PEAR Sports Interactive Personal Coaching System Now Syncs With Apple Health

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- PEAR Sports (www.pearsports.com), the leading technology platform for interactive fitness training and personalized coaching, today announced the release of their new Version 1.9 Mobile Training app.  A free download of the PEAR Training app is available immediately in the Apple iTunes store. (http://bit.ly/1DDHhhm)

PEAR's Version 1.9 Mobile Training app includes the integration of Apple Health, as well as the development of smart features to help users discover new workouts based upon their personal fitness goals and interests, effectively introducing them to PEAR's extensive training library.

"At PEAR, as we've continued to create an extensive and diverse portfolio of first-rate workouts, one of our top priorities has become intelligently guiding users to the right training programs based on their objectives and interests," notes Christian Schauf, VP of Marketing and Sales.  "With new features in 1.9, we recreate a world-class experience with a personal trainer, ensuring you train smarter and reach your goals as quickly and effectively as possible."

Also unveiled with Version 1.9 is the ability to sync the PEAR app with the Apple Health platform. This feature affords users the option to now store, track and share all of their health-related data with their healthcare provider as part of the Apple Health ecosystem, making PEAR a multi-faceted and effective tool in providing overall health to its users.

On being incorporated in to Apple Health, Simon Solberger, VP of Design and Branding for PEAR, states, "PEAR has always been focused on improving lives through improved fitness, so being a part of Health is very exciting for us. We believe this will usher in a completely new era of intelligence around fitness and health at a scale previously unrealized."

About PEAR Sports: Developed by a passionate team of entrepreneurs with athletic, technology and design backgrounds, PEAR Sports was born from the desire to offer smart and personalized coaching to anyone wanting to reach a fitness or performance goal. Utilizing a real-time audio coaching system that adapts intuitively to users' heart rate and fitness level, PEAR provides world-class coaching, education and motivation. PEAR is committed to supplying diverse training content to inspire everyone—from beginners to seasoned athletes—with smart personal coaching to achieve their individual fitness goals.

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