Gaining a clearer picture of weight loss
Gyms are using body scanners to create 3D models of clients’ bodies to ascertain amounts of muscle and fat, writes James Gaddy
Walk into David Barton’s new gym, TMPL, in Manhattan, and you will be greeted by an array of high-tech fitness options — fingerprint scanners, giant screens with lifelike landscapes behind the Spin instructors, and a saltwater pool, all bathed in his trademark recessed LED lighting. But the real game-changing gadget here is not on the weight-room floor. It’s a Styku 3D body scanner, tucked away in a room near the showers that is next to a minibar serving protein shakes. If history is any guide, millions of people will make a New Year’s resolution to go to one of the 180,000 gyms across the globe in an annual, usually ineffective, effort to lose a few pounds. The primary reason for this failure, according to the experts I spoke to, is that checking your weight is a misguided, demoralising way to gauge overall health. "Many people are focused on the scale," said Mark de Gorter, CEO of Workout Anytime. "But in doing so, they lose the bigger picture of transforming the body." Fitness gu...
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