I
am pretty excited right now, spring has sprung in the Kootenays and people are
back into being outdoors! We have had beautiful April weather so far this
month, until recently it felt more like summer it was so hot!
Don’t
get me wrong; the weather is very exciting here. While other parts of Canada
have been finishing winter we dove straight into summer. But, I am super
excited to have a new smart phone after a couple of months off the tech-sauce.
Now
that I am back on the grid I have been checking out new apps. Now that I am
back in a fit phase to get ready for summer I have been concerned with the
amount of steps I have been taking. Working at a desk most of the day I do what
I can to stand as much as possible, but I still think I take a relatively low amount
of steps in a day.
My
new iPhone 5s has been helping me out with tracking steps. I downloaded the new
app called Breeze to see how many steps I would be taking over the Easter Long
weekend.
So
far I am impressed, Breeze uses the motion coprocessors in the new iPhone 5s
that are used for tracking the motion of the phone to track your movements
throughout the day.
Whether
you are walking around the house or going for a trek into the mountains, Breeze
will keep tally for you! The app averages out your daily steps and sets goals
for you based on the steps you have taken in the previous days. It even coaches
and motivates you to continue walking and adding to your daily step count
(without being annoyingly pushy).
Breeze
can total the total amount of steps you have taken as well as the total time
you have spent
moving and it can also determine how you are moving (running vs. walking). The app keeps telling me it can tell me what animal I move like (I’m hoping the highland cow pictured here is not my spirit animal) too! The polls are still out on this, when my iPhone gives me an answer I will let you know what I move like.
The
only thing is that I keep expecting there to be more with Breeze. More than a
simple motion meter to keep track of my steps and the exact route I take on my
weekend walks. The app is absolutely free so there is not much more I think I
can ask from it, but it feel like it should be building into more… calorie
tracking etc.
I
think this is what the Lose It! App should aspire to develop their pedometer into.
To be honest with you, I will not be upgrading Lose It! for more stats for $$$ when I can use the beautiful Breeze
app for free.
If
you are interested in upping your body movement check out Breeze! I am aiming
for the common goal of 10,000 steps a day outside of the gym.
Right now the Breeze app is only available on iPhone 5s.
