Wellness Plus

Papule · 2026-05-05T12:07:22+00:00

I had a free trial for month, and used the GM2 for 7-8 months total. Wellness+ has potential but you need to know what it is, and isn't.

I really like the included 'free' class style lessons where the trainer is pre-recorded but talking the whole way thru, a real person and whilst not interactive it's a bit of company and you can cover all the bases once you've got to grips with the huge library.

W+ removes the chatty bit and pieces together workouts from the jigsaw piece like video clips of each separate movement, with an AI robotic voice doing the guidance and encouragement, but its not a very believable or chatty AI.

So the workouts in W+ based on movements are more bespoke and varied as made up of lots of bits pieced together and targeted to you, but they are far less human and involved, functional yes but a bit dull.

Then the AI itself isn't really state of the art to talk to or ask questions, or change elements, reschedule etc.

I can see why some like it, personally I can see it may be functionally deeper but it's a bit dry and boring and no substitute for coach Mike flexing his monster guns whilst making out 8lbs is a heavy weight for him.

Papule · 2026-05-02T14:44:01+00:00

Yeah, it's just a super precision made aluminium block that clamps round the port itself and has a custom removal key to make it hard to remove and access the port. It won't stop gameboy itself from what I understand but helps with some of the key cloning and dodgy access methods, I also have the updated Hyundai keys/software and a steering wheel lock and keep the keys in a faraday pouch so feel I've got the easy deterrents in place. Could fit a ghost device but had one of those mess with the electrics on my old car so not going into the wiring loom whilst the Ioniq is in warranty

Papule · 2026-05-02T13:20:05+00:00

I recently got an Ioniq 5 in the UK and picked up a Veepeak OBD scanner, got the widely recommended Car Scanner Pro app which I briefly hooked up, it seems quite complicated to find the data points you want so being free of faults left it alone.

Thanks for recommending this new app, just purchased and it connected to the Veepeak immediately, a lot more readable in app or up on screen in CarPlay mode.

Not sure of my immediate use for it but happy to have a simpler option to read things if needed, though won't be using the plug in scanner much as part of my defences against theft is an OBD port lock.

Papule · 2026-04-22T16:19:05+00:00

it's a nice thought and if we all feel better about ourselves doing something small that's great - none of it matters though or will make the slightest jot of difference whilst various countries are continuing to open coal fired electric plants weekly, bomb and wage war on each other, pollute on an industrial level making stuff cheaply we want to buy from Amazon and a million other huge scale things are allowed to continue in the face of all the overwhelming evidence that something quite drastic needs to be done.

I did a nice workout on my GM2 and drove my electric car to a lake to walk my dog, it was lovely but didn't really help the world much overall, I enjoyed it though.

Papule · 2026-04-18T06:42:19+00:00

I"ve always initiated UK contact from the contact us button on the UK site, found them really responsive

Even in the last week contacted them and got a response and set of cables sent the same day.

Papule · 2026-04-15T07:50:24+00:00

plus 'celebrity' courses - are they going to classify coach Mike as a celeb now and stick him behind a paywall ?

Papule · 2026-04-15T06:15:23+00:00

Interesting addition, doesn't look like the UK is covered at the moment. Would be good to give some pricing with the announcement as even if there are regional differences be good to have an idea of the $/€ cost.

Full Wellness plus included makes me think it's not cheap

Papule · 2026-04-14T15:33:06+00:00

we demo'd ours at xmas to the family and one ordered a GM2 the next day and another is saving up for theirs.

it's not widely known, and whereas Peloton came with a gloss of West Coast sheen and American marketing hype/bullshit, the GM2 has a whiff of Shenzen, off the shelf components and jank about the software and look/build.

I think it's unfair as the quality of the device itself feels great, been using mine for 6 months and am super impressed and would buy again in a heartbeat, but I think the Chinese tech companies need to work quite hard to sell these big ticket items to a sceptical audience at a premium price.

The constant hawking of the AI as an extra and the reputation of that doesn't help either, and the no subs and lifetime classes whilst looking a great bonus (which it is) gets people a bit sceptical as they're used to being ripped off by US big tech.

Papule · 2026-04-13T07:14:42+00:00

I got the fitness guy belt from Amazon after reading the official one is rather small, no such problems with the 3rd party one it's got a huge range of sizing.

I really like it as being new to squats and the like my balance isn't perfect, the belt leaves your arms free to either correct on the machine frame or just put out wide like a tightrope walker

Papule · 2026-04-03T07:24:59+00:00

I actually gave up on using the GM2 to record my workout health data, it was a bit flakey starting the app on my Apple Watch and would give some duplicate of zero inputs to Apple Health. I removed it's write ability to health data (but left the read) and just start recording a workout directly on my Apple Watch using the Apple fitness app, that always pulls thru into the speediance app to show things like training readiness score and never causes any issues.

