Rebecca Rush Dishes on her t6d and Movescount

Hey look--we caught Rebecca Rusch sitting down--and not on her bike seat! The Queen of Pain took a break from globetrotting, competing and training to talk on her website about what she calls her "most honest training partner," her Suunto t6d elite training wristop. That red watch has been an important part of her life in the past several years, and we've been so honored that she's taken us along for this fantastic ride. Thanks, Reba, for being an amazing athlete and person. And thanks for giving your fans and followers an easy-to-understand description of the product and a better realization of why you use it. To see the video, visit Rebecca's website by clicking here.

SNEWS Loves the Suunto M5 Fitness Watch

While most of our top athletes wear the Suunto t6d because of its abilities to monitor EPOC (exercise post oxygen consumption) and training effect, we've got something for athletes of all levels. The new Suunto M5 is designed for active users who are looking to achieve a specific fitness goal.

We got a great review of the M5 Fitness watch from SNEWS. Read about some of the standout features they had to say about our new fitness watch.

Heart-rate monitors can be intimidating with all kinds of buttons and selections that might turn off the user just in a quest for basic fitness. And some heart-rate monitors are loaded with features that many people just don’t need.

This “fitness watch” is just what it says. It’s simple in its operation, and the screen literally holds your hand through the process of pushing buttons to keep you on track. Plus it’s all about fitness – fitness of any level.

We used this watch for a few months – it arrived at stores in August – and found it pleasant in many ways. Once you input your fitness level, age, gender, experience, and the like in a user profile, it chooses workouts for you, based on whether you chose fitness or weight-loss as a goal. And, each time you use the monitor, it tells you what your workout is going to be. For example, 30 minutes hard, or 50 minutes easy – and then it doesn’t take its eye off you (so to speak). Lag a little on the intensity and a little beep chirps with an arrow reminding you to step it up; push a little too hard and a beep chirps to tell you to back off.

Then, once you are done, you can scroll through a series of summary screens telling you what you did, what percent of the target workout you finished, how long you exercised, how many calories you burned, and your average and peak heart rates. It also tells you how many hours you’ll need to recover. Heck, you can even look at charts and graphs of what you’ve done and size up overall percentages of your completion of target workouts.

And, for the women, it looks nice and sleek on the wrist. No big clunky sushi dish here.

You can also do a fitness test (walk one mile as fast as you can), which you can then re-do to track your progress. Then, data from the tests are logged for you to review in one neat package on your arm. Oh, and the test and the workouts are based on recommendations from the well-reputed American College of Sports Medicine

For the fitness user or gym-goer who wants some personal coaching, this could be the watch for her. You get your own trainer on your arm, harassing and needling you nicely to get out there.

If you’ve opted for the upgrade to the new MovesCount.com website, you can also download and share with others in a community of like-minded souls. You can also use the Suunto POD for tracking speed and distance.

All in all, the basic watch/heart-rate monitor could be a nice coach for those in search of a little guidance.

Click here for the full review.

Click here for more on the M5 Fitness Watch.

Click here to learn about or join Movescount.com

Earn 50% off a Suunto M Series Watch!

Suunto and women’s active wear brand Skirt Sports have partnered up to bring you some amazing 50% off deals! There are two ways to score on these killer discounts.

1. Buy $100 or more in Skirt Sport gear and you can earn 50% off a Suunto M-Series watch. Click here for the link.

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These deals are for a limited time only people so get on it and get saving! The Holiday season will be here before we know it, so stock up now and save!

Go to Suunto’s website to finish off your new look and fitness plan with a great accessory like a Suunto foot pod.

New Movescount Features!

The Movescount Development Team has announced their latest upgrades and newest features to the Suunto powered Sports Community Website.

We’re happy to introduce the training program planner, the long-awaited revolutionary tool for every sportsperson! It’s a tool for creating training programs for the coming weeks while sharing them with other keen sportspeople.

Whether you’re training for a marathon run or to lose those extra five pounds, the training programs will help you to train more effectively and reach your targets. After planning your training, you can see your weekly totals, intensity distribution along with the plan itself.

The coolest thing about the training program planner is that you can now share your training programs with other Movescount members. It works just like routes: when you create a training program, you can choose to make it public so that all Movescount members can see it and start using it. As more and more people share their training programs, we’ll soon have a pool of hundreds, even thousands of training programs to choose from. The training programs can be rated and discussed, ultimately making it easier to find the training program that suits you best.

Other new features

Improved user search – Summary of heart rate zones – Editing several Moves at once – Follow us on Twitter!

Searching for members

You can now search for members by their username. When you are in the map view and type in a search term, all the members with that name in that area (for example in Finland or in Europe) are shown on the map. If you select the list view, you will get the global results.

New summary views for heart rate zones

The summary now shows a new value, the time spent in heart rate zones. For example, you can select all your cycling Moves or all the Moves from the past week, and see how much time you have spent on each heart rate zone. This helps you to understand how much time you have spent on various effort levels – and adjust your training accordingly.

Possibility to edit several Moves at the time

Now you can modify several Moves at the same time. This is particularly handy when you upload data (i.e. several Moves) from your device to Movescount. You can now easily add routes, tags, activity, vibes and notes to all of them at once. You can find this on the summary page when pressing Edit.

We hope you enjoy the benefits of these new features and keep movin’!

Suunto Fitness Solution Kicks Some Serious Butt

The Suunto Fitness Solution has made waves in the traditional fitness clubs, and now with the rise in popularity of MMA, Cross-Fit and BLT gyms around the country, it’s no wonder the Suunto Fitness Solution would also follow suit.

Former MMA champion and top contender BJ Penn uses it in his gym in Hilo, Hawaii.

Penn says, “We are currently in training camp for the rematch with Frankie Edgar, which will be in Boston on August 28^th. We’ve also been using the Team Pod every day! It’s a huge part of our training.”

It’s so important for top MMA athletes like BJ Penn to be exactly in tune with their training effect and performance, and the Suunto Fitness Solution is the perfect way to monitor that.

The Suunto Fitness Solution; not just for spin classes, folks.