Activio is designed to motivate
members to push themselves
harder when they work out
activio
The Activio Fitness System is a
management solution for group training
that tracks participants’ heart rates and
displays them anonymously on a
communal screen to motivate the class.
Before starting, each member logs on
to a touch screen to register their heart
rate chest belt and is given a number
that correlates with their intensity
reading shown on the screen.
The latest development sees the
integration of a new Feedback Solution:
data is sent to each member’s web-
based training diary, allowing sessions to
be recorded so individual training can be
assessed, goals set and progress tracked.
Linking in to this, the system can
now monitor the heart rates of up to
300 members at any one time, with the
receiving unit located up to 300m away. as to help tell apart times swum using
It is therefore suitable for members all different strokes.
around the club, irrespective of what Gyms and health clubs can use the
activity they are doing, with data feeding tool to motivate swimmers, encouraging
back to their personal web page. them to continually push themselves, as
the system calculates average lap times
finis lap track on a continual lap-by-lap basis.
While treadmills and bikes have been
able to measure a user’s efforts for pocket pt
years, swimmers have not enjoyed the Pocket PT is an online training system
Pocket PT offers fi tness programmes
same treatment – until now. The Finis that clubs can offer their members as a
that can be downloaded onto any
Lap Track – an underwater lap counter way of improving membership retention.
video-enabled pocket device
and timer – keeps track of split times, Programmes can be downloaded to
calories burned and the number of laps video-enabled mobile phones, as well as
completed (up to 50 at a time). any pocket video device. clubs, offering multi-media tutorials,
The user inputs their weight, sets the The system is intended to drive sales articles and workshops in exercise
distance of a pool ‘lap’ – two lengths – of personal training, as all members using physiology, sports science, rehabilitation
and attaches the device to the pool wall the system receive regular support and and specialist training programmes.
via two suction pads. Laps are registered programme updates that help to sell It also offers a library of more than
by tapping the face of the Lap Track personal training. Members who say they 1,500 exercises, searchable by body part
each time a lap is fi nished. Users can can’t afford training can be targeted later and client ability. This information can
also input which stroke they’re doing in their membership, after a relationship be collated into an exercise programme,
to ensure that data, such as calories has been built through the online system. which can be emailed directly to clients
burned, is as accurate as possible, as well Membership to the club’s online via any mobile device or computer.
training service can be sold both online Personal trainers stuck for ideas can
and in the club. For the club, this means make use of the create-a-programme
that sales can be generated anywhere its facility, whereby they enter an ability level
marketing reaches, as opposed to only for a client, together with the type of
touching local businesses and residents. equipment or exercise needed. The site
In addition, as Pocket PT is integrated then generates suggested programmes
into the club operations, online and exercises suitable for that session.
members who live locally can be sold The site also has an extensive library
club membership through the system. of pre-made programmes covering a
variety of common client requests, such
ptonthenet.com as programmes to improve fl exibility.
PTontheNet allows instructors to
PTontheNet is an online educational
customise workout programmes
resource from Fitpro for personal mark edmonds
and email them directly to clients
trainers, fitness professionals and health healthclub@leisuremedia.com
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