MapMyRide

Hi everyone!

Today we will talk about the app "MapMyRide". It is considered one of the best app for cyclists. With this app we can calculate the distance, the speed, the burned calories, and we can register our food . Also, mapmyride is designed to use the GPS in the phone what we allow us to find out news maps where we can cycle in our city or another part of the world. Also mymapride is much more than a mobile app, It is a website where we can add information about the tours we do, to share them with our friends.Because mymapride also has a part of social network arount bike that we will allow monitor our travels, to follow our friends, to stay in touch with them, to see the paths that they have done and to share ours if we wish.

Other interesting features of MapMyRide:

Altough MapMyRide makes a special emphasis on the bike, it also allows us to monitor our paths if we use other means of transport. It will allow us to make the trip if we choose we go walking, runing or skating, for example.

Other interesting feautre is the possibility to do training which are recorded previously by professional cyclists.

The only bad trait that we have seen, it is that if you want to enjoy all features you must pay every month.

The price is the next:

• USD 5,99 per month
• USD 29,99 per year

But we think it don't neccesary to pay because the free app has enough features for the most people.

We can find this app in App store, google play, blackberry world, and windows phone.

• Android 
  
• IOS
  
• Windows phone 
  
• Blackberry 
  

Description in the google play is next: 

Map My Ride+ – GPS Cycling, Riding, Mountain Biking, Workout Tracking and Calorie CounterStart riding with the MapMyRide+ community. Record GPS-based activities to view detailed stats; connect with 400+ devices to import and analyze all your data in one place; log over 600 different activity types.Get the Plus app now for an ad-free experience!ALL THE FEATURES YOU NEED TO SUCCEED☆ Gear Tracker - Add your athletic shoes and start tracking mileage with Gear Tracker. Help yourself avoid common injuries and get notified when it’s time for a new pair.☆ 600+ Activities - Log and record workouts with the largest selection of activities, including running, cycling, walking, gym workouts, cross training, yoga and tons of others.☆ Workout Stats - Record GPS-based workouts with customizable voice feedback for precise stats like pace, route, distance, calorie burn, elevation profile and more.SHARE FITNESS & NUTRITION DATA☆ Share Data - Sync your account with other health and nutrition apps like MyFitnessPal and Google Fit.TRAIN LIKE A PRO WITH MVP MEMBERSHIP☆ Go MVP - Be a premium member for an ad-free experience and access special features like heart rate analysis, personal training plans, audio coaching, and Live Tracking.☆ MVP Members Only - Enjoy exclusive offers and promotions from our partners.JOIN THE COMMUNITY ☆ Activity Feed - Share your progress and see what friends are doing on your Activity Feed. Whether you’re a beginner, casually active, looking to rededicate yourself to fitness or an athletic enthusiast, you’ll fit in perfectly with our 30+ million member strong community.☆ Social - Share your progress and workouts with friends on social media.MORE FEATURES ON THE WEB☆ 24/7 Activity Graph - Connect devices to view steps, sleep, workouts and more, all in one expertly designed graph. ☆ Import Data - We make it easy to connect and import data from the best activity tracking devices in the industry. Connect devices from Jawbone, Misfit, Fitbit, Garmin, Withings and more (Bluetooth Smart™ and ANT+™).☆ Challenges - Join Challenges for some friendly, virtual competition, climb the leaderboards and win prizes.Be sure to visit us at www.MapMyFitness.com for the full experience.Should you choose to upgrade to MVP, payment will be charged to your Google Wallet account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription costs USD 5.99 per month while the yearly subscription costs USD 29.99 per year or USD 2.50 per month. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing.Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off on wallet.google.com and click on ‘Update or cancel your subscription’ on the Transactions page after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be cancelled. Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited if you choose to purchase a subscription to MVP.Under Armour Connected Fitness powers the complete digital product suite of MapMyFitness, including MapMyRun, MapMyRide, MapMyWalk, MapMyHike, and the Under Armour Women app. Our mission is to make all athletes better by providing the digital connected fitness products they need to train, perform and improve.Find the full terms and conditions, and our privacy policy, at http://www.mapmyfitness.com/terms_of_use and http://about.mapmyfitness.com/about/user-privacy-policy/ respectively.

Conclusion:

Ultimately, we think that this is one of the best app to clycle. We recommended it all cycling community. It is not important if the cyclist is rookie or an expert, because this app will be suitable for anyone.

Our rating:

8/10

Thanks for your attention, SEE YOU SOON!

Endomondo Sports Tracker

Hi everyone!!

Our analysis today is about the app Endomondo Sports Tracker. It is a completely app that we can find  in all the platforms: IOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and App Web. Further, it is one of the most popular Sport Apps that exists. With it, we can record many sports such as: running, football, kayak, cycling, skiing.... We can keep track of our activities, to see graphs, observe our evolution, and many more options. It has integration with Facebook API. Definitely, it is one of the similar thing to a personal trainer who can find in a smartphone.

