Overview

During the last few years, Echelon has spent significant time behind the scenes rebuilding our platform. You've seen the changes with new class filtering, new searching, and improved workout stability. We have an exciting update for you with the all-new 'Me' Tab. 

 

"Me" puts you in the driver's seat, replacing your 'Progress' Tab. You will now have more control and visibility over your workouts. Our redesigned milestone badge system will extend far beyond the previous milestones for our highest achievers. We have also introduced 'Streaks' so you can get rewarded for consecutive days you work out across any of your Echelon equipment. 

 

The new system is much improved, allowing us to show you detailed workout information and more granular, second-by-second data. Depending on your device and app update frequency, access to this data will be available for workouts dating back to the summer of 2023.

 

All-new screens will break down your output, cadence, incline, resistance, stroke rate, heart rate, and time spent in each heart rate zone. Summary data is specific to each piece of equipment, and you can also see what badges you have earned as a reward for that workout. We’ve also worked hard to update and improve all-time stats summaries, so if you want to know how far you've traveled during your Echelon journey, that information will be available at your fingertips.

 

Totals Data

For this update, we have recalculated members’ workout totals. For some members, this resulted in no noticeable change; other members may notice a variation in their workout totals.

 

For long-time users, we have recovered ride data dating back to the beginning of Echelon and migrated this data into the new system. After extensive data analysis of various causes and effects, we will cover total variations in user workouts in detail.

 

Old System

Each time a member took a workout, the old system simply added one to that member's previous workout count. If a count became out of sync due to an internet outage or during a system maintenance period, there would be no way to correct it moving forward. For example, during the beta period of the new system, we asked users to track their rides and found an instance of a single ride counting 50+ times for one user due to an error in the system.

 

New System

The new system calculates workouts using the actual workout data as it exists. This means we reference each completed workout by a user to make sure totals are accurate at all times. We also process data much differently now to provide you with all the information we know you want about your workouts, like resistance over time and easy-to-see heart rate data. 

 

Gained Workouts 

Most users are gaining workouts due to the degradation of the previous tallying system, which sometimes zeroed out users' history or lost sync at some point in the many years it was in use. While the vast majority of users are gaining anywhere from a handful to roughly 30 workouts, this has resulted in hundreds of recovered workouts in some cases. Below are some real user examples where NC denotes "No Change" - 

 

User A

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	465	1072	+607
FitPass	25	25	NC
Freestyle	87	223	+136
Net Difference			+743

 

User B

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	391	586	+195
Rows	6	39	+33
Runs	187	380	+193
FitPass	18	18	NC
Freestyle	10	15	+5
Net Difference			+426

 

Change in FitPass to Modality or Modality to FitPass

A bug in the previous system caused a mix-up between FitPass classes and typical modality classes (bike/row/run, etc) for a period of time. You may notice that several of your workouts moved from one category to another—these typically net a change of 0 total workouts or a minimal difference. Below are real user examples - 

 

User A

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	581	770	+189
FitPass	189	0	NC
Net Difference			0

 

User B

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	256	364	+108
FitPass	100	2	-98
Freestyle	4	4	NC
Net Difference			+10

 

Lost Workouts 

We want users to retain all rides; after all, each workout requires considerable effort. Unfortunately, the old system led to some inaccuracies in the other direction, where users were credited for rides that may not exist, or rides were double-counted. Less than a dozen users are losing more than 100, less than 30 total users are losing more than 50, and less than 200 total are losing more than 20. During our beta testing period, we discussed one-on-one with users to find abnormalities and decrease these as best as possible. We often found the cause of these abnormalities to either be rides from 2020-2022 counting multiple times in the old system or the old system counting rides with no associated data as complete.

Here are some examples -

 

User A

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	658	642	-16
Rows	54	52	-2
Runs	290	289	-1
FitPass	447	451	+4
Freestyle	24	24	NC
Net Difference			-15

 

User B

Type	Old Totals	New Totals	Difference
Rides	1354	1175	-179
FitPass	556	725	+159
Freestyle	1	1	NC
Net Difference			-20

 

Summary

We would be remiss not to extend our deepest gratitude to the Echelon community for your patience and feedback throughout this transition. Special shout-outs go to those in our Champions group who spent countless hours with us beta-testing this new launch. The new 'Me' Tab marks a significant milestone in our journey to provide you with a more personalized and detailed fitness experience. Our goal is to provide our members with the most accurate and detailed data possible as they continue on their fitness journey.

 

This foundational shift in how our system handles data allows us to build new and exciting features that give you more visibility into your workout experience and inspire you to push forward and improve performance. With enhanced data accuracy, new features like 'Streaks,' and an upgraded milestone badge system, we're confident that these changes will empower you to achieve your fitness goals more effectively. Thank you for being part of the Echelon family, and here's to reaching new heights together!