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PROJECT PROFILE PROMOTION
TOUCH-SCREEN TECHNOLOGY
Supplier: Precor by Inspirit Client: The University of Edinburgh
equipment, featuring the P80 console. Edinburgh is home to The Pleasance Sports Complex at
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the University’s Centre for Sport and Exercise (CSE). Built on the site of an 18th century brewery, and featuring a series of sub-basement arched vaults that form part of the fi tness facilities, the Sports Complex offers one of the most respected multi-sport and exercise programmes in the country. The three-storey facility is the largest independent gym in Scotland, with over 6,000sq m of activity space and more than 16,000 members, from recreational participants to elite athlete. The 100-station cardiovascular gym, redeveloped in
consultation with Scotland’s leading sports and fi tness specialist Inspirit, features Precor 880 Line units, including treadmills, cross-trainers, Adaptive Motion Trainers (AMTs), recumbent and upright bikes, all with the new P80 touch-screen console, which allows users to interact using sweeping gesture motions. “We’re always looking to
improve and pioneer, and as our students are extremely conversant with the latest interfacing technology, the P80 console met our needs perfectly, giving students the opportunity to use the best equipment around. The P80’s technology will help take our member engagement to new levels,” says the director of the university’s CSE, Jim Aitken MBE.
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ne year on from a £4.8m extension, the University of Edinburgh continues its commitment to provide world-class facilities, recently completing the world’s largest installation of Precor’s 880 Line
Trials of the P80 have shown that 15 per cent fewer users opt for ‘quick start’
Precor’s latest innovation, the P80 touch-screen console, is
already making an impact on the fi tness industry. Independent research at the fi rst two EMEA installations, the Wentworth Club and 37degrees, shows the console is leading exercisers to opt for a whole new workout routine, with 15 per cent fewer people reaching for the quick start button than the industry average. As well as its capacitive touch-screen, the P80 console also
offers a host of other benefi ts, including an upright viewing angle for correct posture, easy to use motion controls and high quality graphics to draw members deeper into their workout. There’s also an ethernet connection, enabling networking. Andy Mack, MD for Precor Scotland/Inspirit, says: “The P80
consoles allow students to use a premium interactive design, combined with a fully integrated media experience. From a long- term point of view, the consoles will also provide additional opportunities for the CSE as the P80’s potential is realised.” Indeed, the university plans to develop a smaller scale,
The site’s 100 cardiovascular stations all feature the new P80 console
branded concept encapsulating the CSE’s core aspects, which will be rolled out to satellite locations across the university campus. ‘CSE Local’ will refl ect the same inspiring member philosophy, P80 equipment, layout, branding and visuals used successfully at the main complex, enabling students to continue their training regime away from the main site. Aitken concludes: “The technological edge of the P80 sets it apart from other equipment, opens up new horizons and allows us to meet the needs of members.” For more information:
www.precor.com
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healthclubmanagement.co.uk/digital january 2012 © cybertrek 2012
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