Overtraining can seem like the Boogeyman of the fitness industry. Work hard! Train hard! But … not too hard, or overtraining will get you. Thats not particularly helpful advice, is it? How do you know how much is too much? Nobody wants to take an unnecessary rest day, but we all know that improving your

Strava has announced that they have discontinued support for Bluetooth heart rate monitors as of August 28th, 2019. The Strava app for iOS and Android will no longer provide the option to connect these sensors and track both GPS and heart rate directly from the Strava app. This is bad news for a lot of

Are you unnecessarily competitive? Just a bit nosy? Looking to destroy your friendships? Are you up for the challenge? Or, on the other hand, are you looking for a way to encourage yourself to work out more? Want to get connected to a fitness community? Ready to push yourself to get fitter, faster, and have

Changing your RHR and MaxHR Accuracy is super important when you’re talking about health and fitness. You wouldn’t want your doctor to just guess what’s wrong with you based on your age, would you? While fitness apps like FITIV Pulse can estimate your resting and maximum heart rate, it’s important to edit these values to

Are you recording your outdoor workouts? You might think that fitness tracking is just for the gym and fitness classes, but that couldn’t be further from the truth! Whether you’re hiking, cycling or just taking walks tracking your outdoor workouts can give you insight into your health and progress.  When you track your GPS route

It’s exciting to start a new training routine, and exercise can be addictive. Once you’re in your routine it can be hard to take time off. Generally we, as humans, have a ‘more is more’ mentality. We want more of everything, and we want fast results. This combination can lead to problems. Overtraining happens when

FITIV Pulse is an all-in-one health and fitness app designed to give you all of the tools you need to track your workouts and review your progress. Because there are so many features included in the app it’s easy to miss a few. Here is a spotlight of a few cool FITIV features that you

It seems like everyone is talking about the benefits of exercise for mental health these days. There are several articles making the rounds saying that exercise might be the best prescription for mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Maybe you’ve been wondering how exercise works to relieve mental health problems. Even though we don’t

Are you looking to change your lifestyle? Want to get fit, lose weight, and feel great? Are you energized and motivated to start your journey? That’s great! Getting a strong, motivated start to your new healthy lifestyle will help you a lot, but there’s more to attaining and maintaining a new lifestyle than that initial

This week on the FITIV blog we are proud to highlight one of our FITIV Users: Jun Villanueva! Our amazing FITIV User Jun Villanueva has experienced tremendous success in his health and fitness story through workout tracking with FITIV Pulse. His story is a great example of how you can leverage technology to help you