Mobile systems and methods for health, exercise and competition

An exercise system comprising:

• a mobile exercise device having at least one operating parameter that can be varied during use of said mobile exercise device, wherein use of said mobile exercise device results in physical travel of said mobile exercise device over a substantial distance;
• mobile means coupled to said mobile exercise device for monitoring at least one operating parameter of said mobile exercise device during use thereof and developing exercise activity data therefrom, said mobile means being capable of wirelessly communicating said exercise activity data;
• a mobile communication system separate from said mobile exercise device and said mobile means, said mobile communication system being adapted to wirelessly receive said exercise activity data from said mobile means, said mobile communication system also being adapted to communicate said exercise activity data over a network;
• and
• server means coupled to said network for selectively receiving and storing said exercise activity data.

An exercise system comprising:

• a mobile local system including:
• a mobile exercise device having a sensor adapted to monitor and gather information about various parameters of the mobile exercise device, the mobile exercise device being adapted to wirelessly communicate the information about the various parameters of the mobile exercise device;
• and
• a mobile communication system separate from said mobile exercise device, said mobile communication system being adapted to wirelessly receive the information about the various parameters of the mobile exercise device from the mobile exercise device, the mobile communication system also being adapted to communicate the information about the various parameters of the mobile exercise device over a wide area network;
• a fixed local system including a fixed exercise device having an actuator adapted to alter various parameters of the fixed exercise device;
• and
• a communications network adapted to enable the mobile local system to communicate with the fixed local system, the actuator of the fixed exercise device being adapted to adjust the parameters of the fixed exercise device to simulate the parameters of the mobile exercise device based on the information gathered by the sensor of the mobile exercise device and communicated to the fixed local system over the communications network.

An interactive exercise system, comprising:

• a remote server adapted to communicate with a communications network;
• a trainer machine adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network;
• a plurality of fixed local systems adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network, each of the plurality of fixed local systems comprising:
• a fixed local server adapted to communicate with the communications network;
• and
• a fixed exercise device having a sensor adapted to process and send data to the remote server via the fixed local server and the communications network, and an actuator adapted to influence various parameters of the fixed exercise device;
• a mobile local system adapted to communicate with the remote server via the communications network, the mobile local system comprising:
• a mobile local server adapted to communicate with the communications network, the mobile local server being disposed in a mobile vehicle;
• and
• a mobile exercise device separate from the mobile local server and the mobile vehicle, the mobile exercise device having a sensor adapted to monitor and gather information about various parameters of the mobile exercise device and wirelessly send the information to the mobile local server in the mobile vehicle for communication to the remote server via the communications network.

An exercise system server that receives:

• (i) mobile exercise activity data relating to the use of a mobile exercise device;
• and (ii) local exercise activity data relating to the use of a local exercise device, wherein the exercise system server processes and handicaps the mobile and local exercise activity data by scaling the mobile exercise activity data or the local exercise activity data to account for:
• (i) the mobile and local exercise devices being different types of exercise devices;
• (ii) differences in operating parameters of the mobile and local exercise devices, or (iii) differences in environmental conditions at the mobile exercise device and the local exercise device.