New Apps, Digital Fitness Devices Keep Track Of Your Workout

Allentown Fitness Examiner

A tidal wave of apps and digital fitness products loaded with practical data and often inexpensive (or even free) is making tech-free running a thing of the past. A survey from Freescale Semiconductor , the chip supplier p90X3 workouts behind Fitbit and other wearable devices, found that 88% of runners training for marathons used wearable technology. Here’s a sample of some data-tracking apps and gear we found useful. Free data Pumatrac: The free iPhone running app tracks and audibly informs you of your distance traveled, speed, calories burned and weather, ultimately producing a real-time map, elevation profile of your route and an overall score for the workout (arrived at by a mysterious algorithm that combines all the variables). It also includes a social leader board that shows you how other Pumatrac users are doing.
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This free iPhone app from Puma helps track your workout, crunching the data into an overall score. The app also helps you figure out conditions that affect your workout, and the scoring system can be motivating.

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