MTS

Currently, Polar H6, H7, H10 and OH1 heart rate sensors are integrated in MTS.

MTS can be connected with heart rate monitoring devices that transmit HR data through Bluetooth SIG standard and Bluetooth Low Energy technology. Any devices (wristband, thoracic band, smartwatch, headphones integrated sensors) that fulfill these requirements is compliant with the app specifications. However, currently the app has been validated only with Polar products.

The required Android OS version for MTS is 4.4 (KitKat).

MTS is compliant with any smartphone that runs Android operative system (minimum software version 4.4).

MTS requires Internet connectivity during the first registration to the system. For next usages, the system doesn’t require Internet connectivity nor phone reception.

MTS is a real time guide to reach your training goals, using maximum heartrate as referral for your training program planning.

MTS allows to hear the music, only when you are inside your training target. Otherwise you’ll hear high and low frequency acoustic cues to reach such a purpose.

Mainly MTS uses the music as a guide for the training and not as a simple accompaniment.

There is a lack of scientific evidence about a real advantage in matching music and heart BPM’s, even if there are some theories connecting them. However, the most remarkable aspect about MTS is the role of music as a training guide and not simple accompaniment.

Having as a reference the Heartrate, MTS is fit for every sport. MTS has just been tested in several activities as basketball, running, MTB, kayak etc., with excellent results.

Yes, the app can be used in every place.

MTS requires the access to user localization data to activate Bluetooth Low Energy connection with heart rate monitor device. However, information about user’s position is not used anyhow.

Monitored heart rate data is used to guarantee the correct functioning of the support service during physical activity. Music playback throughout the training is directly linked with the heart rate evolution and the adherence of measured values with the prefixed training target.

How many you want. You need only to have enough space on your mobile phone memory. You can create and save your training session, setting duration and intensity.

The best way is turn to a sport doctor, to do some test to obtain a this specific data that I can manually insert in the program. Differently, inserting my age, the system will provide to calculate it throughout the Tanaka formula, one of the more utilized for this purpose.

It’s no possible to generalize. About the creation of customized training programs, if you are not experienced enough, is better turn to physical activities experts.

Yes. The saved training programs can be used at every app access, simply uploading the training program previously stored.

Yes. In the setup menu is possible to rename, modify and delete all the training programs previously stored.

The music played by the app is that present in your smartphone. During the playlist creation you ‘ll be required to select the favorite tracks for your training sessions.

MTS accesses to musical library within internal and external smartphone memory. Through a devoted functionality in the main page of the app, it is possible to select desired music tracks to include them in the playlist used during the workout.

The tracks are selected by the system, between those present in the playlist created by the user, on the bases of a criteria of matching between the bpm of the music and those of  the heartrate planned for that specific stage of the training . For instance, if the reference heartrate is 90 bpm, the system will automatically select tracks present in the playlist of 90 bpm or as close as possible to this value.

When I can’t hear the music means that I’m out from my training target. In that case I will hear low frequency acoustic cues to slow down the pace or high frequency acoustic cues to pick up the pace, with the purpose to return inside the fixed range of heartrate.