Gizmodo: gyms

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 + 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]