Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve posted because, like many of you, I’ve been distracted by, and working to adapt, to the new world order brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. I’m a scientist and research lab manager, so that has included figuring out how to work remotely without access to the lab, and balancing work and childcare schedules … Read More
Hack Your Fitness: Compile Race Results & Compete with Friends on Athlinks
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re big fans of data around here. For example, I was thrilled when I discovered RunGap a few weeks ago and was finally able to consolidate all of my running/triathlon data from the past eight years onto a single platform. When it comes to race result data, however, I don’t want to be scrolling through … Read More
Hack Your Fitness: (Finally!) Compile All of Your Data with RunGap
The majority of our Hack Your Fitness posts have been aimed at ways to export, import, and/or compile fitness data from various sources, because if you’re like us, and have used or currently use several different fitness tracking devices and/or websites, it can be very frustrating to “lose” your data and long-term progress if you decide to switch devices or … Read More
Hack Your Fitness: The Hidden Ecosystem
Activity trackers, heart rate monitors, wifi scales, calorie-intake trackers/food diaries, GPS watches, goals, and achievements are just some of the many things we can use to keep track of our fitness. The trouble is that even though we have all of these great technologies to help us along our path to become better athletes or shed some pounds, it’s difficult … Read More
Hack Your Fitness: Garmin Fans Rejoice! You Can Still Use Nike+.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, how could this be possible? Why would Garmin allow this? Better yet, why would Nike allow this? Well, for all of you Nike+ users who have hundreds of miles logged on your account, but have now purchased a Garmin GPS (which has its own website, Garmin Connect, for uploading running data files), boy do … Read More
Hack Your Fitness: Punishment à la Fitbit
This is the first of many “hack” related posts I plan on doing. Sometimes I’ll be sharing something that we’ve come up with, but I’ll also be bringing in great ideas that I find from other reliable sources. Some of these hacks will require a deeper understanding of technical procedure than others and I’ll try to alert you when that’s … Read More