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I need to go to the gym more the question is can Apple watch and gym kit make it happen gym kit is new technology that's going to be available on certain pieces of gym equipment in certain gyms starting in 2018 and at the end of this year in one gym in North America in New York City what it uses is a combination of NFC and Bluetooth to allow you to tap in with your Apple watch on the machine and then sync it to the gym equipment which allows you to take information from your watch and show it on the gym equipment screen but also allows you to take information on your machine and put it back in Apple health and on your iPhone so things like elevation data or other information like stairs climbed can come into Apple health but your heart rate and estimated calories based on information and Apple health going to the gym equipment and then get erased later you tap to start and just begin working out but if you forget to do that it also allows you to tap in midway through and sync all the data retroactively Lee what's really cool about gym kit is that it's very simple to tap and connect and that could signify where wearables and phones could go next the ability to instantly link up instead of having to connect via bluetooth kind of like what carplay does but if you could connect that to maybe home equipment sporting equipment maybe even things like appliances be pretty interesting in North America lifetime athletic and Equinox are gonna be the first fitness centers to use gym kit and in Australia it's gonna be Fitness first gym kit doesn't do everything and I'd still like Apple watch to coach me more but it does work very well based on the few times I've tried it if only I could find a gym that supports it hopefully it's a sign of where things go with fitness next and we're connected products and wearables will go in 2018