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Fitness—There's an App for That
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- Title: Fitness—There's an App for That: Review of Mobile Fitness Apps
- Author(s): John Breslin, Ted Vickey, Antonio Williams
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Sport & Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Sport and Society
- Keywords: Physical Activity, Twitter, Endomondo, RunKeeper, Nike+, DailyMile, MyFitnessPal, Online Social Network
- Volume: 3
- Issue: 4
- Date: November 28, 2013
- ISSN: 2152-7857 (Print)
- ISSN: 2152-7865 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v03i04/53952
- Citation: Breslin, John, Ted Vickey, and Antonio Williams. 2013. "Fitness—There's an App for That: Review of Mobile Fitness Apps." The International Journal of Sport and Society 3 (4): 109-127. doi:10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v03i04/53952.
- Extent: 19 pages
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to research the new emerging technology of mobile health, the use of mobile fitness apps to share one’s workout with their Twitter social network, the workout tweets and the individuality of the Tweeters. A comparison of five popular mobile fitness apps include Nike+, RunKeeper, DailyMile, MyFitnessPal and Endomondo.
