Exercise Equipment Heart Rate Zoning for Personalized Workouts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing exercise systems, particularly stationary machines, lack personalization in their workout sessions, as on-demand classes and simulations are generally designed for the masses without considering individual users' abilities and conditions.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for providing personalized workout sessions by determining personalized heart rate zones based on user data, adjusting exercise equipment parameters, and integrating AI for smart recommendations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If on-demand classes and simulations are designed for the masses, then the system can serve a large number of users with standardized content, but the workout sessions lack personalization and do not adapt to individual user abilities and conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonalization of workout sessionsVSAvoidsystem complexity for personalized adaptation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts workout parameters such as resistance, speed, and intensity based on real-time biometric data (heart rate, cadence, power output). This allows the same workout session to be automatically adapted to different user capabilities without requiring entirely different workout programs, resolving the contradiction between personalization and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user biometric data during exercise and uses this feedback to automatically adjust workout intensity and provide real-time guidance. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables personalization through data-driven adaptation rather than requiring complex pre-programmed individualized workouts for each user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If standardized workout sessions are used for all users, then the system is easier to operate and manage, but the workouts do not account for individual fitness levels and may not be effective for all users

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeffectiveness of workout sessionsVSAvoidease of setting up personalized workouts

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs workout personalization by monitoring user biometric data and adjusting parameters in real-time without requiring manual intervention from trainers or users to create customized workout programs. The system serves itself by using its own collected data to optimize each user's workout experience, improving reliability while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The workout sessions transition from static, pre-defined programs to dynamic, real-time adapted experiences. The system continuously modifies workout intensity and parameters based on current user performance and biometric feedback, ensuring effectiveness across different fitness levels without requiring complex manual setup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system collects and processes detailed user data for personalization, then workout personalization improves, but the complexity of data processing and analysis increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization of workout parametersVSAvoiddata processing and analysis complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces complex manual analysis and interpretation of user data with automated electronic processing algorithms. Sensors continuously collect biometric data and software algorithms automatically interpret this data to adjust workout parameters, substituting mechanical/manual processes with automated electronic systems that handle data processing efficiently without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250378890A1Systems and methods for excerise

Publication Date: 2025.12.11 BEACHBODY LLC

AI summary

Disclosed are example embodiments of an exercise system and methods for providing a personalized workout session. An example method for providing a personalized workout session includes collecting heart rate data of a user during a calibration workout session. The example method for providing a personalized workout session also includes determining a plurality of personalized heart rate zones for the user based on the collected heart rate data. Additionally, the example method for providing a personalized workout session includes providing, to an exercise equipment, a workout session having a plurality of workout segments, wherein each workout segment has a target heart rate zone that is associated with one of the plurality of personalized heart rate zones.