Controlling access to a stationary exercise machine

A method, comprising:

• establishing a plurality of authorized users of a stationary exercise machine;
• automatically locking one or more movable members of the stationary exercise machine;
• querying a user for a verification input signal via an audio query output by a speaker of the stationary exercise machine;
• receiving, in response to querying the user, the verification input signal, wherein the verification input signal comprises voice recognition data of the user;
• and
• automatically unlocking, in response to the voice recognition data matching one of the plurality of authorized users, the one or more movable members of the stationary exercise machine to enable the user to perform a workout on the stationary exercise machine.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

• establish a plurality of authorized users of a stationary exercise machine;
• automatically lock one or more movable members of the stationary exercise machine;
• query a user for a verification input signal via an audio query output by a speaker of the stationary exercise machine;
• receive, in response to querying the user, the verification input signal, wherein the verification input signal comprises voice recognition data of the user;
• and
• automatically unlock, in response to the voice recognition data matching one of the plurality of authorized users, the one or more movable members of the stationary exercise machine to enable the user to perform a workout on the stationary exercise machine.