Is there a way to use a generic "Strength Training" or "Weight Training" exercise profile on the S3 or are there any apps that have that option?
I don't think its practical to switch the exercise on the watch for every exercise that I do in my gym session. Instead, it makes more sense to select one exercise for strength training and use that to track the entire weight training workout regardless of what specific exercises I'm doing. I'm interested in the time, calories and heart-rate for the entire workout.
I set it to Yoga for strength training, that gives time, doesn't auto-pause, continuously monitors heart rate and gives a calorie burn estimation (I'm not sure how precise that is, though).
It would be nice to see a general Strength training option.
i use elliptical profile once i do my weight training . i will try yoga today and see the difference
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What is «VitaPulse»?
App «VitaPulse» is for anyone interested in their own health and care for him. With this application, any person can independently control his/her functional health state, to learn their level of health assessment, adaptability of the organism, the level of stress, balance expenditure / recovering energy, as well as improve the quality of life and reduce the risk of unexpected health problems.
How does it work?
Mobile app pulse diagnosis «VitaPulse» real-time measures and monitors heart rate. This does not require any expensive special sensors or devices, as everything is done using only the built-in camera of your smartphone. The camera flash shines through finger, so there is a pulse reading ripple. Since the blood circulation is a direct function of the heart's contractions, it gives information on the frequency of heart rate detection. After pulse being detected, the registration of the interpulse intervals and recording of the cardiointervalogram are conducted. The duration of each cardiac cycle differs from the previous and application is estimated with an accuracy of one millisecond. Sequential change durations cardiac cycles forms a complex rhythm that is analyzed by the application.
After the end of the survey the software automatically calculates mathematical processing and estimate the indicators of the human body, based on heart rate variability (HRV), a modern method for the study of functional diagnostics. HRV is used in various fields of applied physiology, preventive medicine, clinical practice and allows you to determine the current state of the organism, the mechanisms of regulation, functional and adaptive human reserves, as well as timely reveal abnormalities in the body when there are no clinical manifestations of the disease, but is already a running "trigger" for its occurrence.
Why the need «VitaPulse»?
1. Regular monitoring of the health status of all family members. Allows you to stop waiting when the disease was coming suddenly, and respond in advance. Typically, first clinical manifestation of disease and treatment, respectively to the doctor preceded by a long incubation period, when the disease is hidden matures. «VitaPulse» reveals the beginning of the disease process in a timely manner. Booked - is forearmed and can take action.
2. Stress control. The main reason for most of the diseases of modern man - it's stress. "All diseases of the nerves" - there is a narrow-minded view. And in most cases it is absolutely true.
«VitaPulse» help control the current level of stress and live a long life.
Information about what the stress level is dangerous, has been well studied by scientists and is expressed as a clear digital indicators. These scientific data have been developed and are now available to any user «VitaPulse».
3. «VitaPulse» easily integrated into many methods of treatment and self-medication. Massage, wellness exercises, physiotherapy, herbal medicine, yoga, fitness, medication, etc. - all this requires monitoring. Regular monitoring of the functional status before and after the procedures will evaluate the effectiveness of the selected method and, if necessary, correct it.
4. «VitaPulse» applies in sports practice for early detection of problems organism adaptation to physical stress and overtraining state, implementation of immediate control over the process of physical training with a view to optimization, which is a prerequisite for achieving high results.
Free download from Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vitapulse.demo
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I'm coming from a fitbit which had decent fitness tracking capability but was pretty hopeless as a smartwatch.
Is there any option or application for general workouts for the GS2? I mean, I don't expect there to be a workout item for every exercise that you would find on a fitbit tracker with all the detailed option they include but a general option which is just listed in the menu as "Workout" which uses a timer and tracks heart-rate would be a good start. Does such an option exist?
Second, has there been any feedback from Samsung regarding automatic sleep tracking? This should be a fairly simple function to implement, yet I can't seem to find any good info about it anywhere.
