Gadgetory

everyone welcome to CMS to fix the show about DIY tech and how to i'm eric franklin I'm Donnell Bell and this week we're getting our fun on we've got some recreational AB Smith yeah and if you're looking to take your sports performance to the next level a coaching at might help you get there oh so don't get the Gulf very often but I would love to get better so I was looking for something that will be efficient with my time but really effective as far as helping me improve my golf game now there are plenty of apps out there but one that found that really works for me is called uber sense uber sits as an app that allows you to court video of your golf swing and then directly compare that to professionals or just a community of people that are way better than me so first off I'm going to start the app tap record all right now I can use this kind of outline of a figure to line up the shot I'm going to do a face on shot so this is perfect for me I can also choose to do it down the line shot but face on allows me to analyze the video a little bit closer in my opinion so I get a few more options here I can started with the 10-second delay and when that countdown ends I get a nice flash that lets me know it's time to swing also I can choose to trim after recording that allows me to immediately edit the shot right after I'm done all right let's get it set up choose the start of my swing probably about right here and choose where to end it right there I can choose trim there it is that's my video she's done and not saved I can compare my swing to the community of swings and some professionals but since i have an expert here now i'm going to film him compare my swing directly and maybe pick up a few pointers so now that recorded my video and we've recorded your video we're gonna compare the two to see just how bad I am really and see how good you maybe you can give me some pointers maybe I can improve absolutely all right so i can look at them side by side on one on top of the other or i can superimpose them i'm gonna do this side by side first so i'm going to go ahead and play it here super slo-mo look at me i look like a barbarian trying to chop off someone's head look how your body rides yeah then you go to go back now I have to do so much work and look at you in comparison you're so efficient which your swing looks like you're doing it's like no effort at all efficiency is the name of the game and a good golf swing yeah this is where you'll really see I want your body moves yeah up look at my eyes out look at my oh me on and the drop down and look at all so anyhow level everything looks with me so what you're gonna try to do yes just keep your chin up a little bit tilt forward and then just make that great swing all right there you go play so have me up there you need out here if you look at the difference on how much less you rose up on the top one definitely so that center of your body didn't move up and down anywhere near as much as the one on the bottom yeah when I look at those two just the idea of having your upper body not lifting up and down so much I can see a real improvement you were able to get the club head back to the ball more easily and then if I want even more pointers I can upload my video to the community and get even more feedback if you want to get better at something thinking about what you're doing while you're doing it that can definitely lead to improvement but having an app that can record you and you can go back you can analyze your performance that can be even better yeah uber since is actually really cool it doesn't just apply to golf but you can use it for football basketball pretty much any sport you want to get better at what about low intensity rollerblading definitely out actually i don't know i don't think that any more also bit thanks to mark from emma's golf academy he was getting lots of great tips and it was actually really fun alright it's time for a quick break and when we come back we hit the back roads that's right we're gonna be using an app to help monitor our bike activity and help keep us motivated you welcome back you know I'm pretty competitive I know this yes right so I have a question for you okay how much are you bench in these days you're that's not competitive you're just shaming me are you shaming you just answer my voice nothing nothing all right but if you're super competitive you want to keep up with your stats and your runs and rides and you want to compare them with all your friends in front of me's check this out there's an app just for that the more I ride my bike the more you want to track my progress to see how I'm doing there's a great way to do that using an app called strava today I have a nice short casual bike ride planned but before I hit the road I want to plan my route since I'm not really familiar with this area to do that i'll head to Straub is website and use their route builder here it's really easy to find and create routes based on what's popular in the area you're exploring here I've got the map pulled up and I'll go ahead and find my starting point then I'll just keep clicking until I finish building my route and as I do that strava will give me stats about the route that I'm building so I've got elevation distance and the estimated time it'll take for me to complete the route based on previous rides there's also this really cool feature that lets me minimize the elevations so if I'm trying to take it easy and