You can now sync your Apple Watch with cardio gym equipment — at one US location
Apple’s GymKit is here, so you can wirelessly sync fitness data between your watch and cardio machines at the gym — if you work out at Equinox or Life Time Athletic.
Apple first announced GymKit back in June. GymKit-enabled machines are available now at Life Time Athletic at Sky in New York City. They will also be available at the 14 new clubs Life Time will open in 2018. Similarly, starting next year, new Equinox clubs will have GymKit-enabled machines too.
I went to a demo Apple held in Tribeca featuring treadmills by LifeFitness. (Its other partners include Cybex, TechnoGym, Matrix, Star Trac, StairMaster, and Schwinn, which together make up about 80 percent of the gym fitness equipment market.) The treadmill’s screen has a tiny…
