I attended Club Industry last week. The show was pretty small this year, compared with my last visit in 2011. There were no rides being conducted this year and only Star Trac, Schwinn, Keiser and Matrix had Indoor Cycles on display - only a few each.
Here's what I saw that was new, dumb or otherwise note worthy.
"The 1990's called and wants it's Maximum Heart Rate chart back." I was in too good a mood to confront explain to this vendor as to why the promotion of discredited myths, like age predicted maximum heart rate charts, is a real detriment to our industry.
I”™m not sure peddling this nonsense is in any way creative 🙁
Tae Yoo from Performance IQ was exhibiting with Schwinn. His system connects wirelessly via Ant+ with the AC Performance's M-Power console and displays it on the screen.
You wouldn't have noticed it walking by, but this AC Performance Plus has a Gates carbon drive belt. Not sure when it will be available - you'll need to check with your distributor if you're planning a purchase. In case you're wondering, this belt system (same as on the FreeMotion S11.9) would be my choice if I was considering either brand of Indoor Cycles.
Matrix was displaying the new version of the ICG Indoor Cycle. It was kind of sad not to have Jim Karanas there to ask him about it. There's a bunch of changes, but I couldn't get anyone's attention to explain them to me...
And last, but not least... how about taking a class lead by a Holographic Instructor? I took some pictures of a scaled down display of a company called HolograFit, but they didn't turn out. Keying off the "Virtual Instructor" craze (which I'm not seeing as being overly successful so far for anyone) HolograFit's display system projects a holographic 3D image in the front of the room, for everyone to follow. Like multiple other virtual Instructor systems, they provide a catalog of classes that can be shown between live classes or some enterprising studio owner could purchase the $80,000 system and eschew Instructors all together.
Here's a pic from their website.
Is it me, or is she riding without cleats or cages?
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John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
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Is it me or does the instructor riding that bike look familiar?
Now that you mention it 🙂
I am mesmerized by the Holografit “thing”. It looks like a disaster in the making.
John, it would be great if we could take a look back in a year or so from now to see how far they made it.
Another idea for an article would be to look back into “far out ideas” from previous shows and see where they are today. Did they make it?
Alan if you walk the perimeter of these trade shows you see all sorts of new creations. At IHRSA there was a new exercise machine that uses arm cranks and normal pedals at the same time – wasn’t able to even their website.
I don’t typically go to these shows every year, so it’s hard to know who’s not back.