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Peloton, Oura and other fitness apps roll out support for Google's Health Connect platform
Google and Samsung developed a platform that enables health and fitness apps to share data more easily. Peloton, Oura and others are now rolling out their integrations.
Tonal lays off 35 percent of its workforce
Connected fitness equipment maker Tonal is laying off 35 percent of its workforce, according to CNBC. Like Peloton, the company grew its headcount significantly over the last two years as demand for its products skyrocketed due to pandemic lockdowns. Before the start of 2020, Tonal employed about 110 people. It now has closer to 750 workers, CEO Aly Orday told CNBC. Orday said the move would help put Tonal on track to start making money within the next few months. “As we head into a recession — and many of us believe we’re headed into a recession — it’s really important that we become a business that’s here for the long term,” Orday told the outlet. Tonal will provide affected employees at least eight weeks of severance pay and healthcare benefits through to the end of September. Relative to Peloton, Tonal is coming out of the pandemic mostly unscathed. The connected fitness industry’s best-known player laid off 2,800 employees, or about 20 percent of its total workforce, at the start of 2022. More recently, the company announced it would no longer build its own equipment.
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Tonal brings live studio workouts to its smart home gym
Tonal has launched live workouts, which will be available on October 20th.
The home fitness tech that will help us stay active in 2021
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that home fitness surged in popularity in 2020. Exercise equipment went out of stock as soon as the lockdowns started here in the US, and a flurry of fitness apps and videos flooded our feeds.
Can the Peloton formula work for weight training?
I've been going to the gym regularly for a few years now, but mostly to spend some time on the elliptical and stationary bike. There are free weights but I've always felt a bit uncomfortable going anywhere near them; they tend to be used by guys who grunt a lot and drop the weights on the floor. I just feel so judged (even if they don't actually care). And I'm not the only person who wants to do some weight lifting but can't for reasons like inconvenience or embarrassment. Tonal, a home weight training system that uses electromagnets, is aimed at people like us.
