Gizmodo: gym

Prospot Fusion Home Gym Combines the Tedium of Exercise With the Excitement Of Watching Things On a TV

Jason Chen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

As you can tell by our headshots, the only way most of the editors here at Giz would exercise is if you stuck a TV onto gym equipment. Good news! That's exactly what Prospot did with their Fusion HG6. The base unit costs $4699 and looks quite sturdy and useful on its own, but coupled with the on-board media center features it's the rich nerd's only hope to getting in shape—other than sticking a regular home gym in the same room as a regular TV, that is. [Prospotfitness via Born Rich via Coolest Gadgets]

Nike+ Gym Equipment Coming July

AddyDugdale — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:50:00 EDT

Following up on the promise made back in March, Apple and Nike have integrated Nike+ iPod technology into gym equipment. 24 Hour Fitness, the largest fitness chain in the US, will be the first to roll out the equipment to select locations across the country starting in July. [BusinessWire]

Multigym-in-a-Closet Keeps Your Fitness Under Wraps

AddyDugdale — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:45:00 EDT

Gym bunnies amongst you might be interested in the Murphy Gym, a shallow cupboard full of the kind of equipment you need to look like a condom stuffed with walnuts—marbled walnuts if you are either a hunk of Kobe beef, or if you like popping S.T.E.Roids as if they were M&Ms. I'm also guessing that this little gym-in-a-closet might be appealing to pervy modders out there, who could swap the chest expander for something even more black and rubbery. And for those of you who like a nice bit of bedroom farce, this could be the cupboard that the really thin lover, clad in black polo neck and jeans, hides in when his lady friend's husband returns home from work early. [Apartment Therapy]

Nike + iPod to Jack Directly Into Gym Equipment

matt buchanan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:20:45 EST

Nike + iPod is great for running, not so great for most other stuff in the gym. So, Nike and Apple are teaming up with most of the major gym equipment makers—Life Fitness, Precor, Star Trac and Technogym—to make their cardio equipment Nike + iPod-friendly. You'll be able to track workouts on stair steppers, ellipticals, bikes and treadmills and upload them to NikePlus.com, like the standard Nike + iPod. Of course, this all requires to your gym to either buy new equipment or upgrade what they've got, so you might have to wait a while to get on board. [AppleInsider]

Medimo's Vein Reader Gym Machines Lets You Work Your Pinkie to the Max

AddyDugdale — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:48:56 EST

Japanese company Fukui has unveiled 12 gym machines with finger-vein readers, which adjust the settings of the fitness equipment automatically for regular users. Costing around $17,000 each, the gear can be hooked up to a remote server to update gym bunnies' stats—calorie consumption and current exercise regime—with the info then displayed on a touchscreen. Go for the burn, fingers. [Pink Tentacle]

Aquafit Gymnasium-Spa Hybrid is Watery, Ironic

Haroon Malik — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:45:00 EST

Apparently, sitting at your chair all day while blogging about gadgets is not supposed to be so good for your health. That's where Dimension One Spas' Aquafit 19 Dual Temp comes in. The $40,000 gymnasium/spa allows users to have a full, underwater cardiovascular workout by using the included rower, tricep pull-down and simulated jogger or swimming facilities.

The exercise area maintains the water temperature at levels that are ideal for the body's thermoregulation during an intensive workout, while the spa area heats up to get things steamy and soothing. Additionally, the spa area is positioned so close to the gymnasium portion of the tub, you won't have to expend any more calories than is necessary to get there, which is kind of ironic for a gym. So ironic, it's giving us muscle ache just thinking about it. [Bornrich]

Ferrari Home Gym Protected From Annoying Oxidants

gizmodo.com — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:20:30 EDT

The Ferrari home gymnasium, titled 'Unica', is a muscle caviar—an onslaught to the senses and so elite you'll be out of pocket if you so much as glare in its direction. Constructed from nothing but the finest Italian materials, it will set you back a cool $20,290.

The ultra chic gymnasium is preloaded with 25 different exercises, all guided via the onboard Wellness Mate computer. A key card is supplied that may be inserted into both the Wellness Mate and your PC, to corroborate vital fitness progress.

In case you were wondering, yes, the frame is "subject to cataphoresis anti-corrosion treatment prior to being painted" - so you'll be okay submerging it in salt water for a few weeks. Now if you guys can convince Blam to let me into his mansion to try it out, maybe we can get a proper review going. [Product Page]

User-Powered Gym Saves Money (For the Gym)

Jason Chen — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:30:32 EST

Imagine a gym that ran its lights and TVs off the energy that was generated by all the treadmills and stairmasters being used. That's exactly what some guy in Hong Kong did, hamsterizing his gym to power a few TVs and 60-watt light bulbs with workout-power.

This is just a gimmick to get more customers, since all the electricity generated in a year by these only adds up to $183, whereas the installation cost was $15,000. Still, kinda cool if they knock off some of the membership fees for participants. That would get rid of one of about six excuses we have not to work out. – Jason Chen

Gym powered by clients [Uber Gizmo]

Web-based Exercise Machine Keeps You from Looking Like a Spaz

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:22:41 EST

Nothing's more humbling than being at the gym and having some bulky meathead call you out for doing an exercise the wrong way (especially as you try to save face in front of the Shakira-like beauty on the treadmill in front of you). Well, that's where Hammacher's new Interactive Personal Trainer System comes in. This all-in-one home system connects to the Internet and downloads exercise routines you can follow to get in shape. It demonstrates the proper technique on the built-in LCD and keeps you from looking like a moron while trying to do tricep kickbacks. The downside, it'll cost you $16,000. For that kinda money, just get a real trainer. – Louis Ramirez

The Only Interactive Personal Trainer System [Born Rich]