Equipment manufacturer and supplier Precor has launched three new features to Preva, its open platform networked fitness solution.

Preva Mobile, Preva Token and Workout Messages have been designed to help operators drive engagement and participation in their fitness offering, while strengthening communication with members and increasing retention.

Preva Mobile is an iPhone application developed to give members a way to log and track all fitness activities, even when they are away from their club. Exercisers can capture their activity from anywhere in the world, including other fitness activities such as swimming or playing sport. It lets users set fitness goals, track progress, earn achievement badges, and save their favourite workouts via the cloud. Preva Mobile is available for download from iTunes.

Preva Token is based on RFID enabled key fobs that allow exercisers to swipe or tap the equipment to automatically sign in to their Preva Account on any networked P80 console, giving access to their favourite workouts, fitness goals, progress milestones and rewards.

Workout Messages is designed to expand operators' options for communicating with members by enabling them to build short messages, schedule them to appear at specific times and drive response by directing exercisers to a web page. A message appears once at the beginning of a workout so exercisers can interact with the message before starting the more intense portion of their workout. Exercisers need to take action for the message to disappear - either choosing the ‘Learn More’ or ‘OK’ option - which enables operators to measure response. It is available as part of the Preva 3.0 software release in April.

The full Preva portfolio also includes Preva Business Suite, which enables operators to monitor and manage the use of their equipment; Preva Net, which provides members with internet content, delivered in a format specifically designed for the in-motion exerciser; Personal Accounts, which allows members to set fitness goals, track progress, earn achievement reward badges and save favourite workouts. Preva is automatically updated with new features remotely over the internet, eliminating the need for upgrade or troubleshooting by the fitness facility, and there are no ongoing operator subscription fees.