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# Smartphone-Integrating Workout Weights
The 'Kebe' Kettle Bell Enhances Workout Capabilities

By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2017-08-20 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kettle-bell
References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/2017/08/18/catch-those-fitness-feels/) & [yoanbrazy](http://www.yoanbrazy.com/)

Many athletes will use their smartphone to [track their fitness progress or workouts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/progress-trackers1), so the 'Kebe' kettle bell offers a more formalized means of staying on top of your time at the gym. The simple design of the 'Kebe' is intended to provide users with a way to incorporate their smartphone directly into their weight lifting to [count reps and offer feedback](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bodypark-atom) as they go. This eliminates the need for a trainer to use technology as a means of keeping you on track with your fitness plan.

The 'Kebe' kettle bell is the design work of Yoan Brazy and identifies how we will continue to see more [technological integration within the gym](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/logging-gym-workouts) and sporting world to help athletes work out more effectively.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.5/10
- Popularity: 32% | Activity: 36% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Smartphone-integrating Workout Equipment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop more fitness equipment that seamlessly integrates with smartphones to enhance workout capabilities and provide real-time feedback.
- **Technology-enhanced Gym Experience:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create gym environments that utilize technology to track progress, count reps, and provide personalized feedback to users.
- **Fitness Tracking and Coaching Apps:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop apps that can track workouts, count reps, and offer real-time feedback, eliminating the need for a trainer.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Fitness Equipment Manufacturing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborate with tech companies to create innovative fitness equipment that seamlessly integrates with smartphones.
- **Health and Wellness Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop technology solutions that enhance the gym experience, from tracking workouts to providing personalized feedback.
- **Mobile App Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create fitness tracking and coaching apps that offer real-time feedback and eliminate the need for a trainer.

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