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So you are seriously sporty and need a training companion then these are for you.

In the pack you not only find the headphones but a charging lead and a case to keep them in.

These headphones that slip round the back of your head and they have a clip to stop them flying about. Good plan as that is often what causes them to fall out when you get active.

These headphones when you first go to fit them say twist to fit. Once you get the hang of this it is remarkably simple and secure.

So are you still sliding on a wrist band or a chest strap… time to get modern as these headphones take your heartbeat as you run. It’s all in the monitor in your left ear.

They come with a QR code which will get you the app Jabra Sport which is available for iphone and android. So app downloaded and you may want to add Jabra sound too or just use your own music system on your phone. You can calibrate to your running and walking pace for greater accuracy.

So you set up the app for example telling it that you are running. Between the app and the headphone and your phone…our GPS is tracked. It reports in either every KM you complete or mile depending on the setting you have set up. It gives you time, cadence, heart rate. The information is also given when you reach each 10 minutes. So if you are challenging yourself to improve your PB the information is handily straight into your ear. You will need your phone nearby as it has a limited range on the Bluetooth of 10M

That however is not all it actually has workouts built into the app so you can either use a standard work out or create one combining the exercises available on the app. It has settings too for when you are running or walking on the treadmill. You can even take it spinning with you. If you like winter sports no problem as skiing and skating are all on the standard list. On the workout you can select from the lazy just track me to a time, distance, calorie burn goal amongst others. You also have target pace, cadence goal so very comprehensive with Heart rate zone and Interval training too.

This is a piece of kit that the headphones for the motivating music, the regular updates on progress is going to keep you inspired to run further faster.

There will however be no excuse for slacking in the gym on your non running days when you tap the cross training button and find that it offers options such as mad core, belly burn, push perfection and you are shown the exercise on the screen and have tick box to say you have completed say 10 sit ups. You can combine these to build your own cross training work out which is pretty handy. All the while the helpful instructions are in the headphones. So you can focus on your workout and not your phone.

The app handily will even tell you when to connect your phone to the computer to update the software.

In my case the maximum battery shown was 4 hours but the site does say up to 5 hours. We tried them on the trampoline – see video to check how well they stayed in and took them to the gym to see how they were against the background noise. I’m told they performed well. I did have one issue in a quiet environment in that I could not turn them down. I had a track that for me was too loud and the phone was full turned down and I turned the headphones down all I could and it was still too loud so I simply listened to something different.

The music app has Dolby sound processing and an equaliser in the compatible music app. If you want to you can build a playlist so you don’t run out of motivation.

I think these I would be more inclined to use for fitness than for phone calls primarily because they act as the complete package when used with the app. I think they are quite motivating and encouraging to push further and faster when training for an event any trying to achieve a PB.