S Health watch app (which syncs with the android app of the same name from Samsung) has heart rate monitoring, workouts (step count, running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, stationary bike, step machine). Some of these auto-start (e.g. cycling). There's also an app from Samsung called "Strength Training," and some 3rd party apps like Workout Trainer (Skimble) and Pear Trainer. There's a standalone rather limited sleep monitoring app called GNight. There have been rumors and/or vague responses from Samsung to the effect that they are working on sleep tracking, and the folks that make the
Sleep as Android app have beta sleep tracking software for the S2, but the story is it drains the battery too much.
tstreete said:
S Health watch app (which syncs with the android app of the same name from Samsung) has heart rate monitoring, workouts (step count, running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, stationary bike, step machine). Some of these auto-start (e.g. cycling). There's also an app from Samsung called "Strength Training," and some 3rd party apps like Workout Trainer (Skimble) and Pear Trainer. There's a standalone rather limited sleep monitoring app called GNight. There have been rumors and/or vague responses from Samsung to the effect that they are working on sleep tracking, and the folks that make the
Sleep as Android app have beta sleep tracking software for the S2, but the story is it drains the battery too much.
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I'll look into those workout apps.
Good to know that there may be sleep tracking for the S2 at a later stage, thanks for the info.
Hey guys, new to the S2, and smartwatches, etc. What fitness apps are recommended? S-Health on it doesn't seem to do much, and the heart rate monitor only checks when I hit the widget... Sooo pretty much only step count right out of the box.
While I'm at it, what other apps are recommended? I do not need notifications for anything outside of text and calls, so anything like that is unnecessary. But I am trying to get the most out of this thing, so let me know!
Please and thanks!
Seriously, nothing? Are there no apps to recommend?
It depends what are you looking for. I saw some apps, but haven't tried them (I use special watch for sport tracking):
- Fit Evolution
- Lifesum
- Nike
- PEAR
... Search App Manager for fitness.
Thanks. I did a search too, but I was hoping some people could tell me what's good or not. Most have good and bad reviews. Guess I'll just start trying things
gettinwicked said:
Hey guys, new to the S2, and smartwatches, etc. What fitness apps are recommended? S-Health on it doesn't seem to do much, and the heart rate monitor only checks when I hit the widget... Sooo pretty much only step count right out of the box.
While I'm at it, what other apps are recommended? I do not need notifications for anything outside of text and calls, so anything like that is unnecessary. But I am trying to get the most out of this thing, so let me know!
Please and thanks!
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S Health and Nike are the two apps that come with the watch, and as others have noticed, a number of other more specialized apps are dribbling out. S Health automatically checks heart rate (you can set it to "try" to measure every 10 minutes or every hour throughout the day), and also has routines the user can initiate for running, walking, cycling, hiking, elliptical, exercise bike, step machine, and treadmill. All of them record heart rate, some of them more: cycling, for example, also tracks your route, altitude, and speed throughout your ride.
Any apps out there for measuring rowing?? Besides heart rate, that is.
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Any apps out there for measuring rowing?? Besides heart rate, that is.
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Something I would like to. I'd really also like something that senses and accounts for other types of exercises outside of running/biking/etc., such as lifting weights, sit-ups, these kinds of things. Fitbit offers this with their Alta (who knows how well it works though...). At least something that you can enter in the reps, etc. for each workout and calculates calories burned.
Does Strava work here?
I've released two fitness apps so for: Always-On Speed and Always-On Pace. They don't track your activity though, all they do is show current time and your speed or pace.
When I bike, I use Endomondo on my phone for tracking and Always-On Speed on my watch so that I can always see the most important instantaneous information, which is time and speed, of course
Apps I Use Daily
Daily Usage Apps, Professional & Personal
- S Health (does the tracking I need at work, home, etc. love it so much.)
- Workout Trainer (helps me work out daily, even with only 5 minutes of time)
- Lifesum (track food)
- Heart Rate
- Water & Caffeine Intake
- Tip Calculator
- Here Maps
- Flipboard
I'm looking into others but these I use a lot.
