{"id":3561,"date":"2014-07-30T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2021-07-18T16:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T21:59:11","slug":"improved-octane-elliptical-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/improved-octane-elliptical-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved Octane Elliptical Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"highlight3\"><i>We also recommend this article about &#8220;Tips for hiring personal fitness trainers in Highland Park&#8221;.<\/i><\/h1>\n<p>Now you can use your iPad (with Bluetooth) to connect to the new Octane Elliptical for workouts, videos and more! See how Octane has incorporated this technology into their Elliptical.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Craig &amp; Hut&#8217;s video review:<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7x8aQpdtZc?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 This is Hut Allred from New Wave Fitness here with Craig Lewin from Busy Body and Fitness Headquarters. We are here in Highland Park, America&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Yeah, Highland Park has become a state. That\u2019s how amazing it is down here.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 The Dallas location is further south from all of our other Busy Bodies. Tell me about this location. How long have you had this particular location?<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 This store has been here a long time. We\u2019ve been here since the \u201890s and it\u2019s a phenomenal location. It\u2019s our number one store in the entire company. It\u2019s really, really cool. We definitely baby this store. We love it.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of that has to do with the area is amazing, the customers we get are phenomenal, and the people who run the store, Sam and David, are phenomenal as well. That just makes a huge difference. The ambiance here is just really phenomenal.<\/p>\n<p>Hut: It\u2019s great and customer service across the company is amazing, but really good job, really good job here.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: It is, it\u2019s great. The fact that the store is twice the size of all of our other stores, it allows us to really show off a lot of product and there\u2019s even an upstairs. It\u2019s pretty cool. You come in here and you can literally see every single possible thing that\u2019s on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 That\u2019s great. So, we\u2019ve done a video on our Octane Elliptical, but there\u2019s been updates. There\u2019s been improvements. So why don\u2019t you tell us about those improvements and updates with the Octane Elliptical.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Octane has come out with a completely new redesigned machine, which has been really, really cool. The biggest updates that they\u2019ve done have been into the console and the technology of that. One of the things that they\u2019ve done now, they\u2019ve integrated the iPad into their machine. It\u2019s all done through Bluetooth so you don\u2019t have to worry about, \u201cDo I have a 9-pin connector, a 16-pin connector?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It all just connects automatically, which is really, really amazing. The technology behind it is phenomenal. For us, we always think about ways to keep people engaged in the workout. That\u2019s what\u2019s so great about this iPad because it\u2019s got videos built into it that tell you exactly what to do when you\u2019re on the machine.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 That is great.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Great feedback on the machine. You can store everything that you\u2019ve done on the machine or on your iPad. It just holds you more accountable. It\u2019s pretty cool. The really cool thing about this console is that I was talking earlier about how it keeps you engaged. That\u2019s what it does; it really keeps you entertained. Right now, what\u2019s on here is it\u2019s literally a video that can pop up during your workout to tell you what to do.<\/p>\n<p>One thing Octane really does an amazing job of is what we call \u201cworkout boosters.\u201d While you\u2019re on the machine, you hit a \u201cworkout booster\u201d on there and all of a sudden, it cranks up and tells you, \u201cOkay, now I want you to do your arms.\u201d The resistance goes up with the upper body and it forces you to pull and push. Before, you would just hit \u201carm blaster\u201d on their old models.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when you hit \u201carm blaster,\u201d not only does this whole thing light up blue because that\u2019s what it says here, \u201carm blaster\u201d in blue, but also it shows up here what to do. It tells you, \u201cPush, pull the arms.\u201d It\u2019s a lot more interactive.<\/p>\n<p>Hut: Which is great. The videos of all the exercises and demonstrations are just through the roof.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Yeah, because what they want you to do is they want you to do your cardio and your muscle strengthening at the same time. So, they literally have you get on the machine and you choose your cardio time.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you said, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll cardio for two minutes and then strength for one minute.\u201d When it prompts you to get off the machine after your cardio, it\u2019s going to show you a video. It\u2019ll show you a video of a person doing push-ups, sit-ups, bicep curls.<\/p>\n<p>One thing they\u2019ve done, which is amazing, is they\u2019ve integrated these stretch tubes with an anchor down on the bottom, so you can literally get off the machine and you can be doing bicep curls for that 60 seconds, 30 seconds\u2014whatever it is.