I don't want a big challenge I can just enable this feature and strava will rear out me so that it's as flat as possible so the route gives me a grand total of 1.1 miles and the estimated moving time is about five minutes and 33 seconds at this point I'm gonna save my route I'll give it a name Oakland morning ride save it and now i can head to strava on my phone launch the app and my route will be there so that i can follow it when i'm actually on the road so i just finished my beautiful trail ride and if i hit finish in strava i can see exactly how i did i've got a map showing me exactly where i went and i have a ton of stats I went 1.1 miles it took me six and a half minutes and I burned 53 calories not bad so even though there are a lot of absolutely you track your ride this is one of the better ones for people who specifically want to get more out of biking you know the next time someone forces me onto a bike I might actually try that app looks like it might be kind of fun good for you not for me well more like me you don't really like exercise but you love games so this might interest you yeah we got a fitness app that entertained you while you walk it seems like all the phones these days have new and improved features that track your every step and all your calories burned my problem is I need more than numbers and charts actually motivate me out of my chair if you need more than achievements and milestones help get you motivated I'm gonna show you two apps that put the fun in front of the fitness first up we have an app called the walk it's 299 and you can find it from both iOS and Android and it's basically like an audiobook thriller where you advance through the story by walking each story has its own fictional map and as you walk you come across little audio clips that advance the story along and keep you entertained as you go the stories are all very cloak-and-dagger you're a spy saving the world from a terrorist plot and it sucks you in pretty quickly and keeps you going because you want to know what happens next who dropped their Walker if you don't mind walking together we might be able to pull that same trick any other check when we come to I've got the device yes I'll put it on the table under your papers you pick it up after a few moments and switched into your pocket good find a private place to open it before you arrive I'm sure you've been briefed the same as I have I've to see you on to that train to Edinburgh then you're on your own so underneath it all you're still getting all the same benefits of a fitness app is tracking your steps it's giving you goals and achievements as you progress you're gonna get more goals and more story and that's gonna get you hooked we're just hoping we can get you out of here in time come on before they spot you I see you've got I like the whole system and I like that all it asks of you is to walk no running no jogging no shame in walking at a leisurely pace now on the downside the little bits of the story that get doled out can be frustratingly brief sometimes I'm tempted to just download a Tom Clancy audiobook and cut to the chase just people think that looks pretty aerial by itself for something a little more intense there's zombies run 399 for this one also available for iOS and Android and a lot of people love this app if you want to move what's more motivating than the thought of a horde of zombies chasing you now the story here is that you're in the midst of the zombie apocalypse in your running to pick up supplies for your town again the map is fictional so you can be running around your neighborhood or running around a treadmill it doesn't really matter all that matters is that you're moving the audio story here is just as good as the one on the walk plus it has zombies and also this app gives you a farmville style town that you can upgrade and add on to with the supplies you bring back but if you start slacking your town can get raided by zombies and then you all your virtual people down now the downsides of this app is that it can be fairly demanding physically the best place for is probably I'm like a treadmill or someplace where you can run like crazy when the zombies attack and not run to the street like an idiot good we've spoken to Mullins the base you came from and they're not willing to send down another helo until we know who fired that rocket launcher at you but I like most about this app though is that the gaming element can get addicted and you want that also you can load up music playlist in the app and just have your zombie run goals drop in periodically I'll be taking you on a quick tour around the perimeter of the base today and show you the main routes into the city should be a quick easy run so if you're feeling the need to get physically fit but charts and graphs aren't enough to get you going try one of these apps I mean a personal trainer would be great but sometimes it takes a zombie or a secret agent or two to really keep things interesting I think I finally found my motivation that's my zombie attack that's right cannibalistic humans chasing Donald Bell these if you're running like that they're gonna be like get that guy yeah alright that's it for this week's show thanks so much for watching you want to reach out to us on Twitter you can find me i'm at Donald I've at need opal you can also hit us up on our email that's the fix at cnet com thanks for watching we'll see you next time right here on the Fitz you