Hydrow, Inc.

A mounting apparatus for exercise equipment includes a first elongate support member having a first end, a second end, and a connector positioned along a first portion of the first elongate support member and arranged to detachably connect to a portion of the exercise equipment. The mounting apparatus further includes a second elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a first vertex. The mounting apparatus further includes a third elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a second vertex.

Among other things, a rowing exercise machine includes a movable inertial element, an eddy current brake coupled to the movable inertial element, a rowing grip coupled to the movable inertial element, and control circuitry coupled to the eddy current brake to cause a resistance to motion of the rowing grip during part of a rowing stroke. The resistance to motion of the rowing grip during the drive phase of the rowing stroke conforms to a target feel for a rower. The target feel corresponds to a feel for a rower of a target other rowing exercise machine or other target feel of interest.

Among other things, a processor executes instructions to: update, in real time during a current instance of an exercise activity by a subject competitor, a graphical user interface displayed on a display device, the display device being included in a first exercise machine operated by the subject competitor or included in a mobile electronic device. The graphical user interface includes: a ranking of the subject competitor and a second competitor based on (i) a projected performance metric of the subject competitor over a predefined scope of the exercise activity compared to (ii) a historical performance metric of the second competitor over the predefined scope of the exercise activity in a previous instance of the exercise activity, an illustration of a margin between the historical performance metric of the second competitor and the projected performance metric for the subject competitor, and an illustration of the projected performance metric.

This application relates to apparatus and methods for rowing machine systems. In some examples, an instrumented handle for a rowing machine includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a processor, a transceiver, a memory device, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a pulse sensor. The instrumented handle also includes an actuator embedded in a handle grip of the instrumented handle. The processor is configured to communicate with a server, such as a cloud-based server, via the transceiver. The processor may receive sensor data from the accelerometer, the gyroscope, and the pulse sensor, and may generate rower data based on the received sensor data. Further, the processor may transmit the rower data to the server for updating an application, such as a leaderboard or a simulation. In some examples, the processor provides the rower data for display on a display of the rowing machine.

Among other things, a rowing technology includes a first rowing machine having an electromagnetic brake providing a resistance to a rower of the machine in each rowing stroke of a series of rowing strokes of the rower An electronic controller causes the resistance of the electromagnetic brake to vary over each rowing stroke in a profile that emulates resistance to which another rower in a shell on water or on a second rowing machine is subjected in each rowing stroke of a corresponding series of rowing strokes.

Among other things, a rowing exercise machine includes a movable inertial element, an eddy current brake coupled to the movable inertial element, a rowing grip coupled to the movable inertial element, and control circuitry coupled to the eddy current brake to cause a resistance to motion of the rowing grip during part of a rowing stroke. The resistance to motion of the rowing grip during the drive phase of the rowing stroke conforms to a target feel for a rower. The target feel corresponds to a feel for a rower of a target other rowing exercise machine or other target feel of interest.

An exercise machine includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis; a spool configured to receive a strap and drive rotation of the shaft about the axis in response to movement of the strap; a flywheel configured to rotate about the axis; one or more conductive coils arranged to generate magnetic fields that induce eddy currents in the flywheel; a clutch configured to engage and disengage transmission of torque between the spool and the flywheel; and a spring arranged around the axis, the spring configured to exert a return torque on the spool about the axis in response to rotation of the shaft.

A mounting apparatus for exercise equipment includes a first elongate support member having a first end, a second end, and a connector positioned along a first portion of the first elongate support member and arranged to detachably connect to a portion of the exercise equipment. The mounting apparatus further includes a second elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a first vertex. The mounting apparatus further includes a third elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a second vertex.