Coordinating workouts across remote exercise machines

A system, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• provide information to a plurality of exercise machines via a network, the information identifying a plurality of pre-recorded exercise classes;
• receive, by the processor, a request from a first user of a first exercise machine to participate in a pre-recorded exercise class from the plurality of pre-recorded exercise classes;
• identify, by the processor, a plurality of additional users of the plurality of exercise machines that share an association with the first user, wherein the association comprises a stored indication of friendship and/or a group membership with the first user;
• cause to indicate, on displays corresponding to the plurality of exercise machines of a plurality of users, an indication that the first user has started the exercise class on the first exercise machine;
• receive, by the processor, one or more requests from one or more of the plurality of additional users of the one or more exercise machines to participate in the exercise class after the first user started the exercise class on the first exercise machine;
• provide, via the network, first content comprising audio and/or video of the exercise class to display at the first exercise machine;
• provide, by the processor and via the network, the first content comprising the audio and/or the video of the exercise class to display at the one or more exercise machines, wherein the display of the first content at the one or more exercise machines is synchronized to a spot in the first content that is displayed at the first exercise machine;
• and
• provide, via the network, second content comprising a leaderboard to the first exercise machine and the one or more exercise machines, wherein:
• the leaderboard is displayed in real-time at the first exercise machine and the one or more exercise machines simultaneously with the first content, and
• the leaderboard identifies, in real time, respective users participating in the exercise class.

An exercise machine, comprising:

• a display configured to output digital content;
• a network interface configured to communicate with a network;
• a first processor operably connected to the network interface and the display;
• and
• memory storing instructions which, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
• receive, via the network, information identifying a plurality of pre-recorded exercise classes, wherein the information is also received by other exercise machines in communication with the network;
• receive an input, via the display, indicating a selection of a pre-recorded exercise class included in the plurality of pre-recorded exercise classes;
• provide, via the network and to a second processor, a request for digital content corresponding to the exercise class;
• receive, from the second processor, via the network, and based on the request, first content comprising audio and/or video of the exercise class, and second content comprising a leaderboard associated with the exercise class;
• and
• output the first content, simultaneously with the second content, via the display, such that:
• the display outputs the first content and the second content simultaneously with output of the first content and the second content by an additional display of an additional exercise machine, the additional exercise machine being located remote from the exercise machine,
• the display outputs the first content and the second content beginning at a common start time, and
• the additional display outputs the first content and the second content, from a spot in the first content that is displayed at the exercise machine at a time a user of the additional exercise machine joined the exercise class after the common start time, and
• the leaderboard identifies, in real time, a user of the exercise machine and the user of the additional exercise machine participating in the exercise class;
• and
• wherein the user of the exercise machine and the user of the additional exercise machine are included in a first plurality of users, and the second processor identifies a second plurality of users exclusive of the first plurality of users, wherein each user of the second plurality of users shares an association with at least one user of the first plurality of users, wherein the association comprises a stored indication of friendship and/or a group membership with the first plurality of users, is not currently participating in the exercise class with the first plurality of users, and is invited, via the second processor, to participate in the pre-recorded exercise class with the first plurality of users.