Workouts Have Gone Digital With TrainingPeaks.com

Gear Fisher, CEO of Peaksware Along with everything else that is digital in our lives, our workouts are now captured in 0's and 1's. Its not enough that we run, walk, bike or swim, we now have a need to capture data about our efforts so that we can benchmark, measure and improve our future performances. Gear Fisher recognized this trend way back in 1999, before there were iPods, iPhones, Nike+ or wearable GPS. He started his new Peaksware company with a simple website, which has now grown into TrainingPeaks.com, one of the leading online exercise management tools. I caught up with Gear, now CEO of Peaksware, recently to discuss this wave of digital sweat tracking and get his thoughts on the future of exercise. Dan Peterson: There seems to be a data revolution going on in the fitness world, between heart rate monitors, GPS, Nike+, and Web-based activity apps. How did we get here and what's next on the horizon? Gear Fisher: I think that’s very true, it’s been growin...