Exercise Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone and Exercise: What apps do you like?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 8th, 2009)

For the most part, I've been disappointed with iPhone fitness applications. I'm not talking about Nike+ but rather the third party apps found in the Health & Fitness section of the App Store. Apps that track your routes tend to be battery-killers (not really their fault, more due to the way ...

TUAW Tips: Send Mac audio to your iPhone for cheap

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd, 2009)

Earlier this month, I wrote about connecting my old Mac mini to my television . My mini offers a great Apple TV-style lifestyle with none of the Apple TV limitations. It's a real Mac running real Snow Leopard, albeit on an older, admittedly limited mini. I have Front Row, EyeTV, QuickTime, and more, ...

TUAW Fitness: An Apple a day update

by Tim Wasson (Aug 15th, 2009)

About two weeks ago I pledged to lose weight using my iPhone, AppleTV and Mac. Well, I'm happy to report that I've lost a whopping 6 pounds since then using my iPhone 3GS. Below is a short list of the apps I used as well as a mini-review of each. LIVESTRONG This iPhone app has a great feature ...

TUAW Fitness: An Apple a day makes the weight go away

by Tim Wasson (Aug 1st, 2009)

I've struggled with my weight for a long time. In my free-wheeling post-college days I lived with my two best friends, sitting around playing video games, drinking beer and eating Taco Bell. I put on a lot of weight in a short amount of time with that diet and exercise schedule, topping out at 260 ...

User friendliness, new features highlight Nike+ site redesign

by Sang Tang (Jul 1st, 2009)

Since its introduction in May 2006, the look, feel and features of the Nike+ website have undergone relatively minor changes. Which makes the redesign (still in beta) of the site all the more noteworthy. By putting familiar faces in different places, as well as adding some new faces, Nike has added ...

TUAW First Look: Nike+iPod on your iPhone 3GS

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 24th, 2009)

When the second generation of iPod touch was announced, one slide on the presentation included built-in support for the Nike+iPod sensor. The cool thing was that you no longer needed the unsightly dongle hanging off your device. The touch just "sees" the Nike sensor and you could add it to the ...

Road Tested: EcoRunner by Marware

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 30th, 2009)

As promised, we're launching a new series called Road Tested where we try out various products for a month or more, see how they hold up to extended "real world" use, and report back our findings. To kick things off we're looking at the EcoRunner from Marware [thanks to our friends at Dr. Bott for ...

Keep your New Year's resolutions: a Holiday Gift Guide

by Steven Sande (Dec 18th, 2008)

Ahhhh, New Year's resolutions. You promise that you're going to take better care of yourself, improve your life, and then you usually break all of those resolutions by January 2nd. This year's going to be different, right? Here are some gift ideas to help you keep your 2009 New Year's resolutions. ...

RunKeeper's new low price: free

by Steven Sande (Oct 13th, 2008)

In early September, TUAW published an article about iPhone exercise-tracking apps that use the built-in GPS of the iPhone 3G to track walks, hikes, runs, and bike rides. One of the apps, RunKeeper, provided instantaneous feedback of speed through a bar chart display and had a $9.99 price point. ...

TUAW Faceoff: Nike + iPod versus iPhone 3G Challengers

by Steven Sande (Sep 3rd, 2008)

Dedicated runners, bikers, hikers, and walkers like to keep track of their efforts, dutifully logging miles (or kilometers), time, weather conditions, elevation gain or loss. That's why there was a lot of excitement after the Nike + iPod Sport Kit was announced in 2006, since the same device you ...

Ascent 1.9.4 - Enabling Peak Sports Performance

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2008)

Several years ago, I wouldn't have been sitting at my Mac on a warm spring day. Instead, I would have been out cruising the hundreds of miles of Denver-area bike trails on my RANS V-Rex recumbent bike. During those rides, I kept track of my distance, average speed, and other statistics with a ...

Free workout videos for iPod

by Dave Caolo (May 1st, 2008)

You're one of those crazy people who enjoys working out ... and reads tech blogs. It could happen. You've got the Nike+ sport kit and lots of great Nike Sport Music [iTunes link]. What else could you need? How about free workout videos? Lifehacker points out a series of four free workout videos from ...

Getting fit with an iPod and a playlist

by Scott McNulty (Sep 5th, 2006)

When you're horribly out of shape (like I am) and are trying to get fit (like I am) you need something to spice up those long hours in the gym. This article suggests that an iPod might be the perfect gym companion, and virtual trainer. The article speaks to a few people who have downloaded 'personal ...

TrailRunner

by Scott McNulty (Aug 21st, 2006)

TrailRunner is a neat application that turns any iPod into a workout planning machine, in a way. The application allows you to interactively plan a route, whether it be for running, inline skating, bicycling or what have you, and export those directions to your iPod. This way you'll never be lost ...