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EXERCISE MANAGEMENT


FOR MANY GYMS THIS COULD BE THE MISSING LINK IN SUPPORTING A CUSTOMER, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT DON’T KNOW HOW


Users of Matrix fitness equipment can access the MyFitnessPal app through the 7xi consoles


Meanwhile Lose It!, Wahoo Fitness


and SoFit also work seamlessly with Life Fitness equipment, allowing health club members to use their smartphones or tablets to customise their workouts and create experiences that engage and motivate them. Lose It! is a personal weight-loss


programme that tracks calories and workouts. It helps exercisers set a daily calorie budget, track their food and exercise, and stay motivated to make smarter choices and achieve their goals, connecting users to the people, devices and food information they need to achieve their weight-loss goals. SoFit is a social gaming application


using social networks, real-world rewards, fi tness and charity partners to motivate users to stay active year-round. Users can compete against others to win virtual medals, and redeem points for offers and charitable donations. The Wahoo Fitness app is a running


and cycling app that connects to heart rate monitors, cycling speed/cadence sensors and Life Fitness equipment. With the Life Fitness integration, Wahoo Fitness users can also track data from their indoor workouts.


FREEMOTION FreeMotion has teamed up with iFit to provide interactive technology to connect and track all fitness activities. iFit mobile apps track all outdoor


workouts, with the iFit Running and iFit Cycling mobile apps using advanced GPS to track the exact route travelled, even when there is little or no signal. Every workout is then automatically uploaded and available to repeat indoors on FreeMotion CV equipment. The iFit app for iPad can be used to control FreeMotion cardio equipment to simulate the outdoor activity: equipment belt speeds can be adjusted and inclines and declines regulated, while viewing Google Maps Street View on an iPad. Every completed workout is recorded and available to analyse on iFit.com


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– users can review the exact mileage, time, calories burned and elevation gained for individual workouts, as well as downloading training programmes, setting goals, following friends and creating personalised workouts. Meanwhile the iFit Club portal offers


club management tools to interact with members while tracking equipment usage and diagnostics. Trainers can use iFit to prescribe workout programmes and keep track of progress. “Freemotion chose to work with iFit


because, with over 10 million miles logged in 2012, it’s growing and evolving to create the most interactive workout experience possible,” says Ian Thorpe, MD of Freemotion’s UK distributor Fitness Systems.


MATRIX Matrix has teamed up with MyFitnessPal, a website and app that can be used to log meals and workouts quickly and easily. This enables users to track their activity and weight loss, helping them to stay on track and achieve their goals; the app claims to have proven benefits for weight management.


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Matrix chose to work with


MyFitnessPal as it has over 30 million users and an extensive database of foods from restaurant chains, as well as packaged and fresh food items, to help users keep track of what they eat. Users can access the app on the


Matrix 7xi consoles: this integration means the process is seamless, so the user doesn’t have to input information manually. Users can view their total calorie intake – as well as their calorie goal, net calorie data and their exercise data for that day – via the Matrix console. Their activity accumulates on the 7xi console and, when the workout is completed, automatically updates into their MyFitnessPal account, which will immediately register their credits for the calories burned. “For many gyms this could be the


missing link in supporting a customer, especially those who want to lose weight but don't know how. For gyms nervous about imparting nutritional advice, this app helps guide a user and uses evidence-based methodology to promote safe and sustainable weight loss,” says Matrix MD Jon Johnston. ●


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