FiVi.com launches new Quick Entry Logging Tool for Tracking Workouts and Activities
FiVi.com just launched the latest logging application in its line of tools for active people and athletes who want to track their active lifestyle. The Quick Entry tool is a welcome compliment to the existing FiVi Maps application (see How Create a FiVi Route and Logging an Activity on FiVi Maps) by allowing people to track their involvement in the widest range of activities. The tool is free and does not require a profile on FiVi.com to try. It is available on the homepage in the lower left hand corner, just click on the link “log an activity” under FiVi Quick Log Tool. Types of activities available include but are not limited to:
- Conditioning
- Yoga
- Calesthenics
- Cardio Machines (e.g. treadmills)
- Weight / Resistance Training
- Various Classes (e.g. bootcamps)
- Dancing
- Various Sports
- Hiking
- Water Activities
- Walking
(see a Quick Visual Guide on Using Quick Entry)
The Quick Entry tool has built in logic to determine the right input parameters for each logged activity or exercise depending on the activity type. Users can now track their workouts from start to finish in one journal entry online at fivi.com. The Quick Entry tool can track activities that are:
(examples of tracking capabilities)
- soley a function of time (e.g. stretching)
- time and distance (running, cycling, swimming)
- reps and weight (lifting weights or doing pull ups)
select from a growing list of activity types
each type of activity has a suggested set of activities or exercises
The Quick Entry tool even has optional fields like resting period to allow users to keep track of the time interval between sets.
If an exercise is not available in the drop down menu, the user can still log the activity or exercise by just manually typing it in and selecting the most similar exercise from a suggested list. This allows the user to track any time of physical activity and the system will still generate an estimate caloric expenditure.
if an activity or exercise is not available still log it and select the most similar
The versatility of the tool allows people of all levels to begin tracking their workouts for free with real analytics. Some suggested users:
- body builders
- personal trainers trying to calculate optimal workouts for clients
- cross trainers (e.g. CrossFit)
- dance instructors who want to position dance classes for fitness
- yoga instructors
- athletes who want to log interval training
- runners who want to track gym workouts when they cannot workout outside
- coaches
The tool is free and does not require a profile on FiVi.com to try. It is available on the homepage in the lower left hand corner, just click on the link “log an activity” under FiVi Quick Log Tool. Do please keep in mind that this tool is still beta and that we would greatly appreciate feedback and also any bug reports. We will be making a lot of enhancements in the coming months so user input is very important.
Add a FiVi Map to your Website or Blog
It’s pretty easy to add a link anywhere on the web to a FiVi Map you have created on FiVi.com. Whether you are an avid blogger about sports, a running or cycling club, or just want to highlight your escapades outdoors – you can just post a link anywhere on the web to show your readers where you are threading these days. Just go to FiVi.com pull up a map you created or any route you see that you want to post as a link. Look at the URL in the address bar (at the top of the browser) and just note what path ID is for whatever particular route you want to link to. Copy and paste this link below:
http://www.fivi.com/fiviMap.xhtml?pathId=16
wherever you want your FiVi map to show up and enter the ID number for your corresponding map. In the case of the link above, path ID=16 is the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir. Just change the number to your map’s ID. Samething if you want to embed the link like so Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir. And that’s it! You now have a link to your favorite routes and you can showcase them anywhere on the web!
Soon enough we’ll have a much easier way to get the URL but as there are only 24 hours in the day, we have to be selective on what we focus our development talents on. Promise that a more user friendly way to post a link to your favorite routes is on it’s way very soon. If you have any questions you can always just shoot me a note on www.fivi.com. and I promise to walk you through it.
How to create a new FiVi Route
Creating your own FiVi route for your profile in FiVi Maps is very easy thanks to the folks over at Google Maps. Clicking on FiVi Maps in the horizontal navigation takes you directly to our “plot new route page”. The youtube video is a demonstration of how easy it is to create a new route using FiVi maps. Remember you can create as many routes as you want and save them directly to your profile. Links to your own route collection will be stored under My Routes and you can log runs, hikes, kayaks, swims, and more. Share them with your friends or sports club and motivate each other to be active!
Click here for a video demo.
Happy plotting!