<\/p>\n<p>If the video pops up on the screen (this is where they get really genius), if the video pops up there and you see an exercise that you feel like you can\u2019t handle, you can actually skip the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>You can hit that button and say, \u201cSkip exercise.\u201d It will go to the next video and you\u2019ll go, \u201cOh yeah, I can do that one. Cool.\u201d Then you get down and hit it. So, really just cool how they\u2019ve interacted all of that.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 They\u2019re trying to get rid of us. That\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to do.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 I know\u2014no personal trainers.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 People still need the accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they\u2019ve got to have you banging on their door, still. But that\u2019s something that\u2019s really cool\u2014a lot of cool feedback. The other thing is, too, we all use our iPads every day.<\/p>\n<p>I think that was one of the things that Octane said is, \u201cWhat is the thing that we use the most when we\u2019re working out and we\u2019re taking entertainment?\u201d That is the iPad. So they said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just make that the console.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can even just minimize all the information here. Let\u2019s say you wanted to just surf the Web still, check your emails, listen to music\u2014you can do that and the program will still run in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 Exactly. If you don\u2019t have an iPad, you can still use the interface.<\/p>\n<p>Craig:\u00a0 Absolutely. That\u2019s the other thing about the machine itself. The machine doesn\u2019t actually need an iPad. It was just one of the cool features that they did. Besides the iPad upgrade, they actually did upgrade this a lot, too.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest things they did, you notice how this is red through here? Well that right there is actually an activity meter. When you are on the machine and you start to go harder, that red gets more and more intense.<\/p>\n<p>That tells you what you\u2019re doing. The other thing they\u2019ve used it for, too, is heart rate interaction. When you\u2019ve got a chest strap on and you\u2019re doing heart rate control, it\u2019s kind of cool. If it\u2019s blue, basically, you\u2019re dead. If it\u2019s green, you\u2019re in your zone. If it\u2019s red, you\u2019re heart rate is too high. That\u2019s something cool, too. They\u2019ve integrated some really neat features on this console.<\/p>\n<p>Even without the iPad, it\u2019s been a huge upgrade. On top of the fact, they\u2019ve done things for safety. MOM mode\u2014you hit that button, the resistance cranks all the way to the top and it keeps it to where your kids can\u2019t get on it and go flying off, which is great. They focused on the safety aspects of it. They\u2019ve really focused on keeping us engaged, which is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 Also, what\u2019s really cool is you can add time while you\u2019re in a workout, which normally, you\u2019d have to shut the workout down to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: Right. Most machines don\u2019t do that so they can do that as well, which is really, really cool.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 And I do love the 30-30 and that\u2019s high intensity intervals. If you want to get a quick workout that gets the most leverage post-workout with an after burn, that\u2019s the workout to do.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: Yeah, the 30-30 was integrated into their programming before. I mean, you could access it, but you\u2019d have to go through a lot of things. Now you just push a quick button. You go, \u201cLook, 30-30,\u201d and that\u2019s why they did that.<\/p>\n<p>Hut: It was only like eight minutes. I mean, you could do 30-30 for as long as you want, which is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: It\u2019s a really, really, really cool program. Finally, they added some padding in the feet, which is really cool, too. So they\u2019ve made it really, really comfortable. A lot of nice upgrades with these guys. We love Octane as a company, too, so we love supporting them.<\/p>\n<p>Hut: Which is great. And it\u2019s one of those machines that\u2019s been around for a long time. It\u2019s going to be around forever.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: Yeah. Octane has really penetrated the industry and they\u2019ve done an amazing job. These guys started in \u201901, \u201902 and said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to be in clubs all over the world.\u201d Everyone said, \u201cOkay,\u201d and then they are doing it. They\u2019re doing phenomenal. It\u2019s great. Glad to have it.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 That is the updated Octane Elliptical. If you want to come check it out here in Highland Park you can do that or any of the other Busy Body locations in the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. I hope you had a great Fourth of July and we look forward to talking to you guys next month.<\/p>\n<p>Craig: Sounds great.<\/p>\n<p>Hut:\u00a0 All right, Big Dog.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We also recommend this article about &#8220;Tips for hiring personal fitness trainers in Highland Park&#8221;. Now you can use your iPad (with Bluetooth) to connect to the new Octane Elliptical for workouts, videos and more! 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