Spinner® Blade ION™ bikes and Schwinn bikes support

Some great updates today! Our SelfLoops Group Fitness Premium app now supports the Spinner® Blade ION™ bikes and the Schwinn bikes with the MPower console.

In addition, the application supports all ANT+ bike power meters in the market like SRM, Wahoo Fitness Kickr, 4iiii Precision, Stages and many others that conform to the standard ANT+ protocol). 
We believe this is a great achievement, cheers!

The SelfLoops Group Fitness application also tracks the heart rate and the bike cadence.

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Bike Fitting – tools and apps

A cyclist spends a lot of time on a bike and the way he sits and pedals on the bike  is very important.

Having the right position and choosing a bike that suits the athlete have a big impact on performance. The position kept could be wrong, the saddle could be too high, the handlebar could be too far or the bike could just be too big or small.

For this reason there are several tools and applications to determine bike fit and an entire research area covers this topic that is biomechanics.

One of the tool used by pro cyclists is Retul. Another is Guru.

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But there are other applications that provide bike fit information. Kinovea provides video analysis and it is a free open source application. An an iOS application, compatible with iPhones and iPads, is Bike Fast Fit

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You are going to spend a lot of time sitting on a bike, better doing it correctly and comfortably. The tools exists and are also affordable.

Stryd – The World’s First Wearable Power Meter for Running

At SelfLoops we like to be at the forefront of tech and fitness. We are going to support Stryd, the World’s First Wearable Power Meter for Running. We already have advanced metrics for runners. The Stryd sensors will bring additional data to people that care about performance and want to improve.
The project is now in Kickstarter, it has already reached its funding goal and is going to be delivered soon to its backers (we are one of them, of course). Go and get one.

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