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The BodyBugg by Apex Fitness is a fantastic little device, but very few people, even out of those who use it, truly know how it works. The device seems so small and insignificant, but if you were to take a look inside, you would see that there is quite a bit going on in there.

The BodyBugg works by recording several different things about your body throughout the day. The first thing that is tracked is motion. The BodyBugg comes equipped with an accelerometer, which essentially measures motion. The device is designed to gather information from multiple perspectives in order to fully understand your movement.

The BodyBugg also records and analyzes your step count. This is an easy thing to do compared to recording motion, but a step count is still very helpful in determining your calorie burn. Using your body weight, height, age, mass index, and a number of other characteristics, the device can actually work an accurate estimation of calories burned per step.

The BodyBugg armband also records Galvanic skin response. If you have no idea what that means, don’t worry – most people don’t. To put it in simple terms, the device measures the change in electrical conductivity in your skin. Your skin becomes more electrically conductive as it sweats, so this is just another way of measuring activity.

The device also records and analyzes the temperature of your skin. This is a very basic way to determine your recent activity, but it helps the BodyBugg analyze your fitness level. It also measures something called “heat flux”, which basically measures the heat coming from your muscles producing energy.

And finally, the BodyBugg automatically combines the results from all the aforementioned sensors, and analyzes them. The actual process is copyrighted, and therefore I cannot tell you exactly how it works, but it is proven to be extremely accurate.