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Editor's letter
Two-way coaching
Content providers have been hugely active in the fit tech market since the start of the pandemic. We expect the industry to move on from delivering these services on a ‘broadcast-only’ basis as two-way coaching becomes the new USP
Fit Tech People
Laurent Petit
Co-founder, Active Giving
“The future of sports and fitness are dependent on the climate. Our goal is to positively influence the future of our planet by instilling a global vision of wellbeing and a sense of collective action”
Fit Tech People
Adam Zeitsiff
CEO, Intelivideo
“We don’t just create the technology and bail – we support our clients’ ongoing hybridisation efforts”
Fit Tech People
Anantharaman Pattabiraman
CEO and co-founder, Auro
“When you’re undertaking fitness activities, unless you’re on a stationary bike, in most cases it’s not safe or necessary to be tied to a screen, especially a small screen”
Fit Tech People
Mike Hansen
Managing partner, Endorphinz
“We noticed a big gap in the market – customers needed better insights but also recommendations on what to do, whether that be customer acquisition, content creation, marketing and more”
Interview
Mathieu Letombe
“At Withings, we’re improving the way both patients and the medical community are able to monitor, identify and understand health levels and issues”
Augmented Reality
Refining augmented reality
London boutique The Refinery has created an avatar-led
digital fitness offering called ALFI, which utilises augmented
reality (AR) to demonstrate movements. Zoe Bertali,
one of the co-founders of the gym, tells us more
In conversation
Jessica Ennis-Hill: founder of Jennis
Jessica Ennis-Hill is on a mission to close the gender data gap in health research. Her app, Jennis CycleMapping, is designed to help women understand their cycles and how to train during each different phase. Steph Eaves speaks to Ennis-Hill to find out exactly how it works
Usability
How usable is your product?
Your fit tech product might be a game changer, solving problems or creating new possibilities for clients, but none of this will matter if it’s not easy and enjoyable to use. Industrial designer Nick Chubb explains why usability is key, and the factors to consider when designing your new product
Interview
Put on your red light
Red light therapy promises a variety of benefits, including better
recovery, skin rejuvenation and increased energy, but is it all too
good to be true? Fit Tech spoke to Bryan Gohl and James Strong
of Red Light Rising, and Wes Pfiffner of Joovv to find out more
Interview
Kilian Saekel
“By putting focus on tapping different lights and sounds while doing gruelling planks, you stop focusing on the pain”
Origin Stories
Adrian Hon
Zombies, Run! is one of the most enduring fitness apps, with half a million users getting active while engaging in ‘missions’ against the zombie apocalypse. Its co-creator spoke to Steph Eaves about the power of story
App analysis
Digital community
Matt Stebbings of SLT Group talks
about the creation of their Community
Portal, a new platform that aims to help
anyone to get active, whether that’s
inside or outside of SLT’s facilities
Supplier showcase
Funxtion: A vital connection
NonStop Gym, Switzerland’s no frills gym chain, has appointed FunXtion to create its member training app
Research
Monitoring mental health
New technology uses advanced machine learning to monitor patients’ mental health between visits to their medical providers
Fit Tech People
Devi Mahadevia
Facebook director of sports and fitness partnerships
“With Facebook paid online events, publishers can charge viewers to attend a video livestream on their Facebook pages or a third party video service”
Fit Tech People
Andy Etches
Founder and sports director, Rezzil
“Rezzil was able to have an injured player learning his new manager's philosophy, positioning and playing style – all from a seated position”
Interview
Preston Lewis, Black Box VR
“Game designers have figured out how to keep people unhealthily addicted to games. If only you could be the hero in a game that levelled up your life”
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