Exercise system and method

An exercise system comprising:

• an exercise device;
• and
• a computer connected to the exercise device and configured to:
• cause a display screen to present a plurality of exercise classes for selection by a user, the plurality of exercise classes having a plurality of instructors, each of the plurality of exercise classes led by one of the instructors, and each of the plurality of exercise classes represented on the display at least as an image comprising one of the instructors;
• accept, via a touchscreen, a selection of one of images, the selection resulting in a selected exercise class;
• receive, via a network, packetized data representing an exercise content of the selected exercise class;
• synchronize user activity information associated with the user and user activity information associated with other participants in the selected exercise class to points in time corresponding to the exercise content;
• and
• cause the display screen to display the exercise content of the selected exercise class and the synchronized user activity information of the user and the other participants.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor cause the processor to operate an exercise device to enable a user to participate in one of a plurality of exercise classes accessible over a network, the operations comprising:

• causing a display screen to present the plurality of exercise classes for selection by the user, the plurality of exercise classes having a plurality of instructors, each of the plurality of exercise classes led by one of the instructors, and each of the plurality of exercise classes represented on the display screen at least as an image comprising one of the instructors;
• accepting, via a touchscreen, a selection of one of images, the selection resulting in a selected exercise class;
• receiving, via the network, packetized data representing exercise content of the selected exercise class;
• synchronizing user activity information associated with the user and user activity information associated with other participants in the selected exercise class to points in time corresponding to the exercise content;
• and
• causing the display screen to display the exercise content of the selected exercise class and the synchronized user activity information of the user and the other participants.