BitGym: Treadmill Cycling Erg 4+

I LOVE BIT-GYM!

I went out and bought a huge HD TV to put in front of my curved treadmill just for using Bit-gym. I have my phone on the treadmill console to detect my motion, and the video plays on the TV. Amazing immersive virtual reality. When you sprint, it sprints. If you want to slow down and look around you can do that. It keeps me super motivated because the scenery is so beautiful i always want to find out whats around the next bend. Im currently living in a city, and its hard to get out into nature. This is a remarkably close alternative. Tricks my brain into thinking I've been in the mountains. I also use it with my ipad on my rower. I wish they had more water rides. I hope the next one is an Alaska glacier paddle. Pairs seamlessly with my heart rate monitors. (Arm band or chest strap) does not work with apple watch, but I don't care that much. Oh the bike rides are great too. Currently using my ipad on the stationary bike, but i plan to mount a monitor in front of the bike too. Bottom line: super motivational, highly recommended.

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This is a fantastic app. The tours are interesting, hi-res and smooth, not jerky and lo-res like the JRNY app. There is just the right amount of commentary. I went for 20 minutes this morning wanting to go longer. It has tempted me to buy a 4K monitor to stream to!

The body motion detection is great too. I tried to fake it out by moving my arms. No go. It made me do jumping jacks - ha! It doesn’t actually connect to my Bowflex machine so it can’t detect the resistance level, so the calorie count is probably an average. For heart rate, I connect it to my Apple Watch via another app, Echo Watch Heart Rate Monitor, that acts as a bridge between the watch, my iPhone and my iPad. Everything works seamlessly.

The only request I’d make is the ability to favorite a particular tour.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review and feedback! We are glad to hear that you're enjoying BitGym.

Please note that we are actively engaged in internal design discussions about how we can improve our current recommendation feature. This includes exploring options such as highlighting "favorite tours" or enabling manual bookmarking to create a favorites list.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out by email at support@bitgym.com.

Happy exercising!

Actually look FORWARD to exercising now!

I absolutely LOVE this app, and it’s enabled me to actually look forward to getting on my stationary bike, even though I loathe exercise. I’m no longer bored; I just start pedaling through a beautiful piece of scenery, listening to the location sounds, and the time just flies. I’d say this app is among the Top 5 positive influences on my life! In addition, the customer service has been astounding. I found a tiny bug a few months ago (captions cut off when using a Lightning to HDMI adapter to my TV screen). I sent in a query, got an immediate response telling me the issue would be fixed in the next release, and it was! Thanks so much for everything, BitGym.