Exercise system and method

An exercise system for computer-augmented use at home by a first user participating in an archived exercise class accessible over a computer network, the exercise system comprising:

• an exercise device configured for a first user to cause movement of a portion of the exercise device;
• a sensor operable to generate first user performance data based on activity by the first user when the first user causes the movement of the portion of the exercise device;
• and
• a computer configured to:
• cause a display screen to present a plurality of available archived exercise classes for selection;
• accept from the first user, via a user input interface, a selection of one of the available archived exercise classes, thereby resulting in a selected archived exercise class;
• receive, via the computer network, data representing content of the selected archived exercise class;
• cause the display screen to display the content of the selected archived exercise class while the first user participates in the selected archived exercise class by causing movement of the portion of the exercise device;
• receive, via a sensor input interface, the first user performance data from the sensor during at least a portion of the selected archived exercise class;
• generate, on a basis of the first user performance data, a first user performance parameter;
• receive, via the computer network, archived performance data representing archived user performance parameters for a plurality of other users over at least the portion of the selected archived exercise class, wherein the archived performance data was previously generated by the other users in one or more locations on the exercise device or at least one other exercise device while participating in the archived exercise class;
• synchronize the archived performance data with the first user performance data, wherein the archived user performance parameters represented by the archived performance data are synchronized with the first user performance parameter;
• and
• cause the display screen to display a dynamically updating ranked list of the first user performance parameter and at least some of the synchronized archived user performance parameters, to thereby simulate the first user competing with at least some of the other users.