I might be a bit too obessed with technology and my phone but to me it always pays-out!! I know it is not good for my health in one respect but it motivates me so much from another!!
I hope that net net I am better off!!
My most used ones are:
WalkJogrun : Great if you are beginner and even advanced to find new routes around your place and training sessions for every target!
Nike applications are already very well known, my favorite is “Nike+ ipod” as it gives the most accurate track and updates you as you run about your milage (correctly!).
Withings : Keeps a track record of your weight and fat level. A bit scary to look from time to time but very useful of course!!
I don’t have this new model, I see they’ve added new features like BPM and air quality level!! What I love is to be able to track your performance from your iphone!
Well, finally it all depends on your decision to live healthier or not! Or even if you over do sometimes, are you balancing it the next meal or next day with some better decisions? And this is not only to look good, at the age of cancer all around us, actually this is now becoming a “must” for a healthier life!
So take a deep breath and eat your apple (my snack time!), cheers!
When you live in Geneva, it is almost impossible not to do any sports! In addition to people running on the streets everyday as a daily routine, there are big organisations in winter and spring time that makes you want to do even better !
This last winter my son attended to Escalade and he run in such a crowd for the first time in his life!
It was such an exiciting moment for him and for us and the organisation was excellent by all means!
And I promised them that I will sun next year as well butttttt…here is another event in this May as well. I adore people running full or half marathon but for now I will try the 5km “ladies” (meaning ladies who run to stay fit, can not take and even not much interested in marathon stuff??!!) run!!!
Here is a lovely video that shows last year’s event with beautiful scenes from the city..
Looks so nice when I watch it but can I make it?? Why not ? At least that’s nice goal for the next month ! Wish me luck!
For the ones who are new in geneva like me, here is a great site to find out where to run&walk around. It is a super site that shows which routes are closest to where you live. This is how mine looks like!
So enjoy your walks/runs and lets see if I can manage to start running a full 5km in 1 month!! I think I need some advise!
Talking of the advise in this great site I found the programs for begginners and advance runners. This is exactly what I wanted and thought of yesterday while trying to run! I love technology! here is the application and here is the details of the 5K program. Enjoy!!
Look at this new sports club in Istanbul, called Mooi Sports.
Now this s what I call a sports club!
With the cool, modern and high tech interior design, this is one of the best in world! That’s why I love Istanbul so much, there is always this dinamism, pioneering minds and competition at its best!
Look how the owner Doris (and she is a Swiss in Turkey) explains Mooi: (and yes she is that amazing woman in the picture!)
“WHAT DO WE WANT AT MOOI? The first gym I ever walked into was at our university campus and in all the years I worked out there, I have never spotted a single female person. Still, that gym changed my life for ever. I loved the cold steel …of the machines and the testosterone which was in the air and consequently trained three times a week. When I started making some serious money, I enrolled at a proper fitness club. But except for the group lessons I was not interested in, things were not much different: lots of machines and guys staring at me in surprise, because I would lift the same dumbbells they had just put back to the rack. Other cities, other countries – the clubs remained anonymous places stuffed with treadmills. So when I decided to open my first gym, I wanted it to be different and glamorous! My objectives were pretty clear: 1) People should feel a rush of adrenaline when they step foot in the place. 2) They should love the MOOI ambiance and energy so much that they will want their workout to last forever. 3) They should feel that MOOI is their second family with everyone actually caring about them. 4) We will help them to get the body they were always dreaming about. The first thing that will struck you is that MOOI looks rather like a very chic club in Soho NYC than your neighborhood gym. This is because I want you to have a break from the outside world. The beauty of the club and the way our staff engages with our members is what will turn dedicated couch potatoes into sport addicts. MOOI is the place to pamper yourself, get energized and share the excitement of looking your best by training together with a group of people working towards the same goal. Doris Dagistanli”
They have amazing applications in the place which I will explain in detail later! Just enjoy the pictures for now 🙂
Hoping that one day we can have something like that in Geneva or, better if Doris as a Swiss can open-up a Mooi in here!