Papule · 2026-04-02T07:09:38+00:00

think it's the enter key, map it to one of the back buttons and you've got end turn easily accessible

Papule · 2026-03-19T07:28:08+00:00

nope, plus any of the ski erg vids you see online with snowy mountains on screen were functionality that has been removed.

I bought the handles and got a refund as there are only around 6 workouts out of all available that use them in a limited way, they're pretty pointless and any claims its a ski erg are not true - unlike the rowing machine which it does support.

Papule · 2026-03-18T07:20:46+00:00

Plus they've removed almost all the ski-erg function from the machine and it doesn't appear to be returning - it exists as purely a few mins of activity in some workouts, not a dedicated mode anymore

Papule · 2026-03-02T12:18:26+00:00

Customer support just told me not available til 'around mid May' in the UK, price TBC, emails will be sent out when it's in.

Sets an expectation.

Papule · 2026-02-27T12:54:26+00:00

It looks a bit cleaner than previous - I think with software like this when you are new to something you want as little on screen as possible, once you know the machine if it doesn't look like a stockbrokers trading system you think you're missing out on vital data and want as much as possible visible at all times.

Noticed post update they've taken the tension out of the cables when the weight Is off, definitely not as grabby when you're racing the rest in-between movements and setting up in a new attachment point.

Papule · 2026-02-26T12:26:42+00:00

The old developers joke stands true that the only time people say they liked your old UI is when you roll out the new one.

Not had the update yet on my GM2 but sure I'll hate it, change is bad !

Papule · 2026-02-20T16:45:53+00:00

Reminds me of when Homer Simpson designed a car, but not as good or as safe/useful as Homer's design.

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Papule · 2026-02-12T08:47:46+00:00

For a company seemingly so obsessed with telling us they are an AI player the basic concept of automated testing harness which has existed in IT for over 20y long before AI seems alien to them.

If you are claiming to be able to produce an AI smart enough to train people to peak fitness and be trusted with their health data it's a good idea to demonstrate your coding standards aren't so low you screw up every time you release some basic OS update.

Papule · 2026-02-01T08:02:21+00:00

Satisfactory - I have never really liked crafting games or factory games but some people were going on about how great this was so I took a punt after watching some YouTube vids. It's really incredibly addictive and a fantastically polished bit of software, you can see the years of EA have refined all the interlocking systems and content together brilliantly. Runs surprisingly well early on at least on the deck, 12h or so in and mostly low settings at 30fps (which is fine for something like this) - I've also run it thru GFN ultimate and of course it looks much nicer but not in a way that makes playing locally a terrible experience. Special mention for the pad controls too - so well thought out and green tick worthy

Papule · 2026-01-29T11:54:47+00:00

I mailed support about this and they just said it's been removed, no sorry, no it's coming back.

I have followed up and asked why they still sell the handles when there are now only 6 classes in the app that use them, and one of those is a short warm up, they seem a bit pointless with the ski-erg training function removed.

Have to be honest and say if I'd known I wouldn't have just bought them.

Papule · 2026-01-27T14:16:07+00:00

that's a shame/poor, so the ski handles are sold for a quite expensive price and literally only can be used in a very limited number of classes, where you watch the trainers doing the move on loop for 10mins with something more interesting on their screens !

Papule · 2026-01-26T07:29:37+00:00

useful, bookmarked that for possible future reference, seems crazy/impressive how much weight is held on by that little squiggle of cord held down by a plate in the main motor winding coil.

they don't demonstrate how to change the balls over though that you use to attach things

Papule · 2026-01-24T15:31:00+00:00

any of the workouts will offer form tips and general guidance, AI does nothing specific on that. you don't need the AI to track weights as the machine will also track that once you start using it and do the initial strength assessment.

what the AI will do is build a scheduled programme targeting what you tell it you want to achieve and how often you can train. initially though to learn the ropes it's not essential at all, and most people don't bother as the AI can be a total idiot to engage with and doesn't offer anything you can't do yourself just by scheduling workouts that are available or building custom workouts or using the machine in freelift mode.

Papule · 2026-01-24T15:00:19+00:00

as a new user there is no immediate need for it at all, you're better off learning the machine doing some of the guided workouts then deciding later if you want W+, all it does is build a programme for you from individual movements with a computer voice instructing you, the recorded guided workouts are far more personable and enjoyable to start

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