Tech-SavvyFitness

Marc R. Stephens, MAEDmarque@umich.edu

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Personal Informatics

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“Self-knowledge through numbers.” http://quantifiedself.com/

Using data such as heart rate, weight tracking, and other metrics to affect change in some aspect of one’s life.

Marc’s weight data from mid-2008 through mid-October 2012Friday, April 12, 13

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Examples

•Workout tracking•Heart rate monitoring•GPS tracking•Weight & body composition tracking

•Nutritional tracking•Blood pressure tracking•Blood chemistry tracking•Mood tracking•Sleep tracking... just about any metric!

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GEAR USED IN STUDENT ELECTIVE

• Heart rate monitoring• GPS tracking• Workout manager

• Sleep management• Activity tracking• Food log• Calories in/out• Sleep management

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Sensor technologyA device can be worn to record activity levels and other data through various means.

Often associated with a website or smartphone app to analyze the data.

Examples include

BodyMedia Fitbit

Nike Fuel

Basis Watch

GPS units

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FitBitwww.fitbit.com

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Nike+ Fuelbandnikeplus.nike.com

Jawbone Upjawbone.com/up

BodyMedia Corebodymedia.com

A Variety of Trackers

Basis Watchmybasis.com

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Key features:- Functions as a digital watch

- Syncs with heart rate monitor and other exercise equipment

- GPS-enabled

- Sophisticated features (more than we will use in this course!)

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• How to wear the heart rate monitor– strap around chest, with hard plastic part facing outward andcentered over your xiphoid process

– dampen the plastic electrodeson back of strap to establish better connectivity

• Sync the heart rate monitor– About 30 feet distance between sensors required while syncing to prevent other HR strap signals from interfering. Spread out!

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Heart rate monitoring

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220 - age = maximum heart rateis only a ROUGH estimate!

Better calculation found here:http://www.calculatenow.biz/sport/heart.php

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Uploaded to the Garmin Connect website

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http://www.myzeo.com/

Introduction to

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http://www.myzeo.com/

Data from the

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Global Positioning

System(GPS)

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A network of satellites orbiting the Earth

used to triangulate theexact position of

a GPS receiver.

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Google Earth and GPS data used together are a powerful tool

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Mapping of fitness data gives one the ability to pinpoint the data to a specific time and place.

Image shows heart rate data shown along side a GPS trail. Image from fitness tracking software rubiTrack

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Route planning in Google Earth!

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Exercise and Food Tracking

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MyFitnessPalWorkout and diet

tracking toolssuch as

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fitocracy20

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Nutrition and Exercise Education

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How’s the weather?

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Weather websites & apps• Live doppler radar means we can monitor the website and head out when a window of opportunity presents itself.

• Forecasts for longer-range planning

http://www.wunderground.com/ WeatherBugElite

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Blogs and other Internet information sites

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FatWatchFriday, April 12, 13

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Marc’s weight data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012

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Marc’s fat weight data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012

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28Marc’s weight and fat data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012

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When tracking weight daily, trend lines

help conquerthe chaos

Quarterly data for mid-July through mid-October 2012Friday, April 12, 13

Withings scale30

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