Endomondo Sports Tracker

Link: https://www.endomondo.com

You can download it in this page (Click on the picture to download):

• Android: 

IOS:

The App's description that we have found in the App Store is:

"The only personal trainer you’ll ever need fits right in your pocket. Whether you’re running, cycling, walking, kayaking, or something completely different, we keep you motivated, and most importantly - keep what you’re doing fun. 

Track routes, record stats and share your workouts - all from one simple app. Join more than 25 million users and start freeing your endorphins.

WHAT YOU GET FREE OF CHARGE:

TRACK YOUR FITNESS 
● Track almost any distance-based sport, including duration, speed, distance, calories and more
● Get audio feedback for every mile/km
● Enter indoor workouts manually
● Track your heart rate (works with BTLE heart rate monitors)
● Control the app through your Pebble smartwatch

ANALYZE PERFORMANCE
● Keep a full training diary
● View daily training volume
● Analyze performance like split times for each workout 

CHALLENGE YOURSELF
● Set a workout goal and let our audio coach help you reach it
● Join a challenge for a chance to win prizes

BE SOCIAL
● Receive (and send) real-time audio pep talks from friends
● Check out the news feed to comment on friends’ progress 
● Race against a friend’s personal best performance
● Share results and workouts on Facebook

PLUS
● Workout photos, tagging of friends, automatic pause when stationary, customizable home screen, countdown, and much more

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One of the distinguishing feature is that it is a social network. With it, we can observe the activities of our friends and they ours activities. We can create or join challenges is also a good choice.

It have three plans:

• Free: app with blocks and advertisings.
• Pro: pay for a completely options on the app (4.99 € / one time)
• Premium: Month pays (3.99us$ / per month or 29.99 us$): 
• Training plans
• Without advertisings
• Completely graphs
• Training goals
• Many options such as 24h assistance,...

Nothing more to say that we don't know about it. It is definitely one of the best sports app, even their plan free outperforms many of its rivals.

Conclusion:

• We recommended it by 100 % to keep track of our training. As we have said, is one of the best in these options.

Our rating:

9/10

Thanks for your attention, SEE YOU SOON!

SEVEN - High Intensity interval training

Hi, in the second post we want to talk you about an interesting application for IOS and Android:

Seven

You can download it in this page (Click on the picture to download):

• Android: 

 IOS:

First, this app is based in a High Intensity interval training. This method is supported by American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness and because of this, It was made very famous around the Social Networks. The tables consist of twelve high-intensity exercise to be practiced in 30 seconds, with 10 seconds rest between each, until last seven minutes.

The App's description that we have found in the App Store is:

* No workout equipment & just minutes a day

* Fun achievements and rewards to keep you motivated

* Based on the 7-minute workout featured in NY Times Magazine

YOUR CHALLENGE: 7 minutes for 7 months

Using nothing more than a chair, a wall, and your own body weight, the 7-minute workout is based on scientific studies to provide the maximum benefit of working out regularly in the shortest time possible.

YOU ONLY LIVE THRICE

Just like your favorite video game, Seven starts you off with three lives. Skip a day and lose a heart, but miss 3 workouts in a month and your progress resets to zero and it's game over! Work out every day for 7 months to achieve 100% and become a 7/7 champion. 

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Our Analysis:

• Do we recommend using the application?

• Experts recommend monitoring by professionals. Why? Because this method it is not for everyone and it can cause injuries.
• We agree with them, but we think that the application can be really beneficial if it is done with care and security, taking our ergonomics, performance, ability and fitness.
• If you follow the guidelines that the application itself gives you, mainly it doesn't have to have problems. On the other hand, it is probably beneficial to you and motivating.

• For who?

• Obviously, if you are a professional athlete it is not your application. But in case you want to improve your fitness, starting from a very low level: it is a good way to improve your fitness. Complete quests and interact with the application and soon you will get results.

• How much time?

• At first, 7 minutes could be enough, but not for all. It always depends on your performance. 
• For the general population, we think 20 minutes may be sufficient, but it is very important to combine with aerobic exercise over 20 minutes at least two days a week.

• Conclusion

• For us, we think it is a good application for a healthy physical condition and be able to feel good.

Us rating:

8/10

Thanks for your attention, SEE YOU SOON!

Regards everyone

Hi everyone,

We start this blog which enthusiasm and desirem, it will be done by:

• Alejandro Muñoz
• Daniel Rubio
• Pau Chorro

We are degree Physical's Science in the Alicante University. Actually, we are in the last year.

This blog that we will done, we would like orient to give a view about the technologies that we can use to perform us trainining or performance. An example of these are:

• Devices
• GPS
• Pulsometer: polar, garmin,..
• Pc software
• Program
• Web aplications (web api)
• But, above all, our analysis we want to base it in the use of mobile technology:
• Smartphones
• Apps 
• Gadgets

See you soon, in the next posts

Thanks everyone!

The administrators.