Fitness Mountain Tactical Advanced Programming Certification May 2017 I was fortunate to be able to spend a few days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Rob Shaul over at the Mtn Tactical Institute. Fantastic lessons and training.
Fitness Comparing FitBit SurgeHR and Garmin 920XT Today I’m comparing the new FitBit Surge HR fitness watch with the Garmin 920 XT sport watch. I ran them through two very different tests so that I
Fitness The best smartwatch or fitness band in Q1 2015 Here is a grid that will help you choose the best smartwatch or fitness band no matter what kind of athlete you are. I’ve included only the best
Product Review The Best Heart Rate Strap : Comparing Scosche Rhythm+, Mio Link, 4iiiii Viiiiiva, Wahoo KickrX I do a ton of sports tech testing. Some days it feels like I’m on a never-ending search to find the best heart rate strap. I’ve tested them
Sleep Comparing Sleep Trackers: Jawbone Up24, Basis Peak, S+ by ResMed, Sleeprate, Garmin 920XT, Fitbit In this video (at the bottom of this post), I compare sleep trackers to see which ones function best. THE CANDIDATES (and their sensors)Jawbone Up24 (3d accelerometer)Basis Peak
Fitness A weekend with Dan John and Chip Conrad at Mental Meat Heads 7 What a great weekend. I just returned from two days up in Sacramento at Agoge Ftness System’s “Mental Meat Heads 7” event. I had the opportunity to learn from
Market Map Market Map: Health and Sports Apps and Devices A first attempt to provide a simplified look at the devices and apps market by looking at the wireless protocols across the X (time) axis and depth / complexity of feature
Fitness Building a map of sensors, devices, apps, displays, protocols, agents, and end-points. (phew!) As many of you know, I’ve been looking a lot lately at the sport tech wearables space. It’s amazing how complicated it is. I was experimenting with a
Technology The traditional GPS sport watch ecosystem is too slow-moving and will be disrupted by the apps market I’ve been testing old world vs. new world lately in GPS watches vs. applications. It’s interesting to see the generation gaps. In short, the iPhone (mostly the iPhone
Technology A Tale of Five Garmins (310XT, 910XT, FR610, FR620, and Tactix) Garmin Running Watches/Sports & Fitness Trackers I’m always looking to see what’s happening in the Wearable Technology space at the same time as I’m looking for
Technology The Density and Complexity of the Quantified Tools Ecosystem is Increasing Rapidly Here is a first pass at capturing some of the major integration points (and directions) between the various sensors, mobile phone apps, watches, bands, scales, hardware vendor sites, and aggregator
Technology Fitness Device Comparison: Nike Fuel, Jawbone, Fitbit Flex, Basis B1, Fitbit Force, Misfit Shine, Polar Loop There are hundreds of reviews out there on the current and upcoming fitness bands. I’ve destroyed and/or lost many of them and have a high bar for what
Adventure Quantified Self: How I'm using QS tools and techniques to aid my training for civilian military style events On Mar 20 2013, I was invited to give a talk at Quantified Self Silicon Valley on how I was using Quantified Self tools and techniques to train for civilian
Fitness Great ride today. I LOVE the new highway for road-cycling. I think that the Sea to Sky Highway is going to become known as one of the most amazing road-bike rides in the world. The Whistler Granfondo is going to
Fitness I just signed up for the Canadian Death Race on Aug 1. My body wants to nervously puke and poop all at the same time. Luckily I’m training with my friends who’ve done it before. They’ve assured me that it will be a complete suffer-fest. I think their words of reassurance were
