Workout: Getting a Nike+ FuelBand
Purchased today… arriving in two weeks
I just purchased a Nike+ FuelBand, which should arrive in two weeks (or less, I hope).
These have been in high demand and I am really curious to expand my exercises with other tools to track my progress, see what I’ve worked off and having it all upload somewhere as totals and data.
iPod nano 6G with Nike+
Original photo found at Tech Source
Since I started back at the gym last December, I’ve been using my iPod nano as a pedometer to track my steps and treadmill activity. I also use it at work since I walk around the office many times a day [one of the main positive things about what I currently do at my job]. It’s built-in accelerometer Nike+ app [no sensor needed, although one can be used with this iPod] makes it easy to just turn it on, put it into the pocket and go about my day.
Mobile apps
MyFitnessPal
I’m also looking at two apps to further track my working out progress, adding the ability to enter what I eat to see what else I can do to stay fit. LoseIt! and MyFitnessPal are the two apps that look good so far. Both are free and both have a large database of food items and their calorie, fat and nutritional details.
I will detail in another post here soon where I am at in my workout regimin and what progress I’ve made. And of course a full review of the Nike+Fuel Band will appear once I’ve had it a while and how I’ve integrated it into my workouts.
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All you working out people almost make me want to work out.
Almost.
🙂
If I plan to drink more, I need to work off the extra.
I am anxious to hear what you think of it. It tracks calories?
My Fitness Pal is really cool because you can scan food! I tried it for awhile. It just made me WAY too anal about what I was eating.
It appears to track calories, steps and then adds them all up as NikeFuel points. I will find out more once I start using it.
I have started to use My Fitness Pal and it’s really good. I tried Lose It! and while it appeared to be just as good and robust, I liked the look and feel of MyFitnessPal better.
I switched from LoseIt! to MFP ages ago, though I think LoseIt! has been enhanced since I switched. I haven’t switched back.
My friend uses LoseIt! and I checked it out, but ended up liking MFP more.
I’m interested in this, but I don’t know if I’m $150 interested! I’m looking into a heart monitor for my runs. Might try that first, but I’d love to see what you think after you’ve used this for a while.
You know, that $150 ($159 including Utah tax) was a bit much… but it looks like something that I would like. Worse case, with the high demand for this, I could sell it if I don’t like it.
I’m also interested in how you get on with this. When I used to run I used the Nike+ gizmo that went in the sole of your running shoe. Then I switched to using the newer GPS based Nike+ iPhone app. That was 18 months ago before I stopped all exercise to work on my get fat project. Which I’m making decent progress on to be honest 😉
Your ‘fat project’ comment made me laugh, which I assumed it was meant to be humorous.
I’m not familiar with the GPS based Nike+ iPhone app. I almost got the Nike sensor, but ended up with the nano instead, which doesn’t need the sensor.
I’m interested to hear how this works for you. I used to wear a bodybugg but it was big & bulky and while it gave me good info, it was a PITA to wear. This would be much smaller & lighter.
I used the LoseIt app because that’s just what I started with. I love that you can scan barcodes and it zaps all the nutritional info right in there. It’s a pretty handy app.
I’m expecting this to be light and easy to wear.
The LoseIt! app is quite capable. As with Ren, my preference is the MyFitnessPal after comparing the two apps this last week. I do like the scanner and how it imports all of the details for the product.
I desperately want a Nike Fuel bracelet but cannot rationalize $150 for it. Yikes. Can’t wait to read your review though.
Yeah, the $150 has a yikes factor, but we will see if it’s as promising and I anticipate it to be.