Sometimes you need some motivation to make par. Now golfers in California’s 921 established golf courses and 24 new golf facilities can track themselves among the pros with every stroke. VPAR Live Golf Scoring offers a real-time tournament experience. Continue reading Golf Like the Virtual Pros with VPAR
Category: Computing
Mizuno Launches Mezamashii Run Project
Mizuno, the makers of running shoes and clothing, is starting the Mezamashii Run Project, a community for runners that will provide a crowd sourcing element to the Japanese company’s product development. Runners can join to give feedback on designs for running shoes and clothing. Continue reading Mizuno Launches Mezamashii Run Project
Garmin’s fēnix Outdoor Watch Goes Off Trail
GPS is great, but when you’re on a road you typically still have an idea of your location. For trails and other outdoors activities, if the GPS stops marking when you step off the trail, it’s useless. Garmin just released its fēnix Outdoor Watch, which still tracks and directs adventurers, even when they’re off the beaten path. Continue reading Garmin’s fēnix Outdoor Watch Goes Off Trail
Take an Online Pilates Class from a Pro
It’s not always easy to get to a Pilates studio. And some people don’t realize that all that equipment isn’t essential to working out your core. Pilates can be done at home, but it helps to have a good teacher to get those poses right. Continue reading Take an Online Pilates Class from a Pro
TrainingPeaks Lets Athletes Edit Data on the Web
Last week after a ride we put the bikes on the car and packed up. Just as we got rolling, we heard the Garmin Edge cycle computer beep from the trunk. It picked up movement, and was about to track our drive home. Because this stuff happens, TrainingPeaks just started offering the ability to edit data on the web interface. This way you can delete such errors that get uploaded from a tracking device, and concentrate on performance. Continue reading TrainingPeaks Lets Athletes Edit Data on the Web
Smart Phones Creating Digital Divide Amongst Gym Members, Users Claim Essential Workout Tool
Cell phone usage is frowned upon by many gym goers, and it’s even banned in certain gyms. Besides the annoyance of constant chatter, there’s also a privacy concern when it involves cell phones with cameras and areas like a locker room. However, a recent blog post by a fitness industry expert shows that the use of smart phones is on the rise, and creating a bit of a dilemma for gym owners. Continue reading Smart Phones Creating Digital Divide Amongst Gym Members, Users Claim Essential Workout Tool
Weekend Reading List (6.2.2012: Travel Fitness, Aces High, High Speed NFL)
Travel Fit
From Men’s Fitness: Best Travel Fitness Services
Whether you’re traveling for business or for fun to exotic, far-flung destinations, it’s important to keep up with your fitness regimen. After all, being out of town shouldn’t be an excuse to slack off from your ab workouts, and new research shows that regular exercise helps combat jet lag. Continue reading Weekend Reading List (6.2.2012: Travel Fitness, Aces High, High Speed NFL)
Sportiiiis 4iiii Drops Price
Heads-up display system Sportiiiis, from 4iiii Innovations, just got more affordable. The company just adjusted the price of its visual display system to $149 for a basic model. The heads-up display attaches to any pair of glasses, and sunglasses, to provide visual context to data such as heart rate, pace and cadence while running or cycling. If there’s a signal, the heads-up display will show you readings so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road ahead.
Motion Capture Suit Helps Athletes Train
Motion capture technology has been used in the creation of movies and video games, and even used by athletes to identify problems with their technique. However, it typically requires athletes to go to a studio or environment designed for motion capture not training. Moreover athletes can only see the results afterwards. But a new suit might give athletes on the fly feedback during training. Researchers at Birmingham City University have developed a wearable device called the “Vibrating Suit,” which can be worn just about anywhere, and more importantly can provide feedback in real time. Video after the jump
Polar Offers Limited Edition Tour de France Training Computer
The Tour de France is still just over two months away, but yellow products are popping up with cycling tie-ins. Polar is offering a limited edition Polar RCX5 Tour de France training computer. Continue reading Polar Offers Limited Edition Tour de France Training Computer
Fit for a Wedding
We’ve heard (unfortunately) about the so-called “Bridezillas,” but now we’ve heard about Bridalicious, as in a program that allows the bride to be in shape for the big day. Online wedding planning resource site TheKnot.com has announced a new comprehensive and healthy fitness solution.
Bridalicious Boot Camp by The Knot, in partnership with certified fitness trainer and bridal fitness expert Doug Rice. This includes 12 targeted, energizing workouts on eight DVDs and four e-Books with extra tips and tricks, including: the Big Day Diet nutritional plan; For Better, For Worse: A Bride’s Guide to Better Eating; Go-To Guide with a workout calendar; and The Final Engagement, a custom eating plan for the final 21 days before the wedding. Continue reading Fit for a Wedding
Sunday Q&A: PEAR Sports’ Kristian Rauhala Discusses the Virtual Coach
Whether you’re running casually or training for competition, it helps to have a coach keep track of stats and give you motivation to keep going. PEAR Sports’ PEAR Square ONE plus an iPod Nano, which uses ANT+ to transmit data, puts a virtual coach in your ear to keep you updated on heart rate, calories and other stats. The coach also sets the pace for each workout. PEAR Sports President and Co-Founder Kristian Rauhala talks about the personal coaching PEAR Square ONE provides as you run through the season.
Continue reading Sunday Q&A: PEAR Sports’ Kristian Rauhala Discusses the Virtual Coach
Can’t Make the Gym? Go Online
You can find plenty of exercise tips and video demonstrations online, helping to make working out at home affordable and accessible without having to sign up and pay for a pricey gym membership and personal trainer. Unfortunately, like your Jane Fonda VHS tapes of yore, a lot of the Web content is infrequently updated and moves in a one-way direction, meaning that, with the exception for forums, you can’t ask your virtual trainers for feedback.
But a story from the Canadian Press is following a new trend of home exercises where users can stream live online fitness content and updated on-demand videos, creating a virtual gym within their homes. In addition to the convenience, these virtual gyms allow the gym-phobic to get fitness instruction without ever stepping foot in a facility.
Like a real gym, however, you will have to pay for the resource. But one gym profiled in the story, Flirty Girl Fitness, a women’s only center in Toronto, said that 6,000 people are using its online service, which features access to live classes.
The virtual gym won’t do much to encourage motivation, but it’s one less excuse you’ll have for not hitting the gym.
Winnipeg Free Press: Live online streaming brings the gym experience to home users