1. Tech-Savvy Fitness
and the Quantified Self
or
How I Hacked My Health
Marc R. Stephens, MAED
Instructional Designer
University of Michigan Medical School

2. Marc’s weight data from mid-2008 through mid-October 2012

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Personal Informatics
““SSeellff--kknnoowwlleeddggee tthhrroouugghh nnuummbbeerrss..””
Marc’s weight data from mid-2008 through mid-October 2012

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AAllll kkiinnddss ooff nnuummbbeerrss!!
•Workout tracking
•Heart rate monitoring
•GPS tracking
•Weight & body
composition tracking
•Nutritional tracking
•Blood pressure tracking
•Blood chemistry tracking
•Mood tracking
•Sleep tracking
... just about any metric!

5. Awareness
image CC by Gdynia

6. Awareness
via
Tracking
•FitBit
•www.fitbit.com
BodyMedia Core
bodymedia.com
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Nike+ Fuelband
nikeplus.nike.com Jawbone Up
jawbone.com/up
Basis Watch
mybasis.com

7. Sensor Technology
A device worn to record activity levels and other data through various means.

8. Exercise and Food Tracking

9. MyFitnessPal

10. Consistency
Stopped consistent tracking

12. Trend
Analysis
•Overall Weight
Body Composition (% fat)

13. Education
Blogs and
other Internet
information
sites

14. Nutrition and Exercise Education

15. Motivation

16. Gamification

17. Motivation 2
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Milestones

18. BBeelliieeff iinn oonneesseellff

19. Tools For You

20. Food & Fitness Tracking

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Heart rate monitoring
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THE GEAR
• Heart rate monitoring
• GPS tracking
• Workout manager
Basis Tracker
• Daily activity tracking
• Sleep tracking
• Motivational tool

23. Basis Watch
mybasis.com

24. Basis Data

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Key features:
• Functions as a digital watch
• Syncs with heart rate monitor and
other exercise equipment
• GPS-enabled
• Sophisticated features (more than
we will use in this course!)

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A lot of buttons!
Press to wake from sleep and establish
GPS connection (outdoors)
Press to cycle display modes (workout
duration, heart rate, digital watch)
Hold down for 3 seconds for the MENU
Press and release to
start/stop recording a
workout.
Also functions as ‘Up’ to
navigate menus.
After workout, hold through 3
second timer to save workout
and reset watch for next
workout.
Also functions as ‘down’ to
navigate menus.
Press and hold for power on/off.
Tap to light the display

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•How to wear the heart rate
monitor
•strap around chest, with hard
plastic part facing outward and
centered over your xiphoid
process
•dampen the plastic electrodes
on back of strap to establish
better connectivity
Sync the heart rate monitor
About 30 feet distance between
sensors required while syncing to
prevent other HR strap signals from
interfering. Spread out!

28. When we get back we’ll
log our workout on the
Garmin Connect website
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