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26 Apr 2007
Kettler's cycling concept wins FIBO innovation award
Supplier: Heinz Kettler GmbH & Co. KG
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Winner of the Health Promotion category of the 2007 FIBO Innovation Awards was Kettler's Tour Concept 1.0 training software.
With it, the company has developed what it believes is the world's first GPS-assisted exercise bike.
The software simulates training rides on the basis of real topographical features previously recorded during a real cycle tour. A PDA device (Personal Digital Assistant) produces a GPS (Global Positioning System) recording of the course which is then directly transmitted via the software to the Kettler Ergometer.
As a result, any course can now be repeated in a training room with the reverse also being possible. Using the interactive maps, a tour can be planned on a PC, prepared in indoor training sessions and repeated outdoors with GPS navigation.
The system allows up to eight people to exercise with or against each other, the performance controls on the bikes responding automatically to the topographical features of the real course.
Training data such as performance in watts, heart rate, course and duration of training are transmitted simultaneously to the course coach, represented graphically and stored.
Of the other two award categories, Nautilus Deutschland won the Training Equipment sector with its TreadClimber® machine, while LSP Sporternahrung's VASO NO-X® nutrient complex won that for Sports Nutrition.
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Supplier: Heinz Kettler GmbH & Co. KG
Ense-Parsit Germany
The KETTLER group was established in Germany in 1949 and has around 3500 employees at its manufacturing sites throughout Germany, and its subsidiaries worldwide. KETTLER brands are universally recognised and symbolise quality, style and durability, whether you are looking for fitness equipment or garden furniture, a table tennis table or one of our famous Kettcars.
Web:
www.kettler.net
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