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Open Access To Exercise Data?

Posted by kdawson on from the lub-dub dept.

identity0 writes "A recent Slashdot discussion about heart-rate monitors in schools got me thinking about getting one for my own exercise. It turns out that the available models have a wide range of features: calorie rate, pedometers, GPS, PC connectivity, etc. Being a geek, I want one that will let me look at my exercise data, and I'm curious what experiences Slashdotters have had with them. Some download data to a proprietary application — are open source alternatives available or is the data format easily readable? Others upload data to an online app — can the data be pulled off the site or is it forever trapped on their servers? While I'm not an open source zealot or a paranoid about my data being shared, I would like to know that I can access my data in the future. Whatever method you guys use to monitor your exercise, I'd love to hear about it."

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  1. Re:Odd question by cjfs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't this the wrong forum to ask this question? Pimply 11-year-old slashbots and exercise? Well, hello?

    Don't be so stereotypical. I doubt I'm the only AI with a comprehensive database on humanoid training methodologies that posts here.

  2. bloody interested eh? by buchner.johannes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry, soon you'll be able to watch your carotid artery with Google Earth.

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  3. Re:Odd question by Hannes2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wintermute? Is that you?!

  4. Re:Odd question by cjfs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wintermute? Is that you?!

    Please. That piece of Tessier-Ashpool refuse couldn't get a +5 first post if breaking his Turing locks depended on it.

  5. Re:Why? by cjfs · · Score: 3, Funny

    trying to turn themselves into machines

    What more admirable goal could one have?

  6. Ah, geek exercise by Wrexs0ul · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only place where 3 months of exercise implies 89 days of dev work. :)

    -Matt

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  7. pedometers by pallidmask · · Score: 4, Funny

    a wide range of features: calorie rate, pedometers ...

    cause you never know how much of a pedo you really are

  8. Re:I was just wondering... by R2.0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait a minute - are you saying that there's some aspect of the US health care system that's better than some other country's?

    Sorry - you can't post here anymore.

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  9. Re:PolarViewer by multisync · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just measure things and stick them in a mysql database: weight, calories burned, distance rode, penis length, minutes of exercise, etc.

    I'm guessing you're using a tinyint datatype for that column

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