Comments on: Mac Training Software Review

By: Bhavesh

Bhavesh — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:08:27 +0000

Hi Al,

Thanks for the update! I’ll definitely give it a go. It’s reassuring that you enjoy the product as much as you do.

Have a great holiday, and I look forward to any updates…

Best,

Bhavesh

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:53:55 +0000

Hi Bhavesh, Thanks for the comments. I am still enjoying using Ascent and have to admit I haven’t checked out the competition much lately as I now use Ascent exclusively. I may take a quick look at the others if I get time over the Xmas break to see if they have improved too. The calendar view and summary graphs haven’t been updated in Ascent yet but other aspects of the software has and it continues to improve. I still enjoy using it, but as with all of thee things it may or may not suit your particular needs.

Al.

By: Bhavesh

Bhavesh — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:33:48 +0000

Hi Alan,

Great real world review! Thanks. Just wondering if you still prefer Ascent since you wrote this and if it has corrected the shortcomings you described?

Thanks,

Bhavesh

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:18:48 +0000

Ascent continues to be updated and is now at version 1.9.8 and contains support for Power graphs, zones etc with power data being read from the Garmin 705 and Polar HRM’s during import.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:22:01 +0000

Tom… Take a look here:
http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2008/motion-based/

Al.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:11:53 +0000

What about Motionbased.com ?

By: A Simple Life of Luxury » Motion Based

A Simple Life of Luxury » Motion Based — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:13:49 +0000

[...] won’t use Motion based in preference to Ascent (see my recent review of Mac based training software here) as I prefer having the data on my hard-drive rather than ‘in the cloud’ somewhere [...]

By: A Simple Life of Luxury » Keeping Fit - Staying Motivated

A Simple Life of Luxury » Keeping Fit - Staying Motivated — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:54:45 +0000

[...] is up to you how far you take this, you can use sophisticated fitness training software to analyse your performance, track distances, times, heart rate, diet and much more, or you can [...]