Another significant upgrade to the SPARTAN series was released yesterday. Some lucky people had access last week. These are the headline features: Start planned Moves on your Spartan [SEE BELOW] Find back navigation [BACK TO START] Notifications for daily activity targets (steps and calories) Triathlon mode customization [SEE BELOW] Do not disturb mode 30-day activity sync after…
The M430 looks pretty good so far. It’s predominantly a running watch that you can use for other sports and for general fitness use. It’s very similar to the best-selling M400 (2014) but with some noteworthy additions that I’ll go through in detail another time. The OPTICAL heart rate uses Polar’s top-end sensor (as on the…
V1.4 – 17th June 2017 This is my opinion of current & future devices across the GPS running/cycling market. Updates to this will be issued as and when information emerges which may include rumors, although note well that any information provided to me under NDA by manufacturers will not appear here. So there might yet…
Who needs a title when you can just put 5 random words? Well, of course, they’re not really random and those words spring out from the latest research from Prof. Willems @Chichester Uni into blackcurrant supplementation for endurance athletes. His double-blind, randomized, crossover study, entitled “Blackcurrant Alters Physiological Responses and Femoral Artery Diameter during Sustained…
Convinced about blackcurrants yet? See image to right. Convinced about the science? See (this) Convinced about Beetroot juice yet? Hang around in the post-race doping testing tents and check out the colour of all the urine samples. (Or just take my word for it…that could get a little weird). Convinced about Caffeine yet? Sigh. Actually…
Apart from sounding very silly, FARTLEK just doesn’t sit right in my mind. I have this vision of Norwegians running at a certain speed to the nearest lamp post and then at another speed up a hill and then at some other UNpre-defined speed over the next but one pedestrian crossing. That’s not me. Maybe…
Science In Sport kindly sent me some free product in return for my thoughts on 2x new products. Here they are: GO CAFFEINE SHOT I used to take Red Bull shots for caffeine but they are now no longer available. So, for me this is a welcome replacement. First up – YOU should be taking…