Pocket PC Tabata Timer

December 21, 2005

Pocket PC Tabata Timer

Back in April, on my birthday even, I put out a little .NET application that helped in timing intervals for training. In particular it defaults to the tricky-to-time Tabata whose brutal schedule consists of eight 20s-on, 10s-off periods (i.e. 3:50 mins total). At the time it didn't work without the as-yet-unreleased .NET 2005 Beta and it wouldn't work on 2003 and I couldn't get my device to work and ... anyway. It's all working again now,

IntervalTimer-20051221.exe (11K)

Copy this onto your device e.g. in \Program Files (I don't know how to do Pocket PC installers yet) and then run it from File Explorer. This ought to execute on a desktop machine too; it does on my XP box here.

N.B. This version includes a 10s countdown after hitting Start. Then the pain starts. The lurid colours are deliberately full-screen like that so you can see the changes when your device is a way away from whatever punishment you're dishing out to yourself.

Enjoy!

Posted by Paul Makepeace at December 21, 2005 03:30 | TrackBack

Comments

cheers for the updae mate. I use it for GPP, tabata swings, squats and whatnot. Its coming in very handy. Nice one!

Posted by: mick at December 22, 2005 21:47

Excellent timer, but where's the beep sound? It would be nice to know when to stop the interval without staring at my laptop/phone. please add a beep for us out there.

nb\

Posted by: nb at January 15, 2007 08:48

yes please. need that go/stop sounds desparately + vibrate. really getting flash if it also has bips when close to either sound. thanks.

Posted by: nisar at May 1, 2007 00:59

great app but a beep would be very helpful

thanks!

Posted by: jerimiah at July 12, 2007 03:45

Wicked app bud... and to repeat what everybody else says a beep would be awesome. If possible a loud one so i could hear it even if my music is loud. Thanks again

Posted by: Rob at November 11, 2007 19:53

Hi, would love to see a sound/vibrate notification. It would help my workouts alot. Maybe if you're not working on it anymore, could you release the source? I'd hire a coder or pay you a some to add those features. I think people would pay for it not just the tabata but people would use it for timing working (see lifehacker.com about 10+2*5)

Posted by: James at December 28, 2007 17:15

Been going crazy looking for a timer to use for intervals, this would be it with sound, bwahhhhhhhhhh

For others, please post solution if you find one.
best I have is searching for an alarm app and have it sound every x seconds for however long.
Good start of a program, browse for wav/mp3 would be sooo good, yes I'd pay.

Posted by: goingnuts at April 24, 2008 02:28

I found this Clock a year ago or so, and loved it!! Then my Laptop needed to be reset and was looking all over the place for the exact same 1 through google!! And Im glad I somehow after 15minutes of searching found it!! lol... Thanks dude!!!

Posted by: Mo14k at January 6, 2009 19:36

Excellent app!! Yeah, sound would be kool if you were working out by yourself; however, if you're the one keeping track of time and yelling to "work or rest", that red and blue visual would suffice. I do like the numbers displayed too. That's just my opinion.

Thanks again!!

Posted by: David Naranjo at March 23, 2009 22:40

were working out by yourself; however, if you're the one keeping track of time and yelling to "work or rest", that red and blue visual would suffice. I do like the numbers displayed too. That's just my opinion.sdgouter

Thanks again!!

Posted by: fdfhfdh at April 9, 2009 02:35

Then my Laptop needed to be reset and was looking all over the place for the exact same 1 through google!! And Im glad I somehow after 15minutes of searching found it!! lol... Thanks dude!!!

Posted by: fgfgh at April 9, 2009 02:37

Great stuff. Wicked and I love it as well.

Posted by: Kevin Robinson at April 9, 2009 20:24

You can find a Tabata Timer for your iPhone or iPod Touch at http://www.katr.com/iphone.php#tabata. It has visual as well as auditory cues so that you can watch or listen for your activity and rest periods. If you are listening to music on your device, the sound cues will overlay your music.

Posted by: Bill at May 1, 2009 07:53