8 New Ways Technology Is Making Your Workout Better

The idea of functional fitness clothing-maker Physiclo is to make your workout harder but shorter, all via what you wear. Shorts ($95), capris ($110), and leggings ($125) all look like your typical workout clothes, but they come with built-in resistant bands, making them feel tight on your skin. Every step is harder, and that’s the idea. The founders of Physiclo — which was fully funded on Indiegogo within 24 hours— claim their lower-body workout gear targets muscle groups more efficiently, producing a 23 percent jump in so-called “muscle activation” and a 14 percent increase in heart rate and calorie burning. In other words, it turns a 60-minute workout into a 45-minute one.