New Fitness App Ideas? – Free Kit for Good Responses

tom1702
tom1702 Posts: 1
edited September 25 in Fitness and Exercise
I am beginning to develop a phone app aimed at the fitness market, which will help users to maintain, improve and measure their fitness. It will take data from a wireless heart rate monitor (chest strap), the phone’s GPS sensor and from user input (e.g. weight).

Of course this can already be done (e.g. Runkeeper, CardioTrainer, iFitness) and the app will include all of the features and analysis present in these apps. However, I am also looking to include novel features that are not available elsewhere – which is where you can help!

What I would like to know is the kind of novel features that you would find useful in such an app. Are there things like VO2max and EPOC which could be calculated and which you would find useful? I have access to expertise in signal analysis and machine learning – is there any information that might be extracted from the sensor data which you might find useful, e.g. breathing rate, a measure of the user’s level of fitness (e.g. Conconi test), a measure of when exercise intensity is too high?

Thanks for your time – when (if!) the product comes to market I will send each of you who provides useful feedback with a free sensor/app as an expression of my gratitude.
Thanks very much,
Tom

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  • han182
    han182 Posts: 82
    I would find the app telling me when I was in the fat burning "zone" and when I'm pushing myself too hard a good thing, I can never work it out! Finding the level of HR that burns the most fat would be priceless :)
  • merzback
    merzback Posts: 453 Member
    Great idea- I love the concept of letting people know when their rate is too high. Also, maybe it's something people can wear all day, like a body bugg- so they can get a 24 hour idea of their calorie burn? I agree with Han 2 about finding the level of HR that burns the most fat too !
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    I would love it if you could post calories direct to MFP.

    You know what else I would love - but its not in your scope I think: I would love to have an app where I can search for restaurants in my area which serve food to meet my criteria - e.g. I would would enter "500 Calories, Fish" and get a selection of restaurants and what dishes I can choose...
  • juldga
    juldga Posts: 119
    It would be awesome if the app had a fitness test feature so you could determine your max heart rate.
  • juldga
    juldga Posts: 119
    Also, maybe it's something people can wear all day, like a body bugg- so they can get a 24 hour idea of their calorie burn?

    This would be super amazing and I would actually pay for an app like this! Make sure it is compatible for ipod touch though please :)
  • kevbrinks
    kevbrinks Posts: 42 Member
    Have an online community for sharing trails/routes. Allow users to artificially add distances/speeds (ergs or bike trainers). Built in timers for intervals, including a warmup/cooldown phase.

    Some of those apps you listed have amazing weightlifting functionality. Animated demonstrations of form for lifts, the abilty to track reps/sets and plot data, that kind of thing.

    You seem to be taking on a huge project, especially if you are trying to keep up with the huge companies that sponsor those aforementioned apps.
    I am beginning to develop a phone app aimed at the fitness market, which will help users to maintain, improve and measure their fitness. It will take data from a wireless heart rate monitor (chest strap), the phone’s GPS sensor and from user input (e.g. weight).

    Of course this can already be done (e.g. Runkeeper, CardioTrainer, iFitness) and the app will include all of the features and analysis present in these apps. However, I am also looking to include novel features that are not available elsewhere – which is where you can help!

    What I would like to know is the kind of novel features that you would find useful in such an app. Are there things like VO2max and EPOC which could be calculated and which you would find useful? I have access to expertise in signal analysis and machine learning – is there any information that might be extracted from the sensor data which you might find useful, e.g. breathing rate, a measure of the user’s level of fitness (e.g. Conconi test), a measure of when exercise intensity is too high?

    Thanks for your time – when (if!) the product comes to market I will send each of you who provides useful feedback with a free sensor/app as an expression of my gratitude.
    Thanks very much,
    Tom
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