A treadmill includes a platform where the platform includes a first side panel and a second side panel spaced apart at a distance from the first side panel, and a gap defined between the first side panel and the second side panel. The treadmill also includes a running deck contained within the platform and exposed within the gap, a first pulley connected to the running deck, a second pulley connected to the running deck opposite the first pulley, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley. A motor is in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley or the second pulley. A cover is located over the motor. A scale mechanism is incorporated into the cover over the motor.

A fitness tracking system includes a shoe, a monitoring device, and a controller. The monitoring device is mounted on the shoe and includes an accelerometer configured to generate acceleration data corresponding to acceleration of a foot received by the shoe. The controller is operably connected to the accelerometer and is configured to collect sampled acceleration data by sampling the generated acceleration data, to identify foot strike data of the sampled acceleration data, to identify a local minimum of the sampled acceleration data collected prior to the foot strike data, and to determine foot strike characteristic data corresponding to the foot strike data based on an acceleration value at the local minimum.

A golf training device and method indicates the proper position and/or motion of the golfer's trail wrist during the club downswing. The device may detect that desired DWLA is attained and provide real-time alerts of same. The device may provide positive feedback in the form of an auditory, tactile, visual and/or other signal.

A treadmill may include two separate left and right belts rotating around two sets of rollers, four legs having an adjustable height via air suspension to customize an inclination of the treadmill, a thermoelectric assembly, a fragrance assembly having a rotating fragrance cartridge to emit various smells toward a user of the treadmill, a display on which exercise programs are played, and an attachment module having a dispensing tray on which treats are dispensed. A handle of the treadmill may have a sensor to sense a height and front-rear position, and a belt divider provided between the left and right belts may have position or proximity sensors to sense a left-right position. An inclination of the treadmill may be automatically adjusted according to positions detected by the sensors, and the fragrance assembly, attachment module, and inclination may be automatically operated in accordance with an exercise program played on the display.

A method and apparatus for automatically scoring a golf player includes detecting and recording the golf player at a golf tee pad by an identification reading device at the golf tee pad reading an identification device of a golf club that is used by the golf player. Movement of a golf ball after it is hit by the golf club is detected. A location of the golf ball when the golf ball stops is recorded and the golf player is credited with a stroke. Subsequently, each time movement of the golf ball is detected, the location of the golf ball is updated and the golf player is credited with another of the stroke.

A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.

An active suspension orthotic support system is disclosed. The suspension orthotic support system comprises at least one variable resistance beam extending from a heel section to a mid-arch section of the footwear, wherein rotation of the variable resistance beam from a first position to a second position causes a resistance provided by the variable resistance beam to vary between a minimum resistance to a maximum resistance.

Provided are a fitness control system and a spinning bicycle. The system includes: a central controlling unit for detecting change information of each parameter of the fitness equipment; and a terminal device for controlling, according to the change information of each parameter of the fitness equipment, a virtual character to simulate movement of a user who uses the fitness equipment in the target fitness scene, and for real-time detecting during a virtual character simulates movement of the user, the road condition information in the target fitness scene, and feeding back to the central controlling unit a control signal matching a set condition. The central controlling unit is also configured to control, according to the control signal, the fitness equipment to generate feedback matching the influence.

A basketball shooting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a backboard and rim assembly having a backboard positioned in parallel with ground and ceiling and a rim member attached in perpendicular to the backboard. The apparatus further comprises an assistive learning system (ALS), a frame, and a motion tracking system. The ALS is attached to the backboard to perform score-keeping, intelligent instruction providing, and mode changing during shooting practice. The frame comprises a net attached at its peripheral ends to support the backboard and rim assembly and ALS. The motion tracking system comprises one or more tracking devices positioned on and/or around a user capable of capturing, inferring, or allowing the inference of three-dimensional motion from the user's arms, hands and wrists. The ALS provides visual feedback regarding the user's shooting form via a visual display, thereby training the user at their learning phase of developing proper shooting techniques.

A system and method for providing real-time exercise parameters generated from exercise and sports equipment by a user into gameplay of game titles. The real-time exercise parameters may include power data, resistance data, cadence data, speed data, etc. and associated timestamps, such that the exercise parameters may be used for generating instructions corresponding to a set of inputs associated with gameplay of a game title. A game server associated with the game title may receive and execute the instructions to initiate performance of an in-game action by an avatar of the user within a gaming environment of the game title.