Endomondo will be released soon for the Gear S2 and S3.
My apps (Always-On Speed and Always-On Pace) have been there for while.
UnderArmour just released MapMyRun and Endomondo.
I have been using SHealth for a while to track runs. It works, doesn't use too much battery, but I have a lot of issues with the way they present data. Like splits and pace are in miles per hour and there is no way to see your actual average pace while running (only an instantaneous pace, which jumps all over the place). Also the watch only displays one thing at a time, so elapsed time is on one screen and you have to move to another screen to see distance, which is annoying. Then you have to mentally do the math to figure out your average min/mile pace, which on a 20 mile run gets harder and harder to do as mental function starts to break down...
I just downloaded MapMyRun (never used it before) and I like the interface better. It allegedly connects to SHealth so I can store my history of workouts there. It also displays elapsed time and distance on the same screen in big bold numbers, which is nice. Also has an average pace if you swipe down. We will see, I'll try using it for a while.
S Health distance and heartrate are not accurate. Off by .5 for a 1.5 walk and heartrate 30 plus more that it measures manually.
Yes, i agree with rogerperk and it's impossible to change manualy the distance after the run, sad. I hope it'will be updated soon bacause in other ways, it's a good app.
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VitaPulse: express diagnostics of the human organism state
«VitaPulse» — diagnostic mobile app that allows any person without using expensive medical equipment independently control his/her functional health state, learn level of health assessment, adaptability of organism, level of stress, balance expenditure / recovering energy, as well as improve the quality of life and reduce the risk of unexpected health problems.
Algorithms app and interpretation of obtained results are based on numerous scientific studies and recommendations European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.
App supports (full version only) Holter monitoring - a method by which diurnal monitoring of functioning of heart. It uses wearable heart rate sensor (eg. Polar H7), which provides registration and transfer of information on the work of the heart in a smartphone.
How does it work?
Mobile app pulse diagnosis «Vita Pulse» real-time monitors changes in heart rhythm. This does not require any expensive special sensors or devices, because the heart rate registration performed using only the built-in camera of your smartphone (there is synchronization mode with the heart rate sensors).
App with using the camera reads blood circulation in finger, which gives necessary information on work of heart. After pulse being detected, the registration of the interpulse intervals and recording of the cardiointervalogram are conducted. The duration of each cardiac cycle differs from the previous and app is estimated with an accuracy of one millisecond. Sequential change durations cardiac cycles forms a complex rhythm that is analyzed by app.
After finishing examination program automatically generates health-physiological conclusion and calculates parameters of functional state, based on heart rate variability (HRV) - a modern method for research of functional diagnostics.
Why the need «VitaPulse»?
1. Regular monitoring of the health status of all family members. Allows you to stop waiting when the disease was coming suddenly, and respond in advance. Typically, first clinical manifestation of disease and treatment, respectively to the doctor preceded by a long incubation period, when the disease is hidden matures. «VitaPulse» reveals the beginning of the disease process in a timely manner. Booked - is forearmed and can take action.
2. Stress control. The main reason for most of the diseases of modern man - it's stress. «All diseases of the nerves» - there is a narrow-minded view. And in most cases it is absolutely true.
«Vita Pulse» help control the current level of stress and live a long life.
Information about what the stress level is dangerous, has been well studied by scientists and is expressed as a clear digital indicators. These scientific data have been developed and are now available to any user «VitaPulse».
3. «VitaPulse» easily integrated into many methods of treatment and self-medication. Massage, wellness exercises, physiotherapy, herbal medicine, yoga, fitness, medication, etc. - all this requires monitoring. Regular monitoring of the functional status before and after the procedures will evaluate the effectiveness of the selected method and, if necessary, correct it.
4. «Vita Pulse» applies in sports practice for early detection of problems organism adaptation to physical stress and overtraining state, implementation of immediate control over the process of physical training with a view to optimization, which is a prerequisite for achieving high results.
App is compatible with Polar H7 and other heart rate sensors
Visit official site or help section in app for more information.