Nike+

Nike+ Website

Well, I was browsing the internet, trying to find different personal training blogs and technology involved in it so I could write something brilliant and inspiring- however, during my search I thought of something that was interesting to me that I wanted to look into a little bit more.

Enter- Nike+

Now, I was introduced to this my freshman year here which was about the time that it came out, but I never really understood the possibilities until I checked out the website just now. As I'm sure you all already know, I am an athlete and I thoroughly enjoy working out, so seeing this Nike+ contraption was pretty interesting to me; so interesting in fact, that when I bought my new sneakers this summer I made sure they were Nike+ compatible in case I bought the kit.

Basically, what Nike+ does is tell you how fast you're going, how far you've gone and how many calories you've burned. It also will save your best times and track your progress as you go- all of this on either the iPod Nano or the 2nd Generation iPod Touch. You can even plug in your iPod to your computer and look at different graphs and such that represent your progress. It even has a "PowerSong" feature for when you get tired during a run and need that extra boost; all you do is press a button and your "PowerSong" comes on to help you out. I think that's a great feature since, especially for me, music helps big time and listening to the right songs can make a difference.

So that's my latest tid-bit on technology in a personal training setting. I definitely think this would be helpful for my clients if I give them a run/workout to complete on their own time and/or if I would like to track their progress. This would be ideal for those training for XC, track, road races, marathons etc.

I put the link to the website at the top of the page in case you would like to check out anymore information on Nike+

:) enjoy!