Pacer Program for Athletes
Life can be crazy busy:-) keeping me from posting much online lately:-)
Haven’t had much time to put any thoughts together on what is happening with regards to technology and education, but I can post a little app that I’m quite proud of.
This is a program I’m using for my Athletic Training 12a course. It’s a modification of the Conconi Test, and is menat to be used in the field for a practical test of how fit the athlete is at the time (have they recovered fully, have they improved etc…)
Basically, you plug in the distance you’ll be running, biking etc. The speed you’ll start at, and how long you want the intervals to be.
The app then spits out an mp3 file that you can listen to on your ipod, mp3 player for the test.
the test starts with three beeps, and then beeps at each interval to keep you on pace. At the end of the distance there is a double beep which means you are increasing your pace.
Every time you complete the distance you call out your heart rate to your coach/partner (or you can simply remember them for when you are done.)
If you gather about 4 or 5 pieces of heart rate data, you can then plug them into the FaCT software and overlap them with your baseline.
Changes in the performance line will give you a solid idea of how you are feeling that day, and can help you modify your training appropriately.
I had a great experience working with a Russian programmer who built this app, and I’ll blog about that experience soon;-)
Click on the pacer program to check out the app