ActiveCyclingWondercise has a cheap Peloton rival that is like an exercise TransformerMulti-position Flex Cycle joins Wondercise range including advanced movement tracking and a social network for fitnessWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveCyclingWondercise has a cheap Peloton rival that is like an exercise TransformerMulti-position Flex Cycle joins Wondercise range including advanced movement tracking and a social network for fitnessWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Multi-position Flex Cycle joins Wondercise range including advanced movement tracking and a social network for fitness
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Wondercise)
(Image credit: Wondercise)
Fitness is a big deal at atCESin Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show this year has featured a few would-be Peloton beaters, but none quite as off-beat or as technologically advanced as the Wondercise Flex Cycle. Part of the new Wondercise Cycle Studio setup, this four-position exercise bike is like some kind of workout Transformer, letting you exercise in multiple positions to suit your style and to tone different muscle groups. As good as thePeloton Bike+is, it only has one positional setting, after all.
The Flex Cycle boasts four different positional modes, albeit some of them are a little odd(Image credit: Wondercise)
The Flex Cycle boasts four different positional modes, albeit some of them are a little odd
The Flex Cycle boasts four different positional modes, albeit some of them are a little odd
(Image credit: Wondercise)
So what is Wondercise Cycle Studio?
Wondercise Cycle Studio is a smart cycle training system, which is very comparable indeed to Peloton’s. It’s a segment of Wondercise Studio, which includes a wide range of workouts, from experts including – get this – ‘four-time MMA champion Luis ‘Baboon’ Palomino’. Okay.
As I mentioned up top, Wondercise Studio – including Cycle Studio – is also a kind of fitness social network, with live streaming workout capabilities. Wondercise says Studio also allows you to ‘receive personalized advice and feedback from trainers in real-time… message and interact with others in a class… follow others and build your own network.’
Also cribbed from existing networks such as Peloton’s there are live leaderboards so you can see how well you’re doing compared to your past performance and your peers', and heart-rate tracking and calorie burn estimates via compatible devices from Apple,Garminand Wondercise itself.
This kind of gameifying of fitness has been shown to work really well and to be highly addictive, in a good way.
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Anyway, back to Wondercise Cycle Studio and Flex Cycle.
Flex Cycle can be paired with Wondercise’s two fitness bands, as well as a number of Apple Watches and Garmin devices(Image credit: Wondercise)
Flex Cycle can be paired with Wondercise’s two fitness bands, as well as a number of Apple Watches and Garmin devices
Flex Cycle can be paired with Wondercise’s two fitness bands, as well as a number of Apple Watches and Garmin devices
(Image credit: Wondercise)
Flex Cycle is ‘the world’s first 4-in-1 exercise bike’, allowing you to access a choice of 4 training modes and 2 seat configurations, via manual adjustments to the bike’s frame. It also appears to fold up for storage, although Wondercise hasn’t mentioned this in its promotional material.
As well as heart rate tracking via Wondercise’s Timeless Band, anApple Watchor compatible Garmin device, you can also strap on one or more Wondercise Trackers. These allow the system to monitor the movement of your body – presumably your legs primarily, in this case – to ‘detect and track rider’s training capacity.’
As this handy graphic shows, Wondercise Studio means you can now livestream your workouts to appreciative followers and watchers(Image credit: Wondercise)
As this handy graphic shows, Wondercise Studio means you can now livestream your workouts to appreciative followers and watchers
As this handy graphic shows, Wondercise Studio means you can now livestream your workouts to appreciative followers and watchers
(Image credit: Wondercise)
Eric Chuang, Wondercise CEO, says: “With increased time spent training at home, our mission remains to revolutionise the way people get fit and healthy. These new products epitomize our ambitions to grow as a company, offering unique, advanced, and sociable experiences that make exercise easier, stress-free, and enjoyable.
“We understand people desire the flexibility to work out when and where they like, with highly accurate performance tracking technologies, which they can do with their friends and family. All of our new products, in particular the Wondercise Studio social media platform, allows customers the opportunities to do that on-demand.”
Wondercise has thrown a lot of elements into the mix, here. Possibly too many, but you have to admire their ambition. With the likes of Peloton now finding it increasingly difficult to attract new users for its more premium offering, Wondercise could clean up, but time will tell on that front. It’ll largely depend on whether the Flex Bike is as good as it looks, and whether it’s as cheap as I expect it to be. Also if the Studio social network takes off and wondercise’s training programmes prove to be of high enough quality.
Wondercise Studio, Cycle Studio, Flex Bike, Timeless Band and Trackers are all set for roll-out worldwide this year. We don’t have any pricing info at this point but hope to have more news and a Flex Cycle review as soon as possible.
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