What you need to know
- Ultrahuman announces partnership with Les Mills, bringing users studio-quality workouts and recommendations influenced by biomarker data.
- Using biomarkers, the Ultrahuman program takes into account key information about your recovery to push you the next day or tell you to go slow.
- For women’s health, data based on your period will also affect your activity level the next day.
- Ultrahuman Ring AIR and PRO users get the Les Mills PowerPlug on April 22nd for $11.99 per month or $99 per year.
Ultrahuman is moving forward this week with a collaboration that aims to make the training process easier for users who want to push themselves or rest.
In a press release, the Ultrahuman studio announces its partnership with the quality training company Les Mills. Both companies are trying to solve a real problem with wearables: real insight if you’re “under-recovery” or ready to go. Ultrahuman says that if your device tells you that you need a rest, your training plan will continue as if you were at your best. Together with biomarker data, Ultrahuman Ring and Les Mills are working to help bridge the gap “between wearable insights and real-world training decisions.”
Ultraman Ring AIR and PRO users now receive the Les Mills PowerPlug, which uses biomarker data to help them achieve their desired fitness goals: Strength, Cardio, Flexibility or General Fitness (chosen after download). In addition, you can set the desired training days and the duration of the session.
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Recommendations for your future workouts will take into account your recovery, sleep and cycle data from your smart ring. However, what matters is your recovery. Ultrahuman says Dynamic Recovery factors into these recommendations, which may include exercise intensity and type. Your recovery data will vary depending on how much you move that night, your deep sleepless rest, and any sleep.
After waking up and if everything is fine, Ultrahuman will show BODYPUMP or BODYCOMBAT. But if you need a break, you’ll see BODYBALANCE.
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Women looking to take their workouts to the next level will find help based on their periods. “High energy” phases such as ovulation or follicular will prompt GRIT and BODYCOMBAT recommendations. However, the luteal will likely encourage you to ease into yoga.
Ultrahuman and Les Mills aim to create “permanent feedback” with this collaboration. Your smart ring gets a lot of data when you’re exercising, and it shines in a few ways. Training stats, recovery predictions, movement/muscle tracking, and “daily goal updates” are data sets that help guide the next day’s recommended workouts. The longer you practice and keep wearing the ring, Ultrahuman says, the more accurate these recommendations will become.
To reiterate, the Les Mills PowerPlug for Ultrahuman Ring AIR and PRO is available today (April 22) on the Ultrahuman app. Global users will get access for $11.99 per month or $99 per year.
previous partnership between Ultrahuman and Click Therapeutics announced in January that helps users understand their migraines.
Android Central’s Take
A deeper understanding based on important insights can make this a welcome feature. I’ve had days where you feel like you’re not interested in pushing yourself. For someone like that, seeing the training regiment still going on for the day, he might be inclined to grit his teeth and walk away. This is not always a good idea. This is a pretty quick way to tire yourself out even more or at worst risk injury.
