Athletic training optimization

• US 10,300,334 B1
• Filed: 02/04/2013
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas Chu-Shan Chuang
• Original Assignee: Thomas Chu-Shan Chuang
• Inventors: Chuang, Thomas Chu-Shan
• Primary Examiner(s): Yip, Jack
• Application Number:
  US13/758,731
• Time in Patent Office: 2,304 Days
• Field of Search: 434236, 434238, 434247, 600300, 600301, 705 2, 705 3, 706 14
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for athletic training optimization are disclosed. In one example, a fitness level change is identified. In one example, a current training intensity is updated to reflect an updated user fitness level.

Claims

1. A fitness level monitoring method comprising:

receiving at an electronic device using electronic communications a first data associated with a first athletic activity, the first data comprising a first heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring electronic device and a first intensity data;

receiving at the electronic device utilizing electronic communications a second data associated with a second athletic activity, the second data comprising a second heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring electronic device and a second intensity data; and

identifying a user fitness level change at the electronic device comprising utilizing a first parameter in the first data and the second data if a second parameter in the first data and the second data satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the first parameter comprises a user heart rate and the second parameter comprises a user intensity, or the first parameter comprises a user intensity and the second parameter comprises a user heart rate.

2. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a training data associated with a plurality of training athletic activities performed after the first athletic activity and prior to the second athletic activity; and

identifying a need for a fitness test athletic activity from the training data associated with the plurality of training athletic activities performed after the first athletic activity and prior to the second athletic activity, the fitness test athletic activity comprising the second athletic activity.

3. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the user fitness level change is a decreased fitness level.

4. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising prompting a user via a device user interface to perform the second athletic activity at a target intensity, the target intensity the same as a first athletic activity intensity.

5. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting a user at a device user interface to determine an updated training intensity at which to perform a subsequent athletic activity responsive to identifying the user fitness level change; and

determining the updated training intensity.

6. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 5, wherein determining the updated training intensity comprises:

receiving an update data associated with an update athletic activity, wherein during the update athletic activity the user is prompted to maintain a target heart rate, the target heart rate determined from the first heart rate data from the first data.

7. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first athletic activity comprises a first running activity, first swimming activity, or first cycling activity.

8. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter comprises a user intensity.

9. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter comprises a user heart rate and the second parameter comprises a user intensity, or the first parameter comprises a user intensity and the second parameter comprises a user heart rate.

10. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises utilizing the first parameter if a third parameter in the first data and the second data satisfies a second predetermined condition.

11. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 10, wherein the second parameter comprises a user intensity and the third parameter comprises a location or a workout type.

12. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first data further comprises a first location data and the second data further comprises a second location data, and wherein the second parameter comprises a user location and the predetermined condition comprises whether a first athletic activity user location matches a second athletic activity location.

13. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first data further comprises a first course data and the second data further comprises a second course data, and wherein the second parameter comprises a user course and the predetermined condition comprises whether a first athletic activity course overlaps a second athletic activity course.

14. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter comprises a user intensity and the predetermined condition comprises whether the user intensity is the same or similar for the first athletic activity and the second athletic activity.

15. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third data associated with a third athletic activity, the third data comprising a third heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring electronic device and a third intensity data, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises identifying a trend in a value of the first parameter in the first data, the second data, and the third data if the second parameter in the third data satisfies the predetermined condition.

16. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 15, wherein the trend is an upward trend or a downward trend when the first athletic activity, the second athletic activity, and the third athletic activity are ordered by a first athletic activity date, a second athletic activity date, and a third athletic activity date.

17. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 16, wherein the user fitness level change is identified as a decrease in fitness level responsive to identification of the upward trend.

18. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 16, wherein the user fitness level change is identified as an increase in fitness level responsive to identification of the downward trend.

19. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third data associated with a third athletic activity, the third data comprising a third heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring electronic device and a third intensity data, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises;

generating a composite value of the first parameter from a value of the first parameter in the second data and the third data if the second parameter in the third data satisfies the predetermined condition; and

identifying whether a difference between the composite value and a value of the first parameter in the first data is greater than a predetermined value.

20. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter comprises a user location.

21. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter comprises a user elevation and the predetermined condition comprises a similar or same elevation profile.

22. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the second parameter comprises a user workout type and the predetermined condition comprises a same workout type.

23. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising prompting a user at a device user interface to perform a fitness test comprising the second athletic activity responsive to determining a second predetermined condition with respect to a third parameter, the prompting occurring prior to a start of the second athletic activity.

24. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 23, wherein the third parameter comprises an elapsed time between a date of the first athletic activity and a current date.

25. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 23, wherein the third parameter comprises a total distance or total activity time performed by the user since a date of the first athletic activity.

26. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first intensity data and the second intensity data comprise a pace data.

27. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the first intensity data comprises a user pace data or a user speed data output from a global positioning system (GPS) device disposed on a body-worn device.

28. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the first data associated with the first athletic activity comprises receiving the first data over a first wired link, and wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the second data associated with the second athletic activity comprises receiving the second data over a second wired link.

29. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the first data associated with the first athletic activity comprises receiving the first data over a first wireless link, and wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the second data associated with the second athletic activity comprises receiving the second data over a second wireless link.

30. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 29, wherein the electronic device comprises a Bluetooth protocol transceiver and first wireless link and the second wireless link comprises a Bluetooth protocol link.

31. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises an arm-worn device comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

32. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a notification of the user fitness level change at an output user interface of the electronic device, the notification comprising one selected from the user fitness level has decreased and the user fitness level has increased.

33. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 1, further comprising prompting a user at a device user interface to perform a fitness level test operable to determine a user fitness level change, wherein the second athletic activity is the fitness level test and the user receives prompts output at a device output user interface during the second athletic activity, the prompts based on the first data associated with the first athletic activity.

34. The fitness level monitoring method of claim 33, further comprising monitoring a user pace during the second athletic activity with a global positioning system (GPS) device, wherein the prompts output at the device output user interface during the second athletic activity comprises prompts to speed up or slow down responsive to the user pace monitored by the GPS device.

35. A system comprising:

a user interface;

an interface configured to receive a user heart rate data from a heart rate monitor device;

a navigation system configured to monitor a user navigation data, the user navigation data comprising a user location data and a user intensity data;

one or more processors; and

one or more computer readable storage media storing a data from a prior athletic activity and one or more application programs comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors, the one or more application programs configured to receive a data associated with a current athletic activity, wherein the one or more application programs are further configured to output a plurality of prompts at the user interface during the current athletic activity configured to assist a user in matching the prior athletic activity with respect to a first parameter and determine a user fitness level change from a data for a second parameter monitored during the current athletic activity if the second parameter satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein the first parameter comprises a user heart rate determined from the user heart rate data received on the interface and the second parameter comprises a user intensity determined from the user intensity data monitored by the navigation system, or the first parameter comprises a user intensity determined from the user intensity data monitored by the navigation system and the second parameter comprises a user heart rate determined from the user heart rate data received on the interface.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein one or more of the user interface, the interface, the navigation system, the one or more processors, and the one or more computer readable storage media are implemented at a wrist-worn device.

37. The system of claim 35, wherein the current athletic activity comprises a running activity, a cycling activity, or a swimming activity.

38. The system of claim 35, wherein the one or more application programs are further configured to receive a user selection of the prior athletic activity from among a plurality of prior athletic activities stored in the one or more computer readable storage media, the user selection received at the user interface prior to a start of the current athletic activity.

39. The system of claim 35, wherein the one or more application programs are further configured to output one or more prompts at the user interface during the current athletic activity configured to assist the user in matching the prior athletic activity with respect to a second additional parameter in addition to the first parameter.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the first parameter comprises an intensity and the second additional parameter comprises a distance or a course.

41. The system of claim 35, wherein the first parameter comprises a user location.

42. The system of claim 35, wherein the second parameter comprises a user heart rate.

43. The system of claim 35, wherein the first parameter comprises a user intensity and the second parameter comprises a user heart rate, or the first parameter comprises a user heart rate and the second parameter comprises a user intensity.

44. The system of claim 35, wherein matching the prior athletic activity with respect to the first parameter comprises completing the current athletic activity at a same average intensity as the prior athletic activity.

45. The system of claim 35, wherein the user performs the current athletic activity responsive to receiving a user input received at the user interface requesting to perform a fitness test.

46. The system of claim 35, wherein the second parameter comprises a user heart rate, and the user fitness level change is determined by comparing a user heart rate for the current athletic activity to a user heart rate for the prior athletic activity.

47. The system of claim 35, wherein the one or more computer readable storage media further store a second data from a second prior athletic activity, and wherein the one or more application programs are further configured to determine the user fitness level change utilizing both the data for the second parameter monitored during the current athletic activity and a data for the second parameter monitored during the second prior athletic activity.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein the one or more application programs are configured to determine the user fitness level change by identifying a trend in a value of the second parameter in a data for the second parameter monitored during the prior athletic activity, the data for the second parameter monitored during the second prior athletic activity, and the data for the second parameter monitored during the current athletic activity, wherein the prior athletic activity, the second prior athletic activity, and the current athletic activity are ordered by date.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the trend is an upward trend and the user fitness level change is a decrease in fitness level.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein the trend is a downward trend and the user fitness level change is an increase in fitness level.

