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The most frustrating part is the isolation of the different fitness social networks. I have family and friends using Runkeeper, Strava, etc whereas I have to u
by _JamesA_ 10y ago
The most frustrating part is the isolation of the different fitness social networks. I have family and friends using Runkeeper, Strava, etc whereas I have to use Garmin Connect with my Garmin device(s).
I have found Tapiriik[1] to be invaluable in keeping these different apps/fitness networks synchronized.
[1]: https://tapiriik.com/ https://tapiriik.com/
- jrockway 10y agoGarmin Connect can auto-upload to Strava and TrainingPeaks (which are what I use). I have an Edge 1000 and my ride is on all three sites before I even make it up the stairs to my apartment. But yeah, the isolation is annoying. I don't really mind for cycling, Strava is the social network everyone uses, and the analysis tools are pretty good. (I like TrainingPeaks because you can download a ZIP file with every ride ever for further analyses you may come up with in the future.)
- DiabloD3 10y agoGarmin Connect devices are supported by the major ecosystems, Runkeeper, Strava, the MyFitnessPal/MapMyRun ecosystem, and the Runtastic ecosystem. It also connects to both Google Fit and Apple HealthKit to do cross-ecosystem syncing when there isn't native support. Generally, if your app/ecosystem doesn't support Garmin, Fitbit, Jawbone (which is now dead), and Google Fit/Apple Healthkit/Microsoft Health (for phone driven pedometer), you don't exist. Also, Tapiriik is basically pointless: Google Fit/Apple Healthkit/Microsoft Health were all invented to break up the closed ecosystem bullshit. The data is mine, either give it to me via a public major API, or I'll let someone else track it for me.