{"id":3596,"date":"2018-06-19T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2018-06-19T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:11:00","slug":"matrix-fitness-launches-apple-gymkit-at-fitness-first-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/matrix-fitness-launches-apple-gymkit-at-fitness-first-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Fitness Launches Apple GymKit at Fitness First in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matrix-300x56.png\" alt=\"Matrix: Strong, Smart, Beautiful\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matrix-300x56.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matrix-200x37.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matrix-800x148.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matrix.png 847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Matrix: Strong, Smart, Beautiful<\/p>\n<p><strong>COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> &#8211; Matrix Fitness, a fast-growing commercial fitness brand, announced the implementation of more than 1,500 pieces of Apple GymKit-enabled cardio fitness machines at 18 different Fitness First facilities across the New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and the ACT in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>With this installation, Fitness First members are now able to pair their Apple Watches to GymKit-enabled Matrix Fitness treadmills, ellipticals, Ascent Trainers, ClimbMills and stationary bikes to get the most personalized, accurate metrics possible with the first two-way data synchronization. Once paired through a simple tap to the console, the machine shows heart rate and calories burned directly from the Apple Watch, while the machine provides data on distance, incline and speed back to the Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are always looking at how we can best utilize innovative technologies to create an amplified exercise experience for our members.\u201d Says Greg Oliver, CEO and Managing Director of Fitness &#038; Lifestyle Group, parent company to health club chains Fitness First, Jetts, Zap, and Goodlife. \u201cIntroducing this new and exciting Apple GymKit technology to our clubs has been truly thrilling for us, as we&#8217;re delivering another way to keep our members motivated and on track to achieve their fitness goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology continues to shape our lives, including how we exercise,\u201d said Mark Zabel, Chief Marketing Officer of Johnson Health Tech. \u201cAt Matrix, we\u2019re leveraging that technology to help introduce leading solutions, like Apple GymKit, that give exercisers more precise and personalized data \u2013 data they can use to elevate their exercise experiences, inform their decisions, and improve their outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Apple GymKit is available on all Matrix Fitness 7xe and 7xi treadmills, ellipticals, ClimbMills\u00ae, Ascent Trainers\u00ae and exercise bikes. For more information about Matrix and available fitness solutions, visit matrixfitness.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COTTAGE GROVE, WI<\/strong> &#8211; Matrix Fitness, a fast-growing commercial fitness brand, announced the implementation of more than 1,500 pieces of Apple GymKit-enabled cardio fitness machines at 18 different Fitness First facilities across the New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and the ACT in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[370,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3597,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions\/3597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}