Fitronics will host its first-ever customer experience-focussed Summit, ConnectCX, on 3
October in Solihull, UK, in partnership with Proinsight.
Taylor Made Designs (TMD) is a ‘leisure specialist’ provider of bespoke leisure workwear, plus branded ...
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Interview
Mathieu Letombe
“The new feature ‘Vascular Age’ was developed by cardiologists to provide an easy-to-understand assessment of arterial health – just by stepping on the scale”
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
“ We’ve had to create training experiences that show users how to grab handles in the virtual world that are mapped to our real-world machine”
App retention
Staying sticky
Bob Lawson explains how digital fitness platforms and apps can maximise retention and prevent churn
Virtual Fitness
Sky x Fiit
Fiit has secured a deal with TV giant Sky, to make its virtual workout platform available through the subscription-based Sky Q service. With 20 per cent of Fiit users now accessing the app through Sky, Fit Tech speaks to Fraser Stirling and Daniel Shellard to find out more
Research
Fit Tech Leadership Report
Fit tech is a growing, competitive sector. Executive search firm, Stronger Talent, recently analysed the backgrounds of more than 300 fit tech executives to provide insights into recruiting strategies, as Pete Leibman explains
Artificial muscles
Robotic muscles
“We identified the need to step beyond the current approaches to muscle weakness, and move instead to placing robotic muscles exactly where they’re needed – inside the body”
Interview
Blurring the lines
Les Mills has launched a suite of digital solutions to help gyms
future-proof by expanding their reach in the booming online fitness
space, while complementing their live offerings. Steph Eaves talks
to Les Mills International’s CMO Anna Henwood to find out more
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