Precor Launches New High-Intensity Interval Training Console and Releases Preva 7.0 Software
Posted: August 31, 2017 in Suppliers
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WOODINVILLE, WA – In direct response to the growing shift towards one of the top training trends in the industry, fitness supplier and manufacturer Precor has launched the P30i Interval Console, a unique console, specifically designed for high-intensity interval training (H.I.I.T) on the Precor 700 Line treadmill (TRM 731). Additionally, the latest global software release from Precor, Preva OS 7.0, is bringing popular audio and video entertainment options and further advances to networked consoles featured on Precor cardio equipment across 82 countries.
Voted one of the Top 3 Fitness Trends in 2017 by the ACSM Health and Fitness Journal, facilities are looking to help members incorporate H.I.I.T into their workouts.
The introduction of the P30i console on the 700 Line treadmill gives operators the ability to incorporate small-group interval training in their facility and provide exercisers with a ‘get-on-and-go’ workout experience.
Designed with an easily programmable training platform for alternating periods of short, intense aerobic exercise with less intense recovery periods, the interval intensity can be changed quickly with one-touch speed keys that adjust between 1 and 12 mph and incline keys that adjust between 0 and 15%, allowing exercisers to dynamically adapt their training at any time during the workout.
For added convenience, three speed and incline interval settings give exercisers the ability to program low, medium, and high intensity workouts. Exercisers can simply concentrate on their workout as the three settings keys allow for an easy transition to each of the saved speed and incline levels.
Additional console readouts include pace, distance, heart rate, and time. A workout graph keeps exercisers motivated by showing interval intensity incrementing every 30 seconds.
Whether instructor-led or on their own, exercisers can also integrate non-treadmill interval activities. By hitting the pause button, the treadmill will default to a three minute pause time and initiates a countdown, providing the exerciser time to perform body weight or resistance exercises off the treadmill.
Adam Hubbard, Director of Product Management at Precor, said: “Interval training on treadmills is all about dynamic changes between speed and incline, and the pace at which transitions can occur is a vital component. The new P30i console commands the treadmill to operate smoothly between these transitions. As the console is so easy to use, operators have more versatility to offer H.I.I.T to exercisers working out on their own or offer small-group interval training classes.”
Woodinville, WA – The latest global software release from Precor, Preva OS 7.0, is bringing popular audio and video entertainment options and further advances to networked consoles featured on Precor cardio equipment across 82 countries.
With over 62,000 Preva networked consoles worldwide, Precor leads the way in fitness technology and continues to improve its offering for operators and exercisers through ongoing automatic and seamless software updates. This update targets Precor cardio equipment featuring the latest touch screen consoles, the P82 (15-inch screen) and P62 (10-inch screen).
Along with delivering on its promise of ‘fitness made personal’ by enabling exercisers to access their personal audio and video entertainment app accounts via networked Precor consoles, this software release brings tools and services to enable facilities to deliver on their business model through the Precor console.
“We have expanded the capabilities of the MyUI suite of tools with a new feature called ‘Manage Apps’, which allows operators to select which media and entertainment sources they want to make available on the networked Precor consoles,” explains Jeff Bartee, Principle Product Manager at Precor. “Our customers want control over how they deliver their brand experience and reach optimal business health.”
In addition, the 7.0 software release enables Single Sign On (SSO) relieving exercisers of the need to enter a login and password for each entertainment app, allowing them to access their workout more quickly. Now, with a single touch, exercisers need only input their account credentials once in the Preva operating system, giving them instant access to their personal audio and video entertainment apps.
“Precor continually strives to personalize the exerciser experience. Enabling single-touch access and using as much of the console screen as possible to display an exerciser’s preferred video service were crucial requirements to delivering a compelling experience within the context of a workout,” comments Bartee.
With personalization comes the need for privacy. The MyProfile app also debuts in this release to allow exercisers to be in control of their information and easily manage their Preva account information and third party app login credentials.
The Preva 7.0 release enables a new option, the media adapter, for P82 and P62 customers. The media adapter supports the Pro:Idiom™ encryption needs of hotels and connection to a DIRECTV® set-top-box for access to hundreds of High Definition (HD) channels.
Bartee concludes, “Exercisers compare our digital experience to what they have on their phones. The Preva 7.0 release meet that threshold by enabling a single touch launch of apps, providing the ability to personalize the layout of the home screen, and delivering curated, compelling, and fresh content on a regular basis. No one else does that.”
