Category: Updates

Structured Workouts

In the Selfloops website we have added the ability for a coach to create structured workouts. Structured workouts allow a coach to create training sessions where the target or intensity level of each time interval is specified.

The coach can create a workout specifying as target the %FTP (Functional Threshold Power) or (Bike,Rowing,skiErg) Power.

The image below shows how structured workouts are created in the website.

For each interval a coach specifies the duration and a target. In the picture above the %FTP is used. A structured workout can be assigned to a team or to a set of athletes. The athletes can download the structured workout as ERG file. ERG is a standard file format and these files that can be imported in most of the commercial indoor training software programs.

Our Group Fitness Premium app can also download the structured workouts. This means that those workouts can be executed in a group session, for indoor cycling, rowing and any group session that involves a target power. In the Group Fitness app we have also added the countdown timer of the interval.

We believe this is a great tool to train. You can only improve what you measure!

Activity Feed

The Activity Feed is a view that shows the workouts of your team and athletes performed over a certain period of time. This view is part of the tools we offer to coaches to better track and support their athletes.

The date range of the feed can be selected and the information available are the summary of their workouts and their notes. The coach can add his notes directly from the feed. An in-depth view of the activity is available by selecting the specific item in the feed.


Class reservations made easy

In the Selfloops website we have built an integrated class scheduling and management system. The system can be used as a stand alone service. We are also integrated with major class management systems such as MindBody.

With our system, clients can sign up for classes and select their bike/rower/loaner. They do not necessarily need to make a bike reservation, at signup we automatically reserve a bike for them and they can change it if they want.

We have now added the ability to reserve the place/bike/rower/loaner directly in our smartphone apps, available for iOS and Android.

With our Spark smartphone app, users can sign up for classes, reserve their sensors, check their workouts. A Selfloops integrated experience!

Improving the Athlete-Coach interaction

Our website is a platform to analyze sports performance. In the Selfloops website athletes have an in-depth analysis of their specific workouts and a view of trends across different metrics. Coaches can use the website to manage and track multiple athletes.

Both athletes and coaches can add their feedback next to a workout. The platform facilitates the communication and feedback loop between the athletes and coaches, that’s key to keep improving.

We have now added the commenting ability to our smartphone Spark application, available for Android and iOS.

With our Spark smartphone app athletes can check their workouts, add comments, see the coach’s comments and add their rate of perceived exertion (RPE also called Borg scale). All the information is synchronized with the website.

Available on Android TV

We are happy to announce that our Group Fitness service is now available on the Android TV platform.

Our Group Fitness service is the first application that supports ANT+ sensors on Android TV. And we support Bluetooth sensors too.

The application has been redesigned to support a user interface that do not have “touch” for user interaction. You just use the TV remote control to run the service.

This means you can run our Group Fitness applications directly on the Android TV operating system.

There are many TV boxes and TVs available in the market that use the Android TV OS.

Continuous innovation is what pushes us forward.