Tag: FITNESS

One of the mobile world's most popular fitness apps -- Runkeeper -- has finally arrived for Windows Phone 7. Runkeeper has been available on other platforms for a bit over two years, amassing more than five million downloads in that time. Like its other apps, Runkeeper for WP7 tracks your runs and walks in real-time, and can display your pace or plot your position on a map. You can also ...

When Runkeeper Pro was made free for a limited time earlier this month, downloads of the app went through the roof. If you were worried that you missed your opportunity to grab one of the most popular mobile fitness apps ever at no charge, we've got good news. Yes, Runkeeper Pro is going to remain a free download. According to the official announcement, there are other big things coming in 2011 ...

Nike+, Nike's GPS-powered running tracker for iPhone, just got more fun. The latest update adds a multiplayer Nike+ Tag feature that lets you challenge multiple friends to a game of tag. You don't literally have to tag your opponents, though, you just have to avoid being "it" by running faster or farther than they do. Here's how it works: After you finish a run, you can start a game of tag ...

Instant Heart Rate, which is a free download from the Android Market, measures your heart rate by using your phone's built-in camera. Don't worry, though: you don't have to strip off and point the camera at your quivering chest or thundering carotid. All you have to do is cover the camera with your finger, make sure you're in a well-lit room (I pointed the camera towards a window), and voila! ...

My wife started running a little less than a year ago, and completed her first 1/2 marathon just last November. Before her recent running experience, I had completely underestimated what being a serious runner actually entails, both in terms of equipment and how complicated it can be to manage various weather types and routes. Most runners I've talked to will tell you that one of the more ...

If you liked the iPod/Nike+ gadget to help you with your runs, you may be excited to know that was merely the beginning of what seems to be a much larger pie Apple has been working on (pun absolutely intended). AppleInsider appears to have gotten its hands on some patent filings made for what looks like a comprehensive "fitness companion." At this point, it looks like a bunch of iTunes-esque ...

Oh social web, do you know no bounds? Gimme20 is a social fitness site where members can share workout routines, track workouts and all that healthy Jazz. Props to Gimme20 for the shameless Web 2.0 logo. So, what are you waiting for? Hop up outta that chair and get your geek in shape, dig? While your at it, you can read Download Squad on your mobile phone. How's that for a connected workout? ...

Want to lose weight by playing video games? Not coordinated enough to play DDR? Tim Tucker has the solution for you: Tetris Weightlifting. It's a version of Tetris that you control with a pair of handles each attached to a set of weights. You pull the right handle to move the piece right and vice versa for the left, and press a button on either handle to rotate the piece. Tucker built the Tetris ...