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Even before my days at Wahoo Fitness, I have always had this desire to own the newest, coolest toy, sporting good, electronic gadget, gear, etc. Technology moves quickly and everything keeps getting lighter, faster & better!!
How did I become a connected man you ask? I look back at the emergence of 2 things in my life: Best Buy and Maxim Magazine. Crazy, huh? Best Buy is pretty easy to understand. Every Sunday when I picked up my paper I would immediately scan through the advertisements and look for the Best Buy Weekly Shopper Guide. It usually has all the best electronic products and if you combine that with a NO INTEREST offer you usually have me hook, line & sinker! Can you say Playstation3, iPhone, Ipad2, MacBook Pro? Well, I can. If you think back to the early days of Maxim Magazine, they used to run a header that said "Games, Gear, Gadgets, Girls." Well, at least I think they said "Girls." Maybe it was Babes? Anyhow, those were 4 things I remember the most about the magazine. All of the latest and coolest toys/electronics, clothes I couldn't afford, and women I could never get! Let's fast forward some 20 years (and please note that I no longer subscribe to Maxim Magazine!) I now work for Wahoo Fitness, where we're contstantly coming up with the coolest technology to help you track you fitness training. I use the bike pack on all of my rides and people are always asking me about it when they see it on my bike. I still lust after the newest electronic gadgets, love cool gear for athletics, still play video games and definitely enjoy reviewing the Top 100 Maxim Girls (who doesn't?) And I'm part consumer, part evangelist. I probably tell up to 100 people about the coolest thing I just bought! So I thought I'd tell you all about the coolest gear I'm currently using. Recommendations for Cool Gear to use with Wahoo Fitness
My recommendations for cool gear to use with your Wahoo Fitness Bike Pack or Run/Gym Pack:  Check out the Jaybird wireless bluetooth earphones. These babies are great for delivering a strong bass and retail for somewhere around $99. I picked these up at Interbike 2011, but you can visit their website to learn more about them and order yourself a pair.
 I don't know about you, but I plan on doing a lot of indoor training this winter so I can peak in time for the Rev3 Triathlon in TN. Lucky for me I have the Sea Sucker iPad Mounting System to secure my iPad2. Plug in the Wahoo Fitness Key and you transform your iPad 2 into the perfect indoor trainer.  If you'd rather ride/run outside this winter you need to be concerned about safety. People need to see you or something bad might happen. Pick yourself up the Blackburn Flea and be sure to get the Flea Head mount for you ball cap. It fits on the end of your hat and lights up the road and also allows you to peak down at your iPhone and your Wahoo Fitness App to see how far/fast your going. So those are my recommendations for the coolest gear & gadgets that work great with Wahoo Fitness products. Oh and by the way, you can pick up your Wahoo Run/Gym Pack at your local Best Buy -- opt for the No Interest Plan if they offer!
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Categories: Cycling, Running, ANT+, Heart Rate, About Wahoo, iPhone, Bluetooth Smart, accessories |
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As you know from our earlier blog post, three members of the Wahoo Fitness team are on an epic journey to qualify for the 2013 Boston Marathon. The first stop on our quest for Boston glory was Lowell, MA where I ran the 23rd annual Baystate Marathon. It was a perfect day to run- cool and sunny- and the course was a dream- flat and scenic. I had an awesome team of parents, sisters, grandparents, aunts and cousins who came out to cheer and high five me in person and an equally awesome group of folks who were cheering me on from afar-- sending support via text, Facebook, Twitter, smoke signals, etc. I snatched my BQ time with an official clock time of 3:34:03... In by 57 seconds! I felt good about my training, but you never know what they day will bring and I was just grateful that I had enough in me to hold onto the pace at the end. Awesome day! And now the pressure is on, boys! Stay tuned to hear how Wahoo Chip does in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
This is my "Boston Qualified" face.
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Have you heard? Engadget broke the news this week that we've got an awesome new product on the horizon... Wahoo Blue HR. It's a Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap that works natively (that is, without a Wahoo Key or Bike Case) with the iPhone 4S. And it's pretty sweet! We just got a few sample products in and Wahoo Mike pulled one out of the box to test it... check out the video below! DCRainmaker wrote a great post on his blog with a lot more details if you're interested! And stay tuned for official release news and pre-order information. We'll only have a limited supply available in time for Christmas... and the Wahoo Blue HR is a great stocking stuffer!
