Body & fitness reference

Health

Reference tools for the body — BMI plotted against a full colour-coded chart rather than a single number, pace across running, cycling and swimming against real population data, and heart rate zones from four competing formulas at once.

Gym Companion

Six routines or build your own from 44 exercises — add your own if it is not listed — then run the session with a set tracker, a rest timer that beeps, and live volume. Everything stays on your device.

routines, rest timer, 1RM
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Waist-to-Height Ratio Calculator

One tape measure, one boundary, no arithmetic — and it catches the cases BMI gets wrong in both directions.

waist < height ÷ 2
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Blood Alcohol Curve

What a night of drinking might do to blood alcohol over time — and how wide the uncertainty is. It cannot tell you whether you are fit to drive, and nothing can.

Widmark · the band, not the line · never drink and drive
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Sweat Rate & Hydration

Weigh in before and after one session and you know your own sweat rate — which ranges fivefold between people, so no published guideline fits you.

Δmass + fluid in · the 2% threshold
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Heart Rate Zones & Max HR

Four published max-HR formulas at once so you can see how far apart they are — and why “zone 2” means two different heart rates.

208 − 0.7·age · Karvonen reserve
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BMI Calculator

Body mass index plotted on a full height/weight chart, coloured by category — not just a single number.

BMI = mass(kg) / height(m)²
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Running, Cycling & Swimming Pace

Distance, time, pace and speed for any of the three — with real population percentiles and pro/average/beginner reference times per distance.

pace = time / distance
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TDEE & Calorie Calculator

Total daily energy expenditure from the Mifflin-St Jeor equation, the most validated BMR formula, times a real activity multiplier.

BMR = 10w + 6.25h − 5a ± const
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Where You Stand

Your height, weight, income, net worth, age and footprint placed on the world and on your country, with a map of where the average person is like you.

percentile = Φ((x − μ) / σ) · 214 countries
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General reference, not medical or coaching advice. BMI doesn't distinguish muscle from fat and pace benchmarks are population averages — individual health and training needs vary. See a professional for personal guidance.

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