Fitness and Technology

FitLinxx

Last fall I got the chance to check out a FitLinxx installation at my girlfriend's gym. FitLinxx is a hardware/software package that is integrated into the equipment at your local gym - in this case the Bellevue YMCA. Their website ( www.FitLinxx.com

High-Tech Gym Equipment

In an article in yesterday's Sacramento Bee (link only works for subscribers: http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/158005.html ), Alison apRoberts reviewed some new pieces of gym equipment that were on display at "the 26th annual International Health,

biking power estimates

About for years ago I read an article by David Sing in the Autin Triathletes newsletter that talked about estimating your cycling power output without a power meter by climbing a known hill and noting your time & your weight (bike+rider). This morning

foot scan

Today I saw Dr J Mari Adad for a Foot Scan. The basic idea is that I run on a treadmill while these footbed sensors are inserted in my shoes. The systems takes a ten-second recording and then I get to see these cool heat-map pictures of how the pressure