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Leveraging Digital Technology for Health and Fitness with Florian Sauter, CTO and Co-founder at EGYM

Over the Air · 1 Sept 2022 · 20m

What this episode covers

Florian Sauter, CTO and co-founder of EGYM, discusses the company's evolution from intuition-based prototyping to data-driven product development for its digital strength training machines and cloud ecosystem. He explains how EGYM overcame user trust issues by introducing an 'open mode' that provides immediate value before requiring account sign-up, and emphasizes the importance of an open ecosystem over a closed one. Sauter also shares his prediction that mechanical strength training machines will disappear from premium gyms by 2030, replaced by fully digital, connected equipment.

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EGYM, Apple, Peloton, Meta
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