Pulse

Pulse is an interactive fitness desktop application that uses a wearable heart rate sensor to create an immersive and adaptive workout experience. The user’s workout is visually personalized based on heart rate data collected from the wearable. 

Pulse was created to solve the everyday struggles of on-the-go students and workers who have:

• Lack of motivation during home workouts
• Limited time in the day to exercise
• No way to track/measure their workouts

Say you're a working college student who wants to stay in shape but can never find the time to go to the gym. You've tried all those YouTube video workouts, but you're getting sick of redoing the same workout over and over again - you need something new. You've seen all the commercials for Peloton and the Lululemon workout mirror, but that's not in the budget right now - you need something affordable. Your roommate is just as busy as you are so you don't have someone to keep you accountable - you need something interactive.

Well, you're in luck because we created Pulse! After you pay for the stylish Pulse wearable you sign up for access to all the fun and exciting workouts for only $12 a month.

                       

You only have 20 minutes of free time before you have to start studying, so you decide to squeeze in a quick workout. You strap on your Pulse bracelet and click start.

The upbeat music starts playing, and you recognize the song. You're ready to break a sweat. You watch from your laptop as the workout starts. 3, 2, 1, GO! Squats! Lunges! More squats! As you're following the movements of the trainer in the video, you see the number in the top left corner of the screen increase. Your heart rate is going up! You're squat pulsing it out, and all of a sudden the particles/shapes flying around in the background change from red to green. You know you've just reached the Fat Burning Zone!

After 10 minutes of lower body burn, your first video of the 2-part combo is complete. You're pumped and move right into the next workout video. Once again, you change those particles from red to green, but this time much quicker! There are occasional animations that pop up on the sides of the screen that tell you to keep it up!

You feel good and you had a fun time following the energetic trainer, listening to great music, getting live feedback on your work, and watching the cool graphics move around the screen.

Exercise is about more than losing weight or gaining muscle. It's about doing good things for your body, but as college students ourselves, we know that our priorities often lie elsewhere. We don't always have the time and energy to drive to the gym or have more than a couple of minutes to search YouTube for the perfect video. We want Pulse users to have the freedom to personalize their workouts as well as give them a fun experience!

• Short videos (4-12 minutes) to allow for personalized workouts
• Live visual feedback
• Wide variety of workouts videos
• Wearable that constantly tracks your BPM