On other workouts where I took more rest breaks, I struggled to break a Willpower of 4.
My heart rate rarely fell below 150 bpm throughout these maneuvers, which is the kind of effort Armour39 is looking for when it calculates Willpower. The highest score I got was an 8.9, which was achieved during a particularly vicious workout that involved timed clean-squat-presses, with minimal rest between sets. Mark Oleson, Under Armour’s director of research and innovation, says that Willpower is “exponential” rather than linear, which means you’ll have to continually up your game to go from a 3 to a 4 to a 5. Under Armour has developed its own scoring mechanism for workouts called “Willpower.” It goes from a scale of 0 to 10. The Armour39 app displays your heart-rate and workout intensity in real time. And if all goes well-more on that in a bit-you’re ready to work out. Then, when you launch the app, it’ll indicate that it’s connecting to the module. These light up when you click it into the plate. The Armour39 module also has lights that indicate its status, which is a significant improvement over other devices that leave you guessing over whether they’re ready to pair with your phone or just running low on battery. The module also has enough storage to capture data, a crucial difference from most devices that simply relay heart-rate data to your phone. The strap also contains heart-rate sensors, and it holds a module that contains the brains of the device-a Bluetooth radio, processors for the heart-rate signal, and an accelerometer to detect motion. If you’re bothered by standard chest straps, the Armour39 is not for you. The Armour39 device is a chest strap that’s bulkier than comparable devices, with a rubbery chest plate that looks almost like a boxing championship belt. Under Armour trainer Nate Costa helps ReadWrite editor-in-chief Owen Thomas put on the Armour39 activity tracker. My testing of Armour39 also enlightened me on how Bluetooth works in fitness devices, and how the intentional quirks of the device actually make it superior for some kinds of workouts. But for someone like me, who is interested in testing and improving my fitness through activities like Olympic weightlifting, high-intensity interval training, Tabata, and Bikram yoga, it may be the perfect device. My takeaway: Armour39 is not for the everyday gym rat or trail junkie. it’s been pushing me to the edge, in a good way-and I’ve been putting the device through some torture tests of my own. Since then, I’ve continued to work out with the device in San Francisco. I got a chance to test it in March at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. I’ve long been fascinated by Armour39, an activity-tracking device made by Under Armour.
ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.
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