A war has begun. A war to get you moving in your living room! Xbox, Play Station 3, and Wii have all developed movement based programs designed to get you fit, and they are competing for your business – and your calories. Many are claiming that they give you a far better workout than traditional gaming platforms. But do these programs actually work? Are they really reshaping our fitness horizon; and which one wins when it comes to a sweat-worthy session?

I have a confession to make – despite years of exercise, including fun runs, long distance kayak races and plenty of riding – I have never owned, or even used a HRM/GPS. So when the opportunity came to test this new release from BRYTON SPORTS, I was keen to see what I’d been missing out on.

I’m one of those runners that love knowing how long my early morning run was both in time and distance. It’s something I like to have in the back of my mind, so I start the day feeling good and knowing exactly what I have achieved. However up until now working out the km’s I’ve trekked has always been a little time consuming as the websites I used to map my runs involved retracing my steps on screen. But in this day and age of the iPhone, things don’t need to be that complicated.