System and methods for controlling the operation of one or more exercise devices and providing motivational programming

An exercise system, comprising:

• an exercise device have a movable element for movement in performance of an exercise by a user, the exercise device have one or more adjustable operating parameters that are controllable by control signals;
• an exercise program generation module located remote from the exercise device, the exercise program generation module generating exercise programming comprising (i) motivational content, and (ii) control signals synchronized with the motivational content, the exercise program generation module receiving user inputs, the user inputs being adapted define at least one aspect of the motivational content, wherein the exercise program generation module generates and synchronizes control signals with the user defined motivational content to generate the exercise programming, and wherein the exercise program generation module is adapted to automatically communicate the exercise programming upon generation thereof;
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• a central control unit adapted to receive the exercise programming communicated from the exercise program generation module, the central control unit comprising:
• a user interface for receiving the user inputs that define the at least one aspect of the motivational content;
• a transmitter for (i) communicating the user inputs to the exercise program generation module, and (ii) delivering at least the control signals of the exercise programming to the exercise device to control the one or more adjustable operating parameters of the exercise device;
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• an output device for presenting at least a portion of the motivational content to the user.

In a computerized exercise environment including one or more exercise devices, an exercise program generation module for generating exercise programming, and a central control unit for controlling the one or more exercise devices, a method of controlling the one or more exercise devices using wireless control signals, the method comprising:

• receiving user inputs at the exercise program generation module, the user inputs at least partially defining motivational content, the exercise program generation module being adapted to generate and synchronize one or more control signals with the user defined motivational content to generate the exercise programming, the one or more control signals being adapted to control one or more operating parameters of the one or more exercise devices;
• communicating from the exercise program generation module data that includes the motivational content and the one or more control signals;
• receiving and storing the data that includes the motivational content and the one or more control signals at the central control unit;
• processing the received data at the central control unit to create a wireless signal compatible with the one or more exercise devices and having the one or more control signals;
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• transmitting the wireless signal from a wireless signal transmitter to at least one exercise device of the one or more exercise devices to control the at least one exercise device with the one or more control signals.

In a computerized exercise environment including one or more exercise devices, an exercise program generation module for generating exercise programming, and a central control unit adapted to control the one or more exercise devices, a method of controlling the one or more exercise devices using wireless control signals, the method comprising:

• a step for receiving at the exercise program generation module data representative of user inputs, the user inputs at least partially defining motivational content, the exercise program generation module being adapted to generate and synchronize one or more control signals with the user defined motivational content to generate the exercise programming, the one or more control signals being adapted to control one or more operating parameters of the one or more exercise devices;
• communicating from the exercise program generation module data that includes the motivational content and the one or more control signals;
• a step for receiving and storing data that includes the motivational content and one or more control signals at the central control unit;
• a step for processing the received data at the central control unit wherein at least one of the one or more control signals are converted into a wireless signal to be directed out of a transmitter;
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• a step for transmitting the at least one converted control signal out of a wireless signal transmitter to an exercise device of the one or more exercise devices.