SonicLink for iSMARTtrain

Joe’s latest podcast (or SMARTcast, as they’ve titled it) came out this weekend, covering such topics as the London Cycle Show, new Italian Gels with MCT, using CHO+PRO drinks on long runs and Making the Most of your Biking. Download a copy from here or subscribe to it in the iTunes Music Store. 


Apple announced yesterday that they have teamed up with Nike to produce an integrated iPod/Nike shoe running system. The system consists of a tiny accelerometer that fits into a pocket in the sole of certain Nike shoes and a receiver that clips onto the bottom of the iPod Nano. The iPod then shows you the…

In Beta 10, we’ve moved from using a flat file format to a bundle. There’s various reasons for this, including compatibility with the forthcoming iOS version. You’ll need to convert any existing documents you have to the new file format as follows: Open the existing file in iSMARTtrain Select ‘Export to JSON’ from the file…

Towards the end of last year, I heard about Ultimate Sports Psychology’s range of CD through the FredCast podcast. This is a series of CDs designed to improve motivation and performance for cyclists, triathletes & athletes using hypnosis techniques developed by Dr Rick Collingwood. Since one of my big problems with my training is motivation,…

We’ve recently got an RS200sd for testing with iSMARTtrain, as we’ve had quite a few customer requests for support of it and it’s brother, the CS200. However, it appears that the device only stores the SUMMARY of a session, NOT the actual HR Data. This doesn’t fit in with the way that iSMARTtrain is currently…

Finally got the Beta 13 release of TrainingLog out. This new version has quite a few fixes and enhancements, including a fix for the metric/imperial units bug and correct handling of interval sessions. We’ve also changed the summary area on the Heart Rate graph, based on suggestions and equations from Joe Beer. There’s a couple…