Skulpt Aim Takes Fitness Trackers to a New Level, Launches Device to Measure Muscle Quality and Fat Percentage of Individual Muscles

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Skulpt, a leading technology developer that empowers people to better understand their bodies, today announced the launch of Skulpt Aim, the first-ever personal fitness device that accurately rates the quality of individual muscles, in addition to measuring body fat percentage, to help users achieve their fitness goals faster. Blending convenience, functionality, and design, Skulpt Aim was announced as this year's "Top Tech of CES" in sports and fitness by Digital Trends.

Key features of the Skulpt Aim include:

• Portable, water-resistant and reliable – At about the size of an iPhone, Skulpt Aim's compact and wireless design makes it convenient to use, wherever and whenever. It is also water-resistant with 12 sensors on the back, which send a small current through the muscle to analyze its fitness.
• Fast and easy to use – Spray the sensors with water, hold Skulpt Aim to one's muscle, and an instant reading will appear right on the screen.
• Quality, accurate measurements – Muscle Quality (MQ) score is a measure of your muscles' fitness, using a rating scale similar to the IQ where 100 is average. Higher MQ relates to stronger, leaner, and firmer muscles. Users can see which muscles are their strongest, which muscles they may have neglected, or which muscles have plateaued and need a change of routine.
• Body Fat – Skulpt Aim allows users to measure the fat percentage of different muscles, as well as their total body fat, which closely compares in accuracy to the gold standard, hydrostatic (underwater) weighing.
• Goal oriented – Skulpt's personal mobile application allows users to track progress, set goals, and visualize the changes in their body over time.
• Customizable – Each device can be personalized to support up to six different user profiles, and a guest profile, where each profile has an individualized color light ring.

"Technology is changing the way we monitor fitness – we track steps, our heart rate, the calories we burn and even how we sleep," said Jose Bohorquez, Co-Founder and CEO, Skulpt. "However, the major missing piece with many tracking devices is an understanding of how to accurately measure the changes in your body after all of that effort. While other fitness trackers tell you what you've already done, Skulpt Aim tells you how your body is changing. Ultimately the goal is not about tracking how much you weigh, it's about the effect that activity has on our bodies."

Skulpt Aim retails for $199. To learn more about Skulpt, please visit www.skulpt.me.

About Skulpt Aim

Skulpt Aim (www.skulpt.me) is the first and only personal fitness device that accurately rates the quality of individual muscles and measures their fat percentage, to help users achieve their fitness goals faster, better understand their bodies, and know when they are losing fat and gaining muscle.

Built on technology originally developed for the medical space to track the progression of muscular disorders, Skulpt was founded in 2009 by Dr. Seward Rutkove, a neurology professor at Harvard Medical School, along with Dr. Jose Bohorquez, PhD, an electrical engineering graduate from MIT.  After seeing the potential this technology could have on fitness enthusiasts, Skulpt made a pivot to the consumer space, introducing Aim – a revolutionary way to help users improve their fitness and better understand their bodies.

Skulpt Aim instantly rates the muscle quality (MQ) on a proprietary scale which can identify areas that may have been neglected or over-trained. Using a rating scale similar to the IQ, MQ is a measure of the muscles' strength and definition – a 100 rating is average, with higher numbers representing better fitness.  Skulpt Aim also provides a total body fat percentage, as well as that for individual muscle groups for an in depth analysis of the body.

For more information visit: www.skulpt.me.

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