man in the water and now the all-time Olympic medals leader with 22, 18 of those being gold. What does he do now?

4. New York, New York, what a hell of a town! The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XVLI. This left everyone wondering, can Tom Brady ever beat Eli Manning? Probably not…..

5. Replacement referees don’t make the cut Remember back in September when “The catch that may or may not have happened” happened? So does everyone else who disliked the replacement referees, and so do the Green Bay Packers. Hopefully it didn’t ruin their playoff chances.

6. Jeremy Lin and James Harden We all know how quickly Jeremy Lin jumped to fame, and we also know how good of a ball player James Harden is. Put them both together and what do you got? Beardsanity? Fear the Lin? Who knows, but it was a shock when they both decided to make the break to the city of Houston.

7. Faster than a lightning Bolt Usain Bolt may be the fastest man alive, PERIOD. If you watched the London Olympics or even the Beijing Olympics, you know how fast he is, and in London, he did it again.

8. Lebron James claims his throne Lebron James led his Miami Heat to the NBA championship, claiming his first title in nine years. He also was NBA Finals MVP, it’s about damn time. Congrats to the King.

9. Team USA Women’s soccer team wins 4th straight gold medal The Women’s USA team won its 4th gold medal at the games in London led by Abby Wahbach and Hope Solo, this team is probably better than the Men’s USA team.

10. Lance Armstrong loses it all We never saw it coming, but he sure didn’t put up a fight. He lost his endorsements, his championships and his company, one of the most shocking events this year.