System and method for monitoring activity in a gym environment

A system for monitoring activity in a gym environment, wherein the system comprises:

• a monitoring system configured to identify one or more human representations in the gym environment and track movement of the one or more human representations, wherein the monitoring system includes:
• a plurality of cameras having overlapping fields of view, and
• logic configured to process video streams from the plurality of cameras for detection of key points of an object, and to associate said key points to positions on a human body;
• a transceiver unit for receiving communication signals from a plurality of electronic devices within the gym environment;
• a waypoint transmitter arranged at a predetermined location in the gym environment and configured to transmit a near field wireless signal detectable by the plurality of electronic devices;
• a control system configured to:
• assign a specific human representation of the one or more human representations to a specific electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, responsive to the monitoring system detecting presence of the specific human representation at the predetermined location at a point in time associated with reception in the specific electronic device of the near field wireless signal, wherein the specific electronic device is associated with a user corresponding to the specific human representation;
• and
• store exercise activity data associated with the specific electronic device, wherein the exercise data is based on movement detected by the monitoring system of the specific human representation assigned to the specific electronic device.