Last year, Strava dropped support for external Bluetooth and ANT+ sensors. Thanks to a new integration, Motosumo has a workaround.
Motosumo works with any Bluetooth-enabled indoor bike (including those with ANT+ sensors) and most heart rate monitors to record data from indoor cycling and group fitness workouts. The new Strava integration automatically uploads all your Motosumo workouts to your
Motosumo uses the sensors inside your smartphone to track fitness data during indoor cycling workouts. One of the metrics it can measure is cadence, i.e., how fast a rider is pedaling. Normally, you could only get this kind of data from an indoor bike with integrated software. Now, thanks to the new algorithm, all you need is a smartphone.
The algorithm is the work of Motosumo’s tech team, a mo
Motosumo partners up with Spinning Center Gym, the first company to pioneer indoor cycling in Colombia.
Medley, Sweden's largest privately owned operator of municipal swimming pools and fitness centers, has announced that they will be using Motosumo for group fitness activities in 10 locations around the country.
Medley has been looking for a solution like Motosumo for some time. They have a unique problem: 17 gyms around the country, all with different equipment. Each gym offering an extens
Gym members are more likely to cancel their memberships if they feel like they're not making progress, having fun, or meeting new friends. Gamification could be the solution.
A one-app strategy sounds like an easy solution. Particularly for fitness operators. A simple case of getting all of your members using one app, for every possible service. Perfect. Except that it’s not. In fact, a one-app strategy can be counter-productive. And in the long run, can hurt your business.
COPENHAGEN/LONDON, 28 February, 2019
Heart rate monitoring is becoming increasingly popular as a motivational tool in gyms, but it can be expensive for operators to implement. Meanwhile, for members, many systems are quite restrictive; even if they have a heart rate monitoring device of their own, it might not be compatible with their gym’s set-up.
This was the rationale for the lau
Investors include Promentum Equity Partners, Vedere Ventures, Pre-Seed Ventures, and business angel Niclas Bönström, founder of Mrs. Sporty. This recent round of funding comes on the heels of a partnership deal with Core, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fitness equipment.
Motosumo, a Copenhagen-based fitness tech startup, has a secured a third round of investment to continue financi
Motosumo, the Danish fitness start-up, has really caught the eye of Danish and international investors, landing a double-digit million funding to scale the business in a second funding round. This is a capital injection that will really get the company’s international plans and ambitions rolling.
Copenhagen, January, 2018
Motosumo has been working to revolutionise the fitness indu
Danish tech company Motosumo and American fitness giant Core Health and Fitness have just signed a strategic partnership that is expected to revolutionize the area of indoor cycling. This will be achieved by combining market-leading Schwinn bikes with an innovative app and technology that utilize modern smartphones to convert standard indoor bikes into state-of-the-art bikes. At the same time, Mot
