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We’ve seen a number of different exercise tracking apps before; here’s something different. Called FitPal, it’s an iPhone app that helps users get their functional capacity and personalized recommendations on optimal and safe exercise intensity for each workout.
Relying on the built-in camera, the application is capable of monitoring user’s pulse in resting position and during standup to calculate the functional capacity and optimal level of exercise intensity for a workout. This in turn helps to ensure the greatest possible health benefits while lowering and controlling risks of overtraining.
FitPal measures the user’s pulse while establishing a benchmark as the cardiovascular system is challenged by moving from a sitting to standing position. This stand-up pulse rate is then used to determine how well a person’s cardiovascular system is able to tolerate physical exercise.
There’s also a special mathematical formula included to evaluate the level of functional capacity, which further chooses an adequate level of exercise intensity in accordance with the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Sounds pretty cool. Is it worth 2 bucks? What do you say?
FitPal ($1.99) [iTunes link]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
