Systems for interaction with exercise device

A method of controlling one or more operating parameters of a reorienting treadmill, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a treadmill having a processor, an exercise mechanism with adjustable operating parameters, a generally upright support structure, and a tread base, wherein the tread base is rotatable relative to the support structure so that the tread base can be rotated into a generally vertical position;
• connecting the treadmill to a website through the Internet;
• receiving data over the Internet at the treadmill from the website;
• and
• processing the data received over the Internet with the processor to produce from the data a video signal that is delivered to a display and to adjust, based on the data, at least one of the operating parameters in synchronization with the video signal.

A method of providing exercise related data over the Internet to an exercise device, the method comprising the steps of:

• having a first person use a first exercise device having a processor and an exercise mechanism with adjustable operating parameters, the person controlling the exercise device by adjusting the parameters;
• sensing the operating parameters selected by the person using the first exercise device;
• generating first data that encodes the sensed operating parameters;
• receiving second data over the Internet from a distantly located second exercise device, the second exercise device having a processor and an exercise mechanism with adjustable operating parameters;
• and
• after receiving the second data, sending the first data over the Internet to the second exercise device, the first data being configured so as to allow the processor at the second exercise device to adjust, based on the first data, at least one operating parameter of the second exercise device, wherein the first data causes the second exercise device to duplicate the adjustments made to the operating parameters of the first exercise device.