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GymKit is one of those technologies that I always have felt Apple didn’t push enough or advertise enough. A couple of years after GymKit was announced we were in the market for a treadmill for home use. The only company I could find that had products that integrated GymKit was TechnoGym. At the time the pricing was out of our budget, I think the lowest cost treadmill that TechnoGym offered with GymKit was around $14,000.
A few weeks ago I needed some new dumbbells and went to the local fitness supply store. For reference, I’ve been working part-time at a gym for 17 years and this is the store our gym uses to buy equipment. While I was there I was talking to the “sales guy” and asked if he knew if GymKit was available on replacement head units for the indoor cycle we have at home. He didn’t know what GymKit is. In his defense, they don’t carry TechnoGym, which, outside of Peloton, is the only manufacturer I’ve ever heard of that supported GymKit. But to me that’s ridiculous. How is it possible that a guy who works at a fitness supply store doesn’t know anything about GymKit when GymKit has been available for so long? That’s a failure on Apple’s part.
By the way, I’ve used GymKit enabled equipment a few times, usually at hotels, and it works well. If I use our home treadmill my watch doesn’t get the mileage as accurately as the treadmill does and the treadmill doesn’t get my heart rate/calorie burn as accurately as my watch does. Using GymKit resolves those issues and it’s really nice.
