The popular press weighed in this week on the timely controversy about the cardio-health benefits of exercise – think running. Does exercise provide cardio-protection or as the new provocative research reports(1) suggest that in some 10% of the participant exercise … Continue reading
Is Running Fast Hard on Your Heart Health?
June 16, 2012
The Best Running Apps
May 23, 2012
There are now over 1,000 running apps in the iTunes App Store. This proliferation of running apps, combined with the App Store’s weak search features, makes it tough to choose one that fits most runners’ needs. With 20 different features, … Continue reading
Upbeat Founder and Developer Named to USA Triathlon Hall of Fame
March 1, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Triathlon legend Sally Edwards, Ironman masters champion and five other’s highlight the fourth class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame. Edwards was a pioneer in the sport writing the first book titled Triathlon: A Triple … Continue reading
Iphone Running Apps – What is New?
October 30, 2011
There are now over 1,000 running apps to choose from. This proliferation of running apps compounded by the weak search features in the iTunes App store, makes it tough to choose one that fits most runner’s needs. With 20 different … Continue reading
Morphing from a Caterpillar to a Butterfly with Upbeat Workouts iPhone App
September 13, 2011
For the past 40 years, I have, in various incarnations, witnessed the transformation of millions of people as they crossed the finish line of their first, or their umpteenth, 5K to marathon or sprint to Ironman triathlon races. That feeling … Continue reading
I had to buy a $250 iPhone to get the $2.99 app – Upbeat Workouts for Runners
July 19, 2011
Why would you spend $250 for a new mobile phone because you wanted a $2.99 app? That’s because you have a Blackberry and you want to run to the new Upbeat app and it runs only on the iPhones platform. Maggie … Continue reading
Beat Matched Running Makes You a Better Runner
June 26, 2011
The research shows that if you match the beat of the music to the strides per minute of your running tempo, you perform better.* One possibility as to the underlying mechanism of “beat matched running” is that music tends to … Continue reading
Biggest Loser Contestant PRs using Upbeat Workouts App for Runners
June 18, 2011
Abby Rike is not only releasing her new and first book titled Working It Out but as a past contestant on the Biggest Loser tv show she’s winning again. Abby just set a PR, a personal record, in a recent … Continue reading
Research Shows that Running to Synchronized Music Increases the Length of Time to Exhaustion.
June 3, 2011
New research shows a fascinating discovery about running that most runner’s don’t know about – yet. With the aid of music tempo that matches your running cadence, one of several features of the new iPhone app Upbeat Workouts for Runners, … Continue reading
The Treadmill Upbeat Workout Experience.
May 19, 2011
May 19, 2011 Traveling and making presentations in running stores across America to demo Upbeat Workouts for runners this week I landed in Detroit, Michigan facing cold and rainy weather and the challenge of where to run. The hotel desk … Continue reading
