This is Day 1 of the Tech-Savvy Fitness elective course I teach at the University of Michigan Medical School. Version 1.0. (uploading the Keynote version)

1. Tech-Savvy
Fitness
Marc R. Stephens, MAED
marque@umich.edu
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2. Learning Objectives - Day 1
LO1: Students will be introduced to the concept of personal informatics.
LO2: Students will gain an understanding of the basic functions of the
Garmin Forerunner fitness watch and the Zeo Sleep Manager.
LO3: Students will participate in a 30 - 45 minute workout session, gather
workout statistics via the Forerunner, and upload this data to Garmin
Connect website.
LO4: Students will be introduced to how the instructor prepares for a
workout (weather checks, Google Earth route planning)
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3. Personal Informatics
Using data such as heart rate, weight tracking, and
other metrics to affect change in some aspect of
one’s life.
“Self-knowledge through numbers.”
http://quantifiedself.com/
Marc’s weight data from mid-2008 through mid-October 2011 3

4. Examples
•Workout tracking •Nutritional tracking
•Heart rate monitoring •Blood pressure tracking
•GPS tracking •Blood chemistry tracking
•Weight & body •Mood tracking
composition tracking •Sleep tracking
... just about any metric!
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5. Global
Positioning
System
(GPS)
A network of
satellites orbiting the Earth
used to triangulate the
exact position of
a GPS receiver.
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6. Google Earth and
GPS data used
together are a
powerful tool
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7. 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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8. Let’s plan a route
in Google Earth!
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9. How’s the weather?
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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10. Heart rate monitoring
220 - age = maximum heart rate
is only a ROUGH estimate!
Better calculation found here:
http://www.calculatenow.biz/sport/heart.php
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11. THE GEAR
• Heart rate monitoring • Sleep management
• GPS tracking
• Workout manager 11

12. 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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13. A lot of buttons!
Press and release to start/
Press and hold for power on/off. stop recording a workout.
Tap to light the display Also functions as ‘Up’ to
navigate menus.
After workout, hold through 3
second timer to save workout
Press to wake from sleep and establish
and reset watch for next
GPS connection (outdoors)
workout.
Press to cycle display modes (workout
Also functions as ‘down’ to
duration, heart rate, digital watch)
navigate menus.
Hold down for 3 seconds for the MENU
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14. • How to wear the heart rate monitor
– strap around chest, with hard
plastic part facing outward and
centered over your xiphoid process
– dampen the plastic electrodes
on 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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15. When we get back we’ll
log our workout on the
Garmin Connect website
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16. Introduction to
http://www.myzeo.com/
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