Distribution of Heart Rate Zones Based on the Rating of Perceived Exertion

Training intensity is a critical factor for successful training plans. Training too much at high intensities compared to aerobic trainings can lead to accumulation of training stress and overtraining. Tracking of training intensity is easy if you have a heart rate monitor and it works. But what will you do if you forget it at home, the battery runs out, or you just don’t have one yet? Is there an alternative?

Coach Toolkit, Suunto Movescount Sync, Groups, Enhanced Training Log, Improved Algorithms

We are guilty as charged of not reporting about Sportlyzer’s progress. With this post we hope to make this up to you. And as you can see below, the news are awesome:

How to make a realistic New Year’s fitness resolution

Millions of people make the same New Year’s resolutions every year. Getting fit, losing weight, and eating healthy are always among the Top 10 of these promises. Sounds nice but sadly only 12% of these millions actually reach their goals.* The aim of this post is to help you make a New Year’s fitness resolution that will actually stick.

1000+ Running Marathons and Half Marathons: Race Calendar 2012

Without a doubt there is a marathon for everyone. To prove it, we have collected 1000+ running marathons and half marathons into our 2012 race calendar.

Once you have chosen your race, go and give a try to Sportlyzer’s smart training planner. It is designed by sports experts to give everyone access to training planning secrets that drive pros to success.
If your favorite race is missing here, please post it in the comment field below and we’ll add it to the list.

Plank – The Godfather of Core Training Exercises

Why is PLANK the most used core training exercise in the world? The answer is obvious – it’s simple, powerful and doesn’t need extra gear. Learn here how to do it right!

Visualization of Training Cycles

We couldn’t be happier to announce that we just launched visualized training cycles. Now you can see your progress through your training cycles and get explanations what kind of trainings really matter during different parts of your preparation. There is also a small teaser in the pic below about what’s coming next :).

This is another step towards our vision that it’s not just the race that matters, but every training, every week, every cycle is a small goal that helps understand why and how to train.

Sporltyzer’s sports scientist Jarek Mäestu wrote a great article about preparing for races where he also explains the theory behind Sportlyzer’s algorithms. The article was published in Runaddicts blog and we think it’s a must read for all endurance enthusiasts.

Magic of Heart Rate: Exercising and Cardiovascular System

Enough of long texts! Today we start a series of articles about exercising all visualized as infographics. The series starts with the basics of training physiology and moves on to training according to heart rate. Our first infographic explains why exercising raises your heart rate, makes you gasp air and how it improves your physical fitness.

Otsime PHP programmeerijat

(Sorry, folks, this post is in Estonian – a job offer for a PHP programmer in Estonia.)

Sportlyzer OÜ tegeleb virtuaalse treeneri väljatöötamisega tervisesportlastele. Eesmärk on luua algoritmidel põhinev veebirakendus, mis analüüsib ja nõustab tervisesportlaste treeninguid.

Kui Sa oled:

• PHP/JavaScript programmeerija,
• huvitatud globaalses ja ambitsioonikas projektis kaasalöömisest,
• valmis töötama Tartus,

siis pakume Sulle huvitavat tööd, mille ülesannete hulka kuuluvad:

• suure kasutatavusega veebipõhise tarkvararakenduse programmeerimine
• testimine ja juurutamine
• tarkvararakenduste parandamine, täiendamine
• osalemine tarkvaraarenduse planeerimises ja lähteülesannete koostamises

Oled õige inimene meie tiimiga liituma, kui:

• valdad PHP-d ja Javascripti
• valdad MySQL-i
• Sul on eelnev töökogemus tarkvaraarendajana
• valdad hästi inglise keelt

Kasuks tuleb:

• IT- või informaatika-alane kõrgharidus
• arusaamine agiilsest ehk välearendusest
• kiire õppimisvõime ja hea suhtlusoskus

Sportlyzer pakub Sulle:

• kogemusel baseeruvat konkurentsivõimelist töötasu (võimalik on ka optsiooni saamine),
• globaalse ambitsiooniga projektis kaasalöömise võimalust,
• väikest ja motiveeritud meeskonda,
• startup-i inspireerivat atmosfääri.

Võta ühendust ja küsi täpsemalt!

Kontaktisik: Tõnis Saag, tonis (ät) sportlyzer.com, +372 5690 4988

Denmark – the Kingdom of Bicycles

I was in Copenhagen Nov 6 – 9 to introduce our forthcoming Sportlyzer service. The feedback was great – many business people and investors are already anxious to use it themselves. Thanks to everyone who was there for your warm welcome and enthusiastic reception. I was also impressed by the triumph of bicycles in Denmark.

Sportlyzer got a lot of valuable feedback at the Venture Academy and the Nordic Venture Forum, and especially from Patrick Polak from Newion Investments who is a true business-holic and an energetic idea generator. I also got useful advice from Ciara Byrnes from Venturebeat and Chris Mottes from Six Ravens Capital.  And my sincere thanks to William Stevens from Europe Unlimited and his contributing team for organizing a great event!

I really enjoyed meeting Christian Birk from Endomondo, the company providing the best sports tracking mobile apps in the world (sorry, RunKeeper :)). Congratulations to the Endomondo team for winning their presentations’ panel and I hope their homepage facelift turns out to be a hit.

I also attended Startupbootcamp Investor Day as an observer and must admit that the level of company presentations was impressive. Thanks to Michael Backes from eVenture for the inspiring discussion about Sportlyzer’s strategy.

But the greatest impression I got, was from the Danish people  – 76% of people get some physical exercise at least once a week, which puts Denmark in the top 5 in Europe. And it is not only leisure time activity, many people use bicycles as their everyday transportation.

It’s a really impressive sight in the morning when hundreds of people ride towards their offices. And there are gentlemen in suits and ladies on high heels. The infrastructure for that is great and my advice to other governments and municipalities around the world would be to go to Copenhagen and see for themselves how cycle paths are laid out in the capital city. Simply wonderful!

I’m sure that I’m not the only one who would like to get some easy practical tips from everyday bicycle users:

– How do you overcome bad weather so that you don’t ruin your clothes?

– How do you take your children to kindergarten?

– How do you carry your laptops and other luggage with you?

Arctic Startup About Sportlyzer’s Seed Round Investment

A great article about Sportlyzer by Arctic Startup: Estonian Inner Circle and Sportlyzer Close Seed Rounds