Hello Chris, First, let me say how impressed and proud I am of you for continuing your exercise regimen.
I, like others, would be greatly indebted to you if you can confirm that, in fact, that the Nike system is actually accessible. Until such time as you implement an iPhone-based system to track your progress on the treadmill, I suggest that you consider using my method of tracking treadmill distance: NOTE: The following assumes that you have a treadmill featuring surface touch-point controls instead of conventional 3-dimention buttons. 1. Depending upon the model of treadmill, purchase some felt -sticky-dots from any kind of hardware or arts & crafts store such as Michael's or Joanne's. These little felt dots are the same as you might find on the bottom of end-tables or living-room chairs. They can vary in texture, size, and shape. I prefer the round ones. Oh, you may also find them at your local Target or kMart. 2. With sighted assistance, place the dots on the various controls of your treadmill such as the start, stop, incline, speed, board/pavement resistance, fan, etc. It may be helpful to use significantly different shape dots as points along any matrix. For example, my treadmill has touch points for each mile per hour up to 12. So, I have dots on each of these with the exception of 5 miles per hour. On the five mile per hour button, I use a significantly larger dot so I do not need to count up from one to 5. I begin my workouts at 5 miles per hour. I do the same for the incline matrix on my treadmill. 3. Obtain a large talking clock with a talking timer feature. There are many, many models of such devices. I suggest that you select one that is ergonomically easy to operate when in motion and that will fit either by gravity or adhesive, to your treadmill control panel. Do not wear a timing device on your person as perspiration will, after a time, cause damage. 4. As I am sure you know, the most beneficial cardiac workouts are based on getting heart-rate into a range of beeps per minutes for a specific amount of time. Carefully using the talking timer with the controls of your treadmill will help you to achieve this. As a quick example, if you want to run 5 miles in one hour, simply start your talking timer and treadmill, at the appropriate rate, at the same time. Please allow for a warm up period. 5. Although I adore my iPhone 4, I strongly recommend against using it as your media player during hard workouts. Why? Because, assuming that you perspire a great deal, including on your hands, attempting to navigate with wet fingers is inefficient and frustrating. Also, keep in mind that a good cardiac workout depends upon keeping your heart-rate constant. If you stop, in order to navigate the iPhone, you will compromise your efforts. The only exception to this would be if you simply set the iPhone to a particular podcast, or playlist and leave it alone until the end of your workout. I use and highly recommend that you obtain the latest version of the iPod Nano as it is reasonably accessible with VoiceOver. If you're anything like me, you'll enjoy listening to various podcasts, playlists, and media files while running. Good Luck, Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 2:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: NIKE+ Hi All, Since going blind recently, I invested in a treadmill to keep the pounds off. Obviously if you can't see, the display on the treadmill is not much use. So I activated the Nike+ app built into the iPhone and from what I can tell it seems very accessible. The thing is, I will now have to go out and get the sneakers(trainers) and Nike+ sensor for it all to work. Does anyone have any experience of the Nike+ kit etc and is it worth it? Should I just look at something like iTreadmill, how do they compare? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
