Fondo - Zone 2 Training
Zone 2 heart rate training
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
New: distance and elevation, a metronome over your music, an interval guide and clearer zones. A voice keeps you in Zone 2, no subscription.
Fondo helps you build your aerobic base with Zone 2 training: the intensity at which you can still hold a conversation, the one that improves endurance and recovery.
A GOAL EVERY WEEK
• Choose how many Zone 2 minutes to do each week: Fondo counts them and tells you how many are left, day by day.
• The 80/20 balance shows whether you're keeping about 80% of your time easy.
TRAIN WITH A STRAP OR APPLE WATCH
• Connect a Bluetooth heart rate strap (Polar, Garmin, Wahoo and other compatible straps) or train directly with Apple Watch.
• Pick the zone to hold, the whole zone or just its lower or upper half, and your goal: time, distance or distance in zone.
• If you leave your zone, a voice tells you to slow down or push a little, and tells you when you're back. On Apple Watch you get distinct haptics.
• Alerts that don't nag: choose immediate, steady or rare. Small swings around the zone limit are ignored.
• Your music is lowered only while the voice speaks, then comes back.
• Heart rate, zone and time stay visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
RUNNING AND WALKING
• Distance, average pace and elevation gain from GPS and barometer, even with the screen locked. No map, no stored route.
• Adjustable metronome over your music, to keep a higher cadence and a shorter stride.
• Countdown before you start, with pause.
INTERVALS
• Ready-made workouts: Norwegian 4×4, 30/30 and 5×3′, with adjustable repetitions, durations and zones.
• A guide for each workout: what it's for, how to do it and a practical tip.
• Spoken cues at every phase change: warm-up, work, recovery, cool-down.
THE SCIENCE, WITH SOURCES
• A page explains what research says about Zone 2, mitochondria, the 80/20 rule and intervals, with the studies cited. Including what Zone 2 doesn't do.
ZONES MADE FOR YOU
• Zones calculated from your max and resting heart rate, using the Karvonen method or % of max HR, or set manually.
• With the Health app, Fondo estimates your max heart rate from your age and reads your resting heart rate.
HEALTH, WIDGETS AND TRENDS
• With Health, workouts from Apple Watch and other apps count too; workouts recorded with Fondo are saved to Health, with heart rate and distance.
• Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen.
• Trends: Zone 2 minutes per week, resting heart rate and VO2 max.
ONE PRICE, FOREVER
Fondo is free to download with a 14-day full trial, no sign-up and no card required. Then a one-time purchase unlocks everything forever: no subscription, no ads. If you don't unlock, your week and zones remain available.
PRIVACY
No account, no servers, no tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone, your Apple Watch and in the Health app.
Fondo is not a medical device and does not replace medical advice.
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• Clearer zones: set your age (or let Health provide it) and max heart rate is estimated with the Tanaka formula.
• Below the method you see how Zone 2 is calculated, using your own numbers.
• In max heart rate, "Use estimate" brings it back to the value calculated from your age.
• With "% Max HR", resting heart rate is shown as not used, to avoid confusion.
The developer, Lorenzo Franceschini, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Lorenzo Franceschini
- Size
- 5.9 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English and Italian
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Fondo Full $4.99
- Copyright
- © Lorenzo Franceschini
