Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Backpack Hunting Looking for a better way to track workout data

I'm looking for an door or something similar to help track my miles, elevation gain, calories burned, time spent, etc. in a format on my Android phone. User friendly, etc.

Suggestions? I'm using onX but I want more data.....

Thanks -

My wife uses some runners App. ... runkeeper. It does all those

Gaigps shows distance, pace, moving pace, total time, max speed, elevation gain with a profile

Strava is probably the most popular. I kind of gave up on making it work on my phone, because it apparently loses gps frequently where I run.

Whoop...really great.

Something totally phone based or a wearable that links to a phone? I wear a Garmin forerunner watch you can use Garmin’s app and add something like Strava as well if you want the social aspect.

Map, pen & paper, number of sandwiches and snacks eaten, a watch.

Keep your phone for emergencies, Homeskillet.

Phone based.

I use the Samsung Health app that came on my Samsung phone. It's available on the Android Play Store. It keeps track of time, distance, speed, elevation gain, steps, calories. It shows a map of your route and includes elevation and speed graphs. It keeps a history of your workouts.

Strava is pretty good, that's what I been using for my charity walks, you can use it for 30 days to try it out.

I ran track and cross country for years in school and have done a lot of hard physical labor in the years since. I've kept in pretty good shape and have never written down a thing beyond 'I'm tired'. I guess keeping records of getting tired isn't my thing.

It helps me maintain my incentive. If I wake up lazy, or its windy or numerous other excuses that one may have, it gives me the incentive, to get off my asp and start moving. I see way to many people my age (and younger) whom have given up, and do nothing. They pay the price with health issues. I no longer compete as I did when I was younger, nor do I try to "beat" someone else. I do it for "my" health and so that I can maintain the ability to get out there in tough rugged terrain and get the job done. I only keep a record of miles when I am in Az, because once I am back home I focus more on daily elevation gains rather than distance. As hunting season comes closer I carry a pack, a rifle or some other kind of weight to further enhance my capabilities, And be at the best I can on opening day

Underarmor Map My Run

Unless I didn't get the memo that we were boycotting them.

I use a #2 pencil and a small spiral notebook.

How do you monitor your elevation gain and loss after a 10 mile hike of big ups and downs, calories burned, actual route miles, etc.?

Thanks for your contribution. Helps a ton....

Did 20 minutes tracking my route with Gaiagps today and holy battery suck in a 4G area. The free version.

I went from 100% phone battery with nothing else running to 76% in 20 minutes. I closed it as I still had 7 miles to go. My phone is really good with battery too. OnX track uses very little battery.

That ain't gonna work....

Strava is the answer to your question.

-Jake

I track in airplane mode, don't have cellphone coverage anyways, but less battery use in airplane mode; still tracking does definitely suck some energy

Copy that. I'll try airplane mode next time but as I'm in free trial mode I wondered if the topo would load....

I'll play with airplane mode next time....

Still an extreme battery suckage....

you have to load the chosen area map first when you have wifi- just save it, if you go to a new area- load another prior

The two major problems with phone-based GPS are accuracy and battery life. A phone will vary the distance +0.1 miles over a 3 mile route which isn't accurate enough if you want to know your true pace - training for a 5K for example. The battery issues are worse in winter - cold kills the battery and working the touch screens can be a problem. I used Runkeeper (phone based) for a couple years before the lack of accuracy and battery issues tipped the scales. Running friends and family also used Runkeeper so I ended up with a 15 or so 'friends' that could all track and support each other.

I switched to a Garmin GPS watch and their app "Connect". There's a sync option between Connect and Runkeeper so all my activities are uploaded to both systems. The Garmin and Connect are my official record, but the social aspect of Runkeeper is still a go. About half of the 15 friends evolved to do the same. Garmin also provides pool and open water swim tracking which I need.

I have a mid level watch that cost around $350 (the swimming stuff drives up the cost), but a very decent run/hike/bike watch with heart rate will cost $150-$200. Of course this being the Campfire, you could also spend a grand easy.

The wife has a garmin watch. The first one broke on her, but they warrantied it and she likes the replacement. The swim stuff it does is pretty cool.

Strava on my android has worked fine for me for mountain biking the past few years, as long as you get cell service...
Won't cost anything to give it a try.

I use a Garmin watch and Strava for running, but Strava feeds off of Garmin Connect. Strava is definitly good for accountability and motivation especially if you have friends who use it.
But I actually like Garmin Connect better for raw data. I think it’s more accurate, Strava does some monkeying with the data it gets from Connect. I also download the .gpx files from Connect and import them into Gaia (not sure you can do that from strava). This saves alot of battery if you’re out scouting, but you don’t get your info in real time.