{"id":14064,"date":"2022-04-12T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=14064"},"modified":"2022-04-12T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T06:03:24","slug":"successful-use-of-tech-in-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/successful-use-of-tech-in-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful use of Tech In Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The rise of the wearable fitness tracker has been a long time coming.\u00a0 Those among us that were familiar with the early pedometers (loved those!) and early heart rate monitors (not so much) could see that lack of accuracy and integration made them more novelty than useful tool.<\/p>\n

The accuracy issues have almost been laid to rest (see later) and with a smart phone in everyone\u2019s pocket solving the integration problem then the age of the wearable is upon us. The pandemic also pushed the online fitness provision massively forward.<\/p>\n

Online vs. Real Person\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The digital vs. IRL challenge was never one that either would or will win outright.\u00a0 Nothing can beat a\u00a0motivating, expert and inspiring coach standing in front of you and getting the best out of you and your fellow exercisers.\u00a0 That is a feeling that cannot be replicated online.<\/p>\n

However, to think that any modern fitness provider can do without the\u00a0digital input\u00a0in some form, or another is missing a trick.\u00a0 Whether it is using a 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0party platform for on-demand digital classes, doing your own or slotting some live sessions into your timetable, it is here to stay.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0RISE Fitness\u00a0our digital side is via our\u00a0software\u00a0provider partner who has developed a library of thousands of exercises each with an avatar that can be curated by the RISE coach for individuals who need additional training or a holiday program.<\/p>\n

Wearables<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The other high profile addition to the fitness landscape is the wearable fitness tracker.\u00a0 This is becoming a competitive field for the hardware and software side of things.\u00a0 What makes a great wearable?\u00a0 We think<\/p>\n

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  • Ease of wear \u2013 got to be comfortable and not get in the way<\/li>\n
  • Accuracy \u2013 needs to be reflective of effort otherwise the user will stop using<\/li>\n
  • Dynamic accuracy \u2013 if using in class the devise must be able to cope with rapid body movement and still push out data in seconds<\/li>\n
  • Understandable outputs \u2013 if you start to make it too hard to understand again users will not stick with it.\u00a0 It\u2019s got to mean something!<\/li>\n
  • Great app \u2013 the coms output of the device has to feed somewhere and that somewhere better deliver in terms of ease of use, fun and sociability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We use\u00a0Myzone\u00a0as it ticks all the boxes.\u00a0 We get a great partner app that sits neatly within our app as a tile; we get MEPs to use in our challenges; we get members motivated by their gamification; chest devise is accurate and the wrist device convenient.\u00a0 We tend not to use the wrist device in session as it struggles to keep up and RISE members have their results live on their phones during very session.<\/p>\n

    We make this central to out offering as each member gets a device when they join.\u00a0 This is a brilliant marketing tool as well as a retention tool from the moment they put it on and do a RISE session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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