We are glad to officially launch the brand-new products of runtastic. Beside our apps the runtastic portfolio now includes a GPS watch with heart rate integration, runtastic receiver & chest strap for also including your heart rate into our apps and the runtastic sports armband which enables you to carry your smartphone with you easily.

Newcomer in the runtastic product portfolio:

1. runtastic GPS watch with heart rate integration

 

 

 

 

 

 

In case that you don’t like carrying your smartphone with on those long runs or during endurance sports? The runtastic GPS watch is a great option and with lots of additional benefits. Our GPS watch records all important data including pace, distance, duration, elevation, calories, heart rate, and many more. With the “runtastic connect” software it is very easy to upload all sessions automatically to the runtastic fitness site when charging the device.

Function highlights of the watch are:

- Time and Distance

- Average, max. and actual speed/pace

- Average, max. and actual heart rate

- Training zones incl. training alarm

- Battery life with GPS mode up to 14 hours

- 5 training profiles (customize the display however you want it to be)

- Compass incl. navigation function

- Nightlight

- Analysis of activities at runtastic.com

- and many more…

2. runtastic Receiver & Chest strap 

 

 

 

 

 

The runtastic “receiver and chest strap“ is compatible with your iPhone, Android (Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, …), BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 and will transform your phone into the ideal training partner. You can now record your heart rate with our runtastic PRO app and add this important metric to all the others that are already tracked with our app. After your training you can analyze your sessions which will now include the heart rate graph in order to improve your performance. Furthermore you can keep track of your development in your runtastic training log on runtastic.com.

3. runtastic Sports Armband

With the runtastic Sports Armband you can easily carry your smartphone with you when you are out doing fitness activities. Wear it on the upper arm, which is a great placement for your smartphone. Now you will not be limited in your movement and your hands are free.

For more information on our products go to the products section on the runtastic fitness site. Furthermore you can get these products directly in the runtastic online store as well as in specialist retail stores in a lot of countries all over the world.

Enjoy testing our brand-new products and we look foward to hearing your feedback.

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Team runtastic has been present at the IHRSA 2012 in Los Angeles which was an amazing show. IHRSA’s (International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) mission is to grow, protect and promote the health and fitness industry, and to provide its members with benefits that will help them be more successful. We enjoyed our stay a lot and meet a lot of very interesting people there. IHRSA members represent health and fitness facilities, gyms, spas, sports clubs, and suppliers worldwide and it was nice to share our experiences and ideas for the future.

Wishing you a nice end of the weekend.

Your team runtastic

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Also this week you again have been able to send Dieter Baumann your questions. We picked the questions wisely and Dieter answered them. We would like to present the answeres to your questions right here.

Question 1: I’m doing the training plan „Weight loss“ with friends since 2 weeks, but my body fat part – measured with Body Scale by Withings- unfortunately increased. I do exactly the specifications oft he training plan but with the addition of an extra longer run. But this can’t harm – on the contrary. Is it possible that i’m doing something wrong? It’s demotiviating, although I have lost 1 kg, my body fat part increased.

 Dear Stefan,

i would say: Chuck the scale away. Everything goes very well. With an extra longer run, you increase your sport excercises. You have already lost weight and in addition you look after healthy nutrition. But why are you affected by the technical aspects oft he body scale. Body scales have a computer program, that doesn’t x-ray your body, which means, that the results are only approaches, that must not be true.

Exempt your mind of the results of the body scale and give your body time to accomodate to new conditions.

Question 2: I would like to try a lactate measurement to check my personal fitness conditions. Is it better to do a spiroergometry on the treadmill or just a normal lactate test? Is it necessary to do a replicate test? If yes, after how many weeks should I do the lactat replicate test. At the moment I run about 3 times a week.

 Dear Detlef,

for a simple fitness check a normal lactate test is adequate. Although the spiroergometry shows you you results more detailed, that are very interesting for a more professional training.  I would advise you to do the lactate test two times a jear. By way of conversation you can follow and optimate your trainings results perfectly.

Best regards

Dieter

Of course you can go on sending Dieter questions. We are looking foward to your next questions… also next week there will be answers of the expert. By then “keep on moving”.

Your team runtastic & Dieter Baumann

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Does breaking the physical barrier of 100 push-ups in just 8 weeks seem impossible to you? Let runtastic convince you otherwise. With the runtastic Push-Up app you can now achieve this goal. You will be motivated to get stronger and will have fun doing so. The app is your personal push-up trainer and helps you build the strength to complete 100 push-ups within 8 weeks.

Unique recognition of your push-ups:
The recognition of your push-ups is done automatically via proximity sensor on the phone or by touching the screen with your nose.

Features of the app:
* Count of completed push-ups via proximity sensor or by touching the screen with the nose
* Automatic countdown timer for your break between sets Voice Coach
* Personal records and statistics (e.g. monthly statistics, …)
* Upload of the activities to the runtastic fitness site
* Facebook and Twitter integration – share your strength and your personal record!

PRO features:
* Professionally designed training plan for 8 weeks
* Individual entry day (start at your level by entering the number of push-ups you already can do)
* No ads

 

The runtastic Push-Up app is available in a LITE and a PRO version and soon it will be available in a womans edition (30 push-ups in 6 weeks) and a senior edition (50 push-ups in 6 weeks).

You can save all your workouts at www.runtastic.com and share all your workouts easily with the facebook and twitter connect.

What are you waiting for? Push up your body with runtastic!

The runtastic iPhone app is now available in a brand new look including a more intelligent, easy-to-use user interface and advanced features.

With appealing graphics and new icon design, the new version of the runtastic iPhone app engages the user and provides sleeker images. The navigation within the app and voice feedback has been simplified and changes of the voice feedback can now be made while doing an activity. The iPhone app is available in 15 languages and new voice coaches improve the user experience during activities. Instant analysis of a performance can be done within the app or on runtastic.com after completing an activity. Tracking sports activities with the new runtastic iPhone app is a highlight every time you work out and will provide additional motivation and fun doing sports. These new features were updated based on feedback from users and have been implemented to enhance the runtastic experience.

The highlights of the new runtastic iPhone app are:

- Completely new and improved design

- Easy-to-use and more intelligent user interface

- New voice coaches – male coach in EN and GER

- Ability to change the Voice Coach settings during an activity

- 15 languages: EN, GER, FR, ES, IT, JP, Swedish, Dutch, Croatian, Czech, Indonesian, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)

- Set up runtastic playlists directly in the app

- More accurate elevation tracker

- Statistics can now be found in the history section of the app

New Icon/Logo:
As you can see in the graphic below, the old runtastic icon will no longer be shown and the newly designed app icon can be found in the app stores and on all devices.

New app available as an update for existing users
All users who have already installed runtastic LITE or PRO app on their iPhone can get the new version as an update.

We wish you a lot of fun with the brand-new runtastic iPhone App – keep moving!

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