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The Untold History of Strength Equipment & the Fitness Industry | Roy Simonson

On this week’s episode of the Escape Your Limits podcast, our guest is Roy Simonson. Whilst he may not be a household name, there are few gym-users who would not have seen or trained on equipment he designed or inspired. Roy revolutionalized the fitness industry with his game-changing strength equipment innovations. Firstly, when in his early twenties, Roy sold his company, Eagle Fitness, to CYBEX, where as Head of Product Development, he introduced its highly acclaimed VR and VR2 lines and launched more than 100 new strength and cardio products. Fast forward to 1999 and his cable-based weight stack machines, designed by his own company Ground Zero Designs, later renamed Freemotion Fitness, made it possible to train in multiple planes. This effectively launched the concept and application of ‘functional training’ to the masses. Since then, Roy has gone on to design for other major equipment brands including Resolute and Eleiko. Alongside his professional success, Roy has enjoyed 30 years of competitive single speed track cycling, racing on a bike he designed himself. Roy has very little interest in self-promotion which is why you won’t find him on social media. Today, Roy Simonson talks about: • How strength training products designed for CYBEX ended Nautilus’ market dominance. • Creating machines that drive health, mobility, activity and fitness. • The inspiration behind Hammer Strength. • The launch of CYBEX’s best-selling VR & VR2 lines. • The lack of good education in the industry. • Snowboarding and how it inspired the design of Freemotion’s cable machines. • Trends and predictions. ====================================================== Subscribe to our channel and turn on your notifications so you never miss a new video when it’s published:    / escapefitness   Shop gym equipment: https://escapefitness.com/shop ====================================================== Facebook:   / escapefitness   Instagram:   / escapefitness   Twitter:   / escapefitness   LinkedIn:   / escape-fitness   #fitnesspodcast #roysimonson #cybex 0:00 Intro 3:36 Nautilus dominance in the fitness industry 5:40 Nautilus: The launch of fixed, stabilized, isolated machines with variable resistance. 12:01 Arthur Jones and Arnold Schwarzenegger made the fitness industry what it is today 13:00 Strength training benefits everyone 14:06 Creating machines that drive health, mobility, activity and fitness 21:35 Designing face masks and bicycles 22:46 Let’s just start a business 28:56 Selling the business to Lumex 38:24 Gary Jones and the launch of Hammer Strength 40:47 Launch of CYBEX VR and VR2 51:26 The lack of quality education in the industry 58:38 How The Arc Trainer kept CYBEX afloat 1:06:55 How snowboarding inspired the design of Ground Zero/Freemotion cable machines 1:33:35 Trends and predictions 1:35:05 In the gym: Functional training is growing, cardio training is shrinking