Another piece of equipment I was checking out was the Concept2 rower. It comes in two models. D and E. I think the only difference is that the E version sits up higher at 20 inches instead of the 14 inches on the D and some other small upgrades for a $200 bump.
My understanding is that they both come with an adaptor to monitor your performance that can sync to Bluetooth devices and where you can export your workout data. >From the looks of it, the Concept line always gets top billing for best home >rowers out there without going into the more pricey models that can run >upwards of $3000 plus. I believe I even came across an AppleVis forum where someone asked about accessible rowers and someone mentioned that the wireless adaptor concept2 thing is completely accessible. In general though, I think the most we as blind end users are going to get is the ability to access our workout info after the workout. I don’t think I’ve come across anything that somehow allows to monitor a workout on any of these machines in real time or the ability to navigate the menus for different programs or profiles and such. My Nautilus for example can have four different profiles. Weight, height, goals, etc. All that sort of stuff though is inaccessible to me. My wife had to input all that in and basically, my profile is the default and whenever she jumps on it, she just switches over to hers and back to mine when she’s done. My Schwinn recumbent bike is touch screen. I just marked it up for the basics., Resistance, time, etc for when I just want to do a manual workout, but I still use my wife’s eyeballs if I want to do a preset program. Easy enough if she’s around or if she’s not home or whatever, we just facetime and she guides me through the options. Since it’s an older model, what I’ll sometimes do is set a timer on my iPhone 1 or 2 minutes before the program is set to end and facetime her so she can read me my statistics at the end. I know not everyone’s got a pare of live-in or willing eyeballs, but for the bike at least, this inelegant solution has more or less worked for me so far. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 9:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Exercise equipment and GymKit Thanks, Cristobal and Dan, I have heard about these subscription based workout gadgets and that part doesn’t interest me at all, but it would be nice to have access to some of the information GymKit measures, I’ll continue to look into this a bit, as I said, I wouldn’t mind finding something, but if it takes another year and maybe by then GymKit makes its way into the home fitness equipment market that’s OK, too, I have a feeling Apple didn’t create this only for professional gyms. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 3:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Exercise equipment and GymKit The only bluetooth enabled piece of workout equipment I currently own is my Nautilus 618 treadmill. Mainly to sync my workouts with the Nautilus app and Apple health. As far as actually manipulating the treadmill via my phone… It’s still the various buttons on the machine itself. I’ve got a Schwinn recumbent bike that I’ve had for going on 12 years and while I’ve looked into some stationary bike upgrades with Bluetooth, I can’t say there’s really been anything that’s jumped out at me. I’ll probably ride that bad boy until it gives up the ghost. I mean, there’s the Peloton line of equipment, but accessibility aside, it also comes with a premium price tag as well as a monthly subscription. Cristóbal From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 2:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Exercise equipment and GymKit Hi, My wife and I may be in the market for some sort of home gym equipment, most likely a stationary bike to start with. I am not in a big hurry with this and just thought I start checking into this and what works or does not work with the Apple ecosystem since we both have iPhones and Apple Watches, our new series 5 watches have shipped and I would certainly give priority to any equipment which supports this as long as it is also of good quality. One quick Google search brought up an apple Insider article about GymKit which was released 2 years ago, but while about 6 or 8 manufacturers are listed, the article also says that this for now is only available in professional equipment and is not available in home equipment. They mentioned one piece, can’t remember if it was a stationary bike or Stairmaster, but they said something about it costing $14,000 which is certainly beyond the budget of any normal home user. Maybe if you are a multi-millionaire and you can afford a home with a one or two thousand square foot home gym you could also afford to stock it with equipment of that nature, but while I am prepared to pay a premium for a premium piece of equipment which we would have for the next 10 or 15 years there are limits. Best regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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