Wahoo Fitness, the specialist in workout apps and smartphone connected devices, has announced RunFit, a new app optimized for the company’s TICKR family of workout trackers and heart rate monitors. RunFit helps runners and gym goers use their heart rate during exercise, captures crosstraining data and prompts the user to do postrun strength training exercises to achieve further gains.
Wahoo notes that studies have shown that heart rate is one of the most effective ways to monitor fitness progress; and cross or strength training is known to help improve running performance. Paired with a TICKR, TICKR Run, or TICKR X, users have the ability to obtain comprehensive views of both their current workout and the integration of their running and crosstraining. RunFit works on all iPhones as well as the Apple Watch.
“Runners have a lot of options when it comes to choosing a wearable and/or an app to capture and monitor their fitness data, but most devices and apps do just that – provide data. They don’t necessarily help the user understand the data or tell him/her what to do with that data,” said Chip Hawkins, CEO of Wahoo Fitness.
“We developed RunFit to help users exercise in the right heart rate zones in order to help them reach their fitness goals as well as highlight the importance of strength exercises so users can improve their running performance.”
Wahoo notes that RunFit works best with the TICKR family of workout trackers and heart rate monitors, though the heart rate features also work with other Bluetooth heart rate monitors. The app contains a simple fitness test that automatically calculates the user’s maximum heart rate and personalized zones. RunFit, when used with a heart rate monitor, tracks heart rate, distance, time, pace and calories burned.
When using a TICKR Run or TICKR X, users can track additional metrics including, cadence and running smoothness via Wahoo’s proprietary running form algorithm. The TICKR X will also capture cadence on a spin bike or elliptical machine.
After a run or other cardio workout, users can review all data, including how long they spent in each of the five heart rate zones, and they will have the option to extend their workout with one of three different strength training exercises, including the popular ‘7 Minute Workout’.
The app prompts the user for each exercise, timing the effort, measuring heart rate, and if the user has a TICKR X, counting the reps before moving on to the next exercise. RunFit is available for free in the App store today. The TICKR family of workout trackers and heart rate monitors are available at WahooFitness.com and in a variety of retailers.
Additionally, users can purchase a TICKR, TICKR Run, or TICKR X directly from the RunFit app using Apple Pay.
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Wahoo Fitness has ‘created a full ecosystem of sensors and devices for the runner, cyclist or general fitness enthusiast’.
