[ad_1] According to Bloomberg, the new treadmill, called Tread, will use a belt design similar to other treadmills on the market. Peloton’s existing treadmill, which has a slat design, will be renamed Tread+. The company will also release a new premium stationary bike called Bike+, which will likely cost more than Peloton’s existing bike at […]
Category: exercise
BoxVR workouts during a pandemic
[ad_1] BoxVR workouts land somewhere between those test-your-strength arcade punch cabinets, a boxercise class and, maybe, an arcade shooter. Once you’ve got your stance (a footprint symbol on the floor will direct you as to whether you put your right or left foot first), the soundtrack and the workout begins. The aim is to hit, […]
Lululemon buys interactive home gym startup Mirror for $500 million
[ad_1] Lululemon is best-known for gym clothes, but the gym isn’t an option in areas hard-hit by the pandemic — so it’s finding a way to foster workouts at home. The company has bought home fitness startup Mirror for $500 million to “accelerate the growth of personalized in-home fitness.” While Lululemon didn’t say how the […]
Peloton will stream live classes from instructors’ homes
[ad_1] Peloton will begin streaming live classes from its instructors’ homes beginning tomorrow, April 22nd, The Verge reports. As businesses across the country began closing due to the coronavirus pandemic, Peloton kept filming and streaming live classes in its New York City studio. On April 6th, the company announced that it would close its New […]
‘Beat Saber’ now has an official song designed to keep you fit
[ad_1] Beat Saber is widely considered a good option for exercise in VR between the frantic arm waving, crouches and dodges, and Beat Games wants to capitalize on that. The studio’s former CEO and now game musician Jaroslav Beck recently released “FitBeat,” a free official song that’s designed to give you a workout. It’ll sound […]
SoulCycle’s $2,500 home-fitness bike is almost ready for pre-order
[ad_1] At the moment, the bike costs $2,500, and if you buy it, you’ll have access to Variis, a streaming platform that will deliver on-demand fitness classes from SoulCycle, Pure Yoga, Equinox and others. Variis is the result of a partnership between Equinox Media and SoulCycle. If you have the bicycle, the app will cost […]
Polar’s Vantage fitness watches now offer daily training guides
[ad_1] The upgrade also adds a Race Pace feature that lets you set a running pace target and get advice on how to meet that goal while you’re in mid-stride. And if you have the Vantage V, you can use Strava Live Segments to compare your running and cycling times to both your earlier results […]
The $1,500 smart fitness mirror now offers personal training sessions
[ad_1] Mirror will match users with trainers based on their preferred workout activity (i.e. yoga, kettlebell, kickboxing), trainer motivational style, session length and schedule. Each session will cost $40 — significantly less than most private coaching sessions — but you’ll need to have the pricey display and a monthly subscription, which costs another $39 per […]
Runkeeper drops its Wear OS app due to a ‘buggy experience’
[ad_1] The representative added that only a “very small” chunk of the community used the app, though the message suggested this wasn’t the main reason. Other developers who’ve scrapped smartwatch apps have frequently cited either demand or a lack of necessity. Slack scrapped its Apple Watch app in part because it just wasn’t needed — […]
Polar’s latest watch knows if you’re too tired for a full workout
[ad_1] As well as the usual sleep quality insights, Polar Ignite also offers recovery insights, which measure how well you’ve recuperated from stress and training throughout the day. Using an optical sensor in the watch, the feature measures the status of your autonomic nervous system, which reveals how recovered you actually are, regardless of how […]