The document discusses using technology and data tracking to monitor personal health and fitness metrics. It provides examples of devices like Fitbit, BodyMedia, and Nike Fuelbands that track metrics like heart rate, activity, sleep, and GPS location. The document also outlines how to use the tracked data with apps and websites to analyze trends and map activity over time to specific locations to improve health and fitness goals.

1. Tech-Savvy
Fitness
Marc R. Stephens, MAED
marque@umich.edu
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2. 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 2012 2
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3. 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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4. GEAR USED IN STUDENT ELECTIVE
• Activity tracking
• Heart rate monitoring • Food log • Sleep management
• GPS tracking • Calories in/out
• Workout manager • Sleep management 4
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5. Sensor technology
A 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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6. A Variety of Trackers
FitBit BodyMedia Core
www.fitbit.com bodymedia.com
Nike+ Fuelband
nikeplus.nike.com
Basis Watch Jawbone Up
mybasis.com jawbone.com/up
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7. 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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8. • 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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9. 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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10. Uploaded to the Garmin
Connect website
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11. Introduction to
http://www.myzeo.com/
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12. Data from the
http://www.myzeo.com/
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13. Tools I Use
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14. 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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15. Google Earth and
GPS data used
together are a
powerful tool
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16. 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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17. Route planning in
Google Earth!
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18. Exercise and Food Tracking
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19. Workout and diet
tracking tools
such as
MyFitnessPal
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20. fitocracy
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21. Nutrition and Exercise Education
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22. 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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23. Blogs and
other Internet
information
sites
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24. FatWatch 24
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25. Marc’s weight data from mid-2008 through mid-October 2012 25
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26. Marc’s weight data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012
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27. Marc’s fat weight data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012
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28. Marc’s weight and fat data from mid-October 2011 through mid-October 2012
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29. When tracking
weight daily,
trend lines
help conquer
the chaos
Quarterly data for mid-July through mid-October 2012 29
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30. Withings scale
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31. Marc’s data as displayed by the Withings iPhone app
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