dacadoo blog

Tips on gear

February 22, 2013

How to pick new running shoes

There has been a great deal written on running. Since the release of Christoph McDougal’s cult book Born to Run, barefoot running has been on many people’s lips. Runners and aspiring runners have races out to buy Vibram Five Finger shoes and the shoe industry has pumped out countless numbers of minimalist shoes to try and profit on the trend. Others, however, still believe that shoes should cushion and support your foot. If you’re keeping up with the scientific literature s...
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Staying fit at work

February 11, 2013

3 best ways to stretch at your desk

Most of nowadays working time consists in a bunch of sitting-at-your-desk actions. Replying to emails, writing and editing documents, filling-out forms and spreadsheets with numbers. But there’s more: when home, after your deserved meal, you’ll probably be sitting on your (beloved) couch to watch a new episode of your favourite TV series. Everybody knows this is bad for your life and you don’t need to be a physiotherapist to realize it. Sitting all day increases the risk for obesity ...
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Exercise tips, Setting goals

February 5, 2013

Want to increase your fitness this year?

Want to increase your fitness this year? Before you go and spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars, euros, pounds or francs on a gym membership consider the following: Try walking, jogging, or running. Your Read More Link Text

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Improving wellbeing, Recipes to try

January 24, 2013

What can Juicing REALLY do for you?

The juicing ‘fad’ has swept America, and is now making its way to Europe. You can’t escape it, so you may as well know what you are dealing with here. Why is drinking fresh pressed juice so much more popular now than the bottled variety from the supermarket? Well, there is in fact a HUGE difference, and it may be time to break out of an old habit and try something new that is not only good for you but delicious as well! Juicing has become more and more popular because we are r...
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dacadoo updates

December 18, 2012

New android tracker app v1.5

Update your Android QUENTIQ Tracker app now, because a major update has just been release on the Google Play Store right now! The tracker app has been totally reworked. When you log-in you will immediately see your own profile photo and your personal Health Score. You can also see how the Health Score is trending (arrow on the top right corner of the Health Score) and on the bottom right corner of your profile photo you will see a number which indicates your current level. QUENTIQ has e...
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dacadoo updates

December 17, 2012

Major dacadoo iPhone tracker app release

New dacadoo tracker app 1.5 Update your iPhone dacadoo Tracker app now, because a major release has just been approved by the Apple Store right now! So go update your Tracker App now! The tracker app has been totally reworked. When you log-in you will immediately see your own profile photo and your personal Health Score. You can also see how the Health Score is trending (arrow on the top right corner of the Health Score) and on the bottom right corner of your profile photo you will see...
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Improving wellbeing

November 30, 2012

Interview with Sarah from Memoto

What is your background and your role within Memoto - in a nutshell? I have a background in communications with a lot of experience in client relations. I’m the Community Manager at Memoto. What is Memoto and how could this integrate with the QUENTIQ Health Platform? Memoto is a tiny, lifelogging camera that automatically takes geo-tagged, time-stamped photos on a preset interval. The Memoto app then arranges the photos into “moments” on an easy to follow timelin...
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dacadoo updates

November 2, 2012

New iPhone dacadoo Tracker app v1.3

The latest dacadoo Tracker app is now available for your iPhone with several new features and improvements! Among other things the dacadoo Tracker now fully supports the new 1 cm taller iPhone 5 screen and as well iOS 6.0! Download it for free from the App Store! Changes with App version 1.3 Added manual entry option additional to the workout tracking Added link to dacadoo Mobile site Updated Health Score User Interface Updated UI style Synchronize with server at end o...
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dacadoo updates

October 30, 2012

dacadoo release 1.6!

We’re very pleased to share with you highlights from the latest dacadoo Health Platform release. We have focused on improving an also adding new requested features to dacadoo. In a nutshell the new features are "Recent Activities" within the "Add Workout", enabling the importing of GPS workouts, new "My Account" with all of the account & profile settings, a new account activation process, and from today on you can create goals on achievements, workouts, and your weight! W...
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dacadoo updates

September 21, 2012

dacadoo latest release 1.5!

We are pleased to present dacadoo's completely redesigned user interface! We hope you will enjoy our new look and feel! In the Challenges section, you can now select a New Challenge Goal: be the fastest to track a specific distance. This way, you can set up a challenge over a specific distance (e.g. 5km, 10km, 20km, etc.) during a period of time and compete with your friends to being the fastest to cover that specific distance. We have also further refined our gaming features: First...
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