By Brian Shepherd Two months have passed since I began 2013 in pursuit of improving my overall health and fitness. I publically declared my intentions here. While I was very careful not to call my journey a “New Year’s resolution,” the timing of my proclamation and the fact that health and fitness improvement is the more »
Hot off the heels of the IHRSA event last week in Las Vegas, NV, we are excited to join forces with Technogym, as MapMyFitness integrates directly with Techonogym’s new mywellnesscloud open platform. At the show, guests were able to experience real time connectivity between Technogym equipment and their MapMyFitness mobile app. This innovative partnership enables more »
We are excited to announce we have redesigned our popular mobile application for Windows Phone 8, taking advantage of design features only available on the Windows mobile platform. The revamped app was built to leverage live tiles, custom lock screen and voice commands. The enhanced user experience highlights the way MapMyRun users view and access more »
Zone training is one of the most effective ways to target specific workout goals based on the amount of effort you are exerting. Unlike heart rate, which measures your beats per minute (bpm) to show how hard your body is working, power based training allows you to identify different levels of performance effort within certain more »
Part 2 of our indoor workouts series from Greatist. Greatist is the fastest-growing fitness, health and happiness media start-up. Along with a few tips below we’re highlighting for you, check out more health and fitness news, tips, healthy recipes, expert opinion, and fun times at Greatist.com. 11. Carve the core. If you want to define more »
Guest post by Carrie Barret: Trainer, Coach and Freelance Writer Every Tuesday morning I make the 20-minute drive to Train 4 the Game for my twice-weekly strength and flexibility sessions. These hour-long workouts are some of my favorite workouts of the week. They are also probably more vital than any swim, bike and run workout, more »
MapMyFitness (including the MapMyRun, MapMyRide and MapMyWalk brands) is among the apps you can now add to app sections on your Facebook Timeline. Facebook has improved timeline and the About page to organize and showcase activities from apps. The new improvements will create a different display upon sharing activities from the MapMy* apps for iPhone, more »
Part 1 of our indoor workouts series from Greatist. Greatist is the fastest-growing fitness, health and happiness media start-up. Along with a few tips below we’re highlighting for you, check out more health and fitness news, tips, healthy recipes, expert opinion, and fun times at Greatist.com. You’re not imagining it. Winter still isn’t over, but more »
By Thomas Buba [Photo credit: DC Rainmaker] Like any fitness hardware device, getting started can be intimidating. Luckily, the Cycleops Joule is simple to use and provides a unique look into your training. This powerful little unit has everything you need from casual riding information like speed and distance to the detail laden training needs more »
As one of our primary data stores, we utilize MongoDB heavily. Early last year our DevOps lead, Chris Merz, submitted some of our use cases to 10gen as fodder for a presentation at the MongoDB conference in Boulder. The presentation went well enough at the Boulder conference that 10gen asked him to give it again more »