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Did you know that here at Wahoo Fitness we PERSONALLY put all our products to the test so that we can continue to make them better, stronger, and smarter for you? Well, we do. We love to run, swim, and ride our bikes and we feel pretty lucky that those things are all a part of our job descriptions. So, since it's Friday, we thougt we'd share a video of one of our Wahoo Team members, Jon, putting our Bike Pack to the test... and capturing the whole thing on video! You can catch more Wahoo Fitness videos, including installation instructions, on our YouTube channel. See a video we're missing? Shoot us an email at marketing@wahoofitness.com and we'll use our very fancy video equiptment (an iPhone 4S) to shoot it for you. Thanks and Happy Friday!
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Here in the good ol’ USA we are lucky enough to have a lot of freedoms; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Apps, to name a few. In this age of incredible technology and widespread use of smart phones we are free to choose from a vast number of apps that make daily life just a little bit better. Tired of calculating tips? There’s an app for that. Want your daily horoscope, numerology, and psychic reading? There’s an app for that. Want to generate random office sounds -- mouse clicks, keyboard tapping, rustling paper – so you can nap at work without notice? Oh yeah, there’s an app for that too. And of course there are apps used to track fitness data, including our own (awesome) Wahoo Fitness App. But there are hundreds of other great fitness apps out there too, each with its own style and functionality. Everyone has a favorite App – we recognize that and we wouldn’t have it any other way. So we decided to partner with as many of them as we could. We developed our technology, wrote our API and released it to the world – for free. Why? Because at Wahoo Fitness, having an open philosophy is just part of how we operate. Our goal is to make fitness technology easy, so you can spend less time plugging-in, charging-up, computing and calculating—and more time out there having “Wahoo!” moments. All with YOUR favorite App – not the one you are REQUIRED to use with a certain dongle, case, or accessory. This way, you get to choose the app that fits you and your workout best, and still get all the great functionality of Wahoo Fitness products. So we wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about the latest and greatest updates from some of our partners- in case their app is your cup of tea.
Cyclemeter 6.0, Runmeter 6.0, Walkmeter 6.0
Our friends over at Abvio make some kicking apps. They’ve just released version 6.0 of their award-winning Cyclemeter, Runmeter, and Walkmeter apps that offer a ton of features designed to help you improve performance and fitness. Cyclemeter, Runmeter, and Walkmeter are all available on the iTunes App Store for $4.99 each. One voice, for hearing replies from Twitter, Facebook and dailymile.com, is included free. Subsequent voices are $0.99 (US) each via In App Purchase. Note: The Runmeter, Cyclemeter, and Walkmeter apps are compatible with Wahoo Fitness heart rate monitors and speed/cadence sensors.Features we like:
- Target Alerts to provide real-time feedback of heart rate, speed, pace and cycling cadence. When you are outside of your target range, an announcement gives you feedback, such as, “increase speed” or “decrease heart rate” along with your current statistics.
- Support for Twitter, Facebook and dailymile.com. Your friends, family and coaches can reply to your posts on these social sites and their replies are then spoken to you using text-to-speech technology during your workout!
Runtastic Roadbike
From the makers of Runtastic comes a new cycling app, runtastic Roadbike, which was developed by bikers for bikers. With more than 50 features, the app offers a wide spectrum of functionality and features a completely new user interface design. The runtastic Roadbike app is now available for $9.99 in the iTunes App Store. Note: Runtastic Roadbike is compatible with Wahoo Fitness heart rate monitors and speed/cadence sensors.Features we like:
- Offline maps download so that you can use your maps without an internet connection
- Customizable screens and audio feedback in 5 languages (English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish)
MapMyTracks OutFront 2.2
The Map My Tracks OutFront 2.2 app now extends the range of ANT+ enabled devices that it is compatible with and adds power in the mix, as well as heart rate, cadence and speed to give cyclists a full set of metrics to monitor and broadcast live on the web. MapMyTracks OutFront 2.2 for iPhone is now available for $0.99 in the iTunes App Store. Note: Map My Tracks OutFront 2.2 is compatible with Wahoo Fitness heart rate monitors, speed/cadence sensors, and any ANT+ power meter. Features we like:
- Cool graphs and distribution zones for speed, heart rate, cadence and power
- New support for ANT+ power meters
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