Computer games have just got healthy and exercise has just become interesting with the launch of the XR Bike from Instyle Fitness. 

The XR Bike is an aero position cardio exercise bike with steering, gears and an immersive audio-video experience. 

Instyle Fitness have many years experience in the business of supplying quality exercise bikes and the XR is their latest offering. The bike is built from top quality, sweat resistant components that will be trouble free in any gym. The bike has an on-board computer which can record and analyse the efforts of the rider against defined exercise regimes. It can even monitor standard fitness tests. The computer will also deliver both live action video and a computer generated experience to the screen, so that rider is immersed in a route. 

Real life video includes video footage of Tour de France sections and other famous bike races. 

Instyle Fitness owner Duncan Lawson comments; “We are trying to take the slog out of cardio exercise and make it fun. Athletes have received the XR Bike very well and many have commented what a great motivational aid it is. We expect the bike to be very popular with triathletes and other endurance athletes who are looking fro an exciting alternative to roadwork.” 

To find out more about XR Bike and the rest of the instyle fitness range go to www.xrbike.co.uk

 
Duncan Lawson can be contacted on 01342 315933

At 10.00am Thursday 17 July, Sackville School in East Grinstead and Hazelwick in Crawley became the first schools in the UK to take on the concept of interactive web-racing. For an hour, up to three age groups from each school raced each other on bikes 'live' via internet link up. This is trail blazing stuff as it is the first time anything like this has been staged anywhere in the world let alone the UK and it has the potential to help revolutionize childrens' fitness, by getting youngsters excited about taking more exercise.

Each school was supplied with two children's exercise bikes hooked up to the internet, which will allow them to race on a variety of virtual reality tracks, including across the moon, over deserts and in the snow. Not only are all competitors seen on screen they are also heard, just as if they were really there, 'out on the open road '.

The teams racing took place their own school gyms with other pupils giving their support, the races being projected onto a big wall screen at each venue. Three year groups participated (yr groups 8/9/10).

One of the merits of the day was to encourage youngsters to take more exercise. Motivation is the key word and software technology that taps into youth culture, allowing pupils to race against others when riding an exercise bike or, indeed, when using other fitness machines, such as treadmills or rowers, offers motivation in spades!

There is even potential to race against schools in other countries.

The exercise bikes are being donated to the schools by Instyle Fitness based in East Grinstead.

For more information about Instyle Fitness and web-racing, visit their website at www.instylefitness.co.uk

Contact Duncan Lawson at Instyle on 01342 315933