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  • ​Motosumo partners with IYB, an innovative new group fitness program

    ​Motosumo partners with IYB, an innovative new group fitness program

    Motosumo has partnered with Ignite Your Burn (IYB), a new group fitness conditioning program based in Singapore.

    The IYB program combines Peripheral Heart Action training (PHA), High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), active recovery, and heart rate training. This hybrid approach gives IYB instructors the tools to create exciting, dynamic workouts. IYB-certified instructors will receive Mo

  • Motosumo sponsors the world’s largest fitness-education convention, SCW Live Stream MANIA®

    Motosumo sponsors the world’s largest fitness-education convention, SCW Live Stream MANIA®

    Motosumo has been announced as a sponsor of this year's SCW convention, which, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be held entirely online for the first time ever.
    This enormous digital event is powered by Zoom and runs from Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31. It brings together thousands of fitness professionals and business owners for a weekend packed full of seminars and live training sessions

  • Motosumo launches first browser-based 3D game for indoor cycling

    Motosumo launches first browser-based 3D game for indoor cycling

    Danish group fitness app Motosumo has just announced the release of a new 3D game in its latest update.
    The game is designed for indoor cycling workouts and can be launched from the app by users with instructor rights. It divides participants into two teams and pits them against each other in a pedal-pounding race through a lush 3D landscape.
    The game screen is accessed through a web browse

  • Gyms will come out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger than ever. But only if they adapt now.

    Gyms will come out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger than ever. But only if they adapt now.

    At a time when scrolling through the news is a sad and daunting prospect, we believe there’s reason for hope in our industry. Gym owners face an uncertain future, but, even with the doors closed, there are things they can do to weather the storm and, once we get back to a sense of normality, emerge stronger than ever.
    Most gym-goers have realized two things during the global lockdowns:
    They

  • Strava recently stopped supporting Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors. Motosumo has a workaround.

    Strava recently stopped supporting Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors. Motosumo has a workaround.

    Last year, Strava dropped support for external Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors. Thanks to a new integration, Motosumo has a workaround.
    Motosumo works with any Bluetooth-enabled indoor bike (including those with ANT+ sensors) and most heart rate monitors to record data from indoor cycling and group fitness workouts. The new Strava integration automatically uploads all your Motosumo workouts to your

  • ​Motosumo releases algorithm that could make high-tech indoor bikes obsolete

    ​Motosumo releases algorithm that could make high-tech indoor bikes obsolete

    Motosumo uses the sensors inside your smartphone to track fitness data during indoor cycling workouts. One of the metrics it can measure is cadence, i.e., how fast a rider is pedaling. Normally, you could only get this kind of data from an indoor bike with integrated software. Now, thanks to the new algorithm, all you need is a smartphone.
    The algorithm is the work of Motosumo’s tech team, a mo

  • ​Motosumo secures its first gym partnership in South Africa

    ​Motosumo secures its first gym partnership in South Africa

    The revolutionary group fitness app has partnered up with Viva Gym, a fitness chain with studios in seven locations around the country.
    After a successful trial run with 120 members at their Sunningdale studio, near Cape Town, Viva is now rolling out Motosumo in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, with plans to implement it across their entire nationwide chain by the end of 2020.
    Karin Hesse, manager at

  • ​Motosumo lands partnership with French group fitness innovators

    Motosumo, the cutting-edge group fitness app, has announced a partnership with Genae Fitness Club. The French fitness chain is one of the country’s leaders in group fitness, with over 5,000 members and a thriving indoor cycling community.
    For years Genae has been making a name for itself as an innovator in the industry. “On several occasions we’ve been the first operator to embrace new technolo

  • Motosumo users plant 2,106 trees for #TeamTrees

    Motosumo users plant 2,106 trees for #TeamTrees

    338 gyms participated in #TrainForTrees, a week-long drive to raise money for #TeamTrees and the Arbor Day Foundation.
    The concept was simple. For every 2,000kcals burned using the Motosumo app, we vowed to plant a tree. We were blown away by the response. Over 4,000 users from all over the world joined forces to turn their group fitness workouts into real-life, oxygen-pumping trees.
    We cou

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