In November, we reported on an emerging startup in Vancouver’s fitness industry, conceived by Zach Higgins and Connor Holowachuk, who met through the League of Innovators’ youth-focused Labs program.
Under the brand Eigen Fitness, Higgins and Holowachuk have been developing a new tech product called Nodes, which are coin-sized wearables that empower gym goers “to progress as fast as possible while avoiding injury,” according to the BC startup.
Nodes leverage real-time power, velocity, range of motion, tempo, and rep variation data to provide insight on ideal weight selection for each set. The sensor-based hardware device is boosted by artificial intelligence on the software side, which acts to help gym users measure weight training progress, form, and more.
“Designed for the gym from the ground up, Eigen Fitness Nodes are packed with the latest cutting edge technology to track every set,” affirms Higgins. “Equipped with a high-sensitivity, nine-axis inertial measurement unit, lithium battery, and 16MHz CPU for fast motion fusion calculation, the Nodes make up to 200 measurements per second to monitor multiple, important aspects of physical performance—aspects that are essentially ignored by other fitness wearable devices.”
Using three to nine Nodes around arms and legs, wearable devices connect via Bluetooth to the Eigen Fitness smartphone application, which provides real-time feedback for each set to help the user improve form, which will reduce likelihood of injury and accelerate weightlifting progress efficiently. After the set, the app will display form correction tips specific to what an athlete may have done wrong during the exercise.
Eigen claims the AI-powered Node is “the only truly wearable device built exclusively for the gym.”
This year, the passion and vision behind Eigen Fitness landed the startup among Techcouver’s annual “10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch.”
We also named it one of five BC-based Tech Startups Helping Canadians Get and Stay Fit in 2023.
Higgins and Holowachuk are now looking to spur the next phase of growth for the company by pushing the Nodes into the public sphere.
The Vancouver entrepreneurs launched the Eigen Fitness Nodes on Kickstarter, rendering Nodes available for preorder for the first time.
The pair set a reasonable goal of $10,000 for their Kickstarter campaign.
The demand for Nodes eclipsed that goal within a day, exploding past the mark. With more than a week left on the campaign, the funds raised sit at nearly $70,000.
We look forward to seeing what Eigen Fitness is able to deliver to the community.
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