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Concept2 and Selfloops

From the Concept2 blog, we repost the same content here.

There are many ways that technology can add variety to your routine. In addition to our free app, ErgData, there are a number of apps that connect with the Performance Monitor 5 (PM5) via Bluetooth and ANT+. (If you have a PM2, PM3 or PM4, there still are a few options to consider which may require a cable or other additional device. The PM5 can also be retrofitted to all models.)

While these apps are not developed, serviced or supported by Concept2, we’re excited to share these details because we know that the features and functions interest athletes of all abilities. We will continue to share our favorites via social media, so follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.

Selfloops is an innovative company at the intersection of sports performance and fitness. Selfloops offers an advanced platform for coaches, gyms and athletes to track and analyze sports performance, both indoors and outdoors.

Selfloops Group Fitness Premium (for Group Training)

The Selfloops Group Fitness Premium application supports the ANT+ standard and it can track multiple heart rate monitors, and real-time workout data coming from multiple PM5s on the Concept2 RowErg, SkiErg and BikeErg. It’s widely used in rowing clubs, CrossFit boxes and gyms in 46 countries. With the Group Fitness service, coaches can monitor their class(es) and train people according to their fitness intensity zones. The integration of real-time data and post-workout advanced analytics is what makes Selfloops unique.

Track multiple Concept2 RowErgs, SkiErgs and BikeErgs wirelessly and in real time. Color-coded “tiles” represent data from the PM5.

What people really like is that all the metrics can be tracked and shown on a large screen. This keeps motivation high and helps users reach their fitness goals. During a training session, a coach can easily check the screen and see who might need to push harder and who might need to slow down. Data “tiles” represent PM5 data—one for each user/PM5—and can be color-coded based on heart rate zones, power zones, cadence/stride zones or according to a target metric such as distance and Calories.

Selfloops is continuously innovating and pushing what is possible using the latest technologies. The latest innovation is Selfloops Streams that provides live streaming of video and data. With this new service, gyms can train their clients, track their performance from a distance, keeping them engaged and motivated.

Selfloops Spark (for Individuals)

The Selfloops Spark app is the only Apple Watch application that allows you to track your workouts with Concept2 RowErgs, SkiErgs and BikeErgs. The optical heart rate sensor of the Apple Watch is used to track your heart rate. You can also see different metrics on your Apple Watch like power, strokes per minute and more. After the workout, the data is synced automatically to the Apple HealthKit and the Selfloops website. It is also possible to automatically synchronize your workouts with the Concept2 Online Logbook.

The Selfloops motto is, “you can only improve what you measure” and the company is committed to providing the tools to coaches, gyms and athletes to track and analyze their sport performances.

Selfloops integrated with the Mio Labs app

The Mio Labs app is now integrated with Selfloops. This means you can upload your workouts, tracked with the Mio Labs app directly on the Selfloops website.

Training with a pro – Mattia Viel

On Saturday, May 2 at 18.00 Italian time (5pm in London, 12pm New York, 9am San Francisco, 1pm Rio de Janeiro) the professional cyclist Mattia Viel will train in a Live Streaming session open to all amateur and pro cyclists.

The Selfloops Streams platform will be used.

All participants will be able to stream their heart rate and view their data during the event, thus comparing themselves with the other athletes and enthusiasts in the session.

Thanks to Mattia Viel and team Androni-Sidermec pro cycling team for participating at this event.

Participation to the event is totally FREE, to register simply follow the instructions at this LINK.

SELFLOOPS Streams

We have been working on this project for a long time and the time has come to make it public.

Reach your clients Anywhere, Anytime

SELFLOOPS STREAMS allows you to live stream your classes and monitor your clients workout intensity in real-time, anywhere they are.

Retain your clients and keep them engaged

Many of you clients may not be able to come to the gym with the new restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus.

This is the time to keep them involved, engaged, anywhere they are, at any time.

Your clients will use our SELFLOOPS Fitness smartphone application, available for Android and iPhone together with a heart rate monitor (any Bluetooth HRM).

If they have an Apple Watch, they can use our SELFLOOPS Spark app to join the Live Streaming sessions as they do when they train at your gym.

Video Streaming

SELFLOOPS STREAMS provides data streaming and video streaming. Currently the service is integrated with YouTube Live and YouTube video on demand.

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A Group Fitness application that can be used anywhere, anytime

SELFLOOPS is in the Spotlight at the ANT Alliance website.

The latest 2020 American College of Sport Medicine Fitness Trends are out and Wearable Tech, HIIT and Group Training top the list. Selfloops and ANT+ play to these trends through enabling the integration of real-time data and post workout advanced analytics in a group workout setting. By using ANT+, Selfloops enables a portable Group Fitness application that gyms and coaches can use anywhere, anytime.

A member of the ANT+ Alliance since 2012, Selfloops is an innovative company at the intersection of sports performance and fitness. The Selfloops Group Fitness application tracks real-time multiple heart rate monitors, rowers, treadmills and bikes, so coaches can monitor their class – helping train people according to their fitness intensity zones.

A key function of the ANT+ protocol is that it enables Selfloops to support a variety of fitness machines, sensors and displays. This means that any heart rate monitors or fitness machines that work with the ANT+ standard are supported.

The Group Fitness setup is very simple, and the service runs on a broad range of platforms and devices. Fitness clubs and gyms just need an Android device, an Apple TV or an iPad to track and visualize the entire group session. Recently, the Selfloops Group Fitness application has been ported on the Android TV OS and it is the first certified ANT+ app on the Android TV Play store.

Selfloops is a partner of the Italian Cycling Federation and is currently used by pro athletes and teams who participate in events such as the Giro d’Italia. Additionally, Selfloops services are used in clubs and gyms in an impressive 46 countries around the world – You can only improve what you measure!

ANT+ Alliance (www.thisisant.com/directory/)
With its standardized communication platform, ANT+ enables quick-to-market solutions which has resulted in an ecosystem of world-class technology vendors in the ANT+ Alliance, an open special interest group of companies who have adopted the ANT+ promise of interoperability. These industry leaders offer readily available brand name products for sport, fitness
and wellness management. Visit thisisant.com/directory for a complete listing of ANT+ certified and verified products.