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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Teaboy on December 12, 2017, 10:48:05 am
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Has anyone got any recommendations for an inexpensive one of these. Looking on amazon they are surprisingly expensive for what appears to be 1980's tech
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Beastmaker app on phone?
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I use "custom interval timer" free app from the android app thingy, as the name suggests it is a good simple customisable timer (and free)
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I would have thought some sort of wall mount for a phone too.
Having said that, when I was doing high volume weighted box step-ups for alpine training a la Steve House, I eventually bought a mechanical click counter for a fiver and found it far superior to using the phone.
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I'm after something bigger than a phone really, this sort of thing but a fraction of the price!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00R1DC14M/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1513087048&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=Wall+mounted+interval+timer&dpPl=1&dpID=41x5x6a8SrL&ref=plSrch
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An old tablet running Complex Timer / Impetus / A N Other App?
Or if you've got a laptop/desktop/raspi and an old monitor that would work too.
Come to think of it I'd be amazed if someone hasn't done it with a pi already. Don't you work in IT ;D ?
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I do, I'll knock up a high level diagram and pass that on to someone who knows something about computers 'n' shit :whistle:
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swimming pool pace clocks seem similarly overpriced for even older tech
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Pace clocks and similar often have stupidly high specs, i.e msec accuracy timing and holding this stability over many minutes.
This usually requires some fairly fancy electronics and/or a stable external timing source (GPS). Not cheap, even today.
If you know a little Python it would easy to do this with a raspberry pi and a 7" touchscreen. The hardware would probably still cost 100 quid though!