51. The system of claim 47, wherein the one or more application programs are configured to determine the user fitness level change by determining a composite second parameter value from a first value of the second parameter in the data for the second parameter monitored during the second prior athletic activity and a second value of the second parameter in the data for the second parameter monitored during the current athletic activity, wherein the composite second parameter value is compared to a third value of the second parameter in the data from the prior athletic activity.

52. The system of claim 35, wherein the first parameter comprises a workout type.

53. The system of claim 35, wherein the one or more applications are further configured to prompt the user at the user interface prior to a start of the current athletic activity to perform a fitness test comprising the current athletic activity responsive to determining a predetermined condition with respect to a third parameter.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the third parameter comprises an elapsed time between a date of the prior athletic activity and a current date, or the third parameter comprises a distance or activity time performed by a user since the date of the prior athletic activity.

55. The system of claim 35, wherein the first parameter comprises a user intensity, the user intensity comprising a user pace.

56. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving at an electronic device using electronic communications a first data associated with a first athletic activity, the first data comprising a first heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring device and a first intensity data;

receiving at the electronic device utilizing electronic communications a second data associated with a second athletic activity, the second data comprising a second heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring device and a second intensity data; and

identifying a user fitness level change at the electronic device comprising utilizing a first parameter in the first data and the second data if a second parameter in the first data and the second data satisfies a predetermined condition.

57. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, the operations further comprising prompting a user via a device user interface to perform the second athletic activity at a target intensity, the target intensity the same as a first athletic activity intensity.

58. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises utilizing the first parameter if a third parameter in the first data and the second data satisfies a second predetermined condition.

59. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the first data further comprises a first location data and the second data further comprises a second location data, and wherein the second parameter comprises a user location and the predetermined condition comprises whether a first athletic activity user location matches a second athletic activity location.

60. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the first parameter comprises a user heart rate and the second parameter comprises a user intensity.

61. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the second parameter comprises a user intensity and the predetermined condition comprises whether the user intensity is the same or similar for the first athletic activity and the second athletic activity.

62. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third data associated with a third athletic activity, the third data comprising a third heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring device and a third intensity data, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises identifying a trend in a value of the first parameter in the first data, the second data, and the third data if the second parameter in the third data satisfies the predetermined condition.

63. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, the operations further comprising:

receiving a third data associated with a third athletic activity, the third data comprising a third heart rate data output from a heart rate monitoring device and a third intensity data, wherein identifying the user fitness level change further comprises;

generating a composite value of the first parameter from a value of the first parameter in the second data and the third data if the second parameter in the third data satisfies the predetermined condition; and

identifying whether a difference between the composite value and a value of the first parameter in the first data is greater than a predetermined value.

64. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the second parameter comprises a user elevation and the predetermined condition comprises a similar or same elevation profile, or the second parameter comprises a user workout type and the predetermined condition comprises a same workout type.

65. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, the operations further comprising prompting a user at a device user interface to perform a fitness test comprising the second athletic activity responsive to determining a second predetermined condition with respect to a third parameter, the prompting occurring prior to a start of the second athletic activity.

66. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the first intensity data comprises a user pace data or a user speed data output from a global positioning system (GPS) device disposed on a body-worn device.

67. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the first data associated with the first athletic activity comprises receiving the first data over a first wired link, and wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the second data associated with the second athletic activity comprises receiving the second data over a second wired link.

68. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the first data associated with the first athletic activity comprises receiving the first data over a first wireless link, and wherein receiving at the electronic device using electronic communications the second data associated with the second athletic activity comprises receiving the second data over a second wireless link.

69. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 68, wherein the electronic device comprises a Bluetooth protocol transceiver and first wireless link and the second wireless link comprises a Bluetooth protocol link.

70. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, wherein the electronic device comprises an arm-worn device comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

71. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, further comprising outputting a notification of the user fitness level change at an output user interface of the electronic device, the notification comprising one selected from the user fitness level has decreased and the user fitness level has increased.

72. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 56, further comprising prompting a user at a device user interface to perform a fitness level test operable to determine a user fitness level change, wherein the second athletic activity is the fitness level test and the user receives prompts output at a device output user interface during the second athletic activity, the prompts based on the first data associated with the first athletic activity.

73. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 72, further comprising monitoring a user pace during the second athletic activity with a global positioning system (GPS) device, wherein the prompts output at the device output user interface during the second athletic activity comprises prompts to speed up or slow down responsive to the user pace monitored by the GPS device.