PACE Frequently Asked Questions
Matrix Equipment
What Matrix consoles are compatible with PACE?
- New Cardio: Onyx, Touch Pro and Touch Essentials Consoles
- Strength: Intelligent Training Consoles on All Ultra Series equipment
- Legacy Cardio: Onyx and Touch / Touch XL Consoles
What’s the recommended number of Ultra strength units?
The more Ultra units the Matrix AI gets to work with, the more types and variations of programs can be created.
There’s no one-size-fits-all recommendation because each facility has unique preferences and constraints. Instead, we have outlined a few suggested equipment configurations. These are flexible starting points based on space, designed to support a well-rounded, full-body strength offering. Facilities can mix and match from all 22 pieces in the Ultra Series, from a smaller footprint to a full lineup where space allows, with at least six pieces recommended for a complete training experience.
- An 11-piece configuration designed to maximize the PACE experience, that combines compound, multi-joint machines and a few isolated-muscle machines. Marketing cut sheet coming for this
- A 6-piece package of equipment with key Ultra Series units for smaller spaces.
What are the facility requirements for connectivity (Wi-Fi) and power?
AI Model
What was the Matrix AI model trained on?
Medical-grade data from seca
Programming foundation:
Using research-driven training methodologies and scientifically validated protocols.
5 cardio formulas and 5 strength formulas
Sprint intensity components derived from our exclusive Sprint 8 program
Matrix equipment foundation:
- Special considerations for equipment types (for example, ClimbMill workouts require a different approach than a cycle) including guardrails for things like how long on average a person should spend on each piece of equipment.
- Classification of “first choice” equipment for the Matrix AI to use for programming if the facility has the equipment available. The first choice for strength equipment are compound muscle, multi-joint machines.
- Exerciser equipment preferences
What variables or data points from the facility and exerciser flow into the model?
The program looks at:
- Exerciser – answers to the PACE survey questions at intake, initial body composition analysis and regular rescanning
- Exerciser – workout performance
- Facility – Matrix touchscreen products available at that specific Facility ID
Does the Matrix AI account for workout performance?
It analyzes the exerciser’s workout performance and adjusts the program based on how they handle each workout. It can detect if user completes sets, performs faster than before or struggles with the program. PACE will learn from user progress, completion rates and body composition improvements.
Bioimpedance and Measurements with seca Devices
What do seca TRU devices measure?
- With the seca TRU devices, body composition is analyzed within seconds. This lets a user see whether they have a high or low amount of muscle mass and how much fat mass they carry. The seca TRU also provides many more measurements and AI-powered insights into exercisers’ bodies that they can discover in the MyAnalytics app.
How does a body composition analysis measurement work technologically? What is bioimpedance?
- In the Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA or bioimpedance), a weak, imperceptible electrical current is passed through the body, and the resistance that the tissue offers to this current is measured.
- Since fat is less conductive than muscle tissue, the proportion of fat and muscle mass can be calculated based on the measured resistance. For this, seca uses clinically validated formulas to obtain the most accurate results possible.
Is it safe for anyone to do a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis?
- It is not recommended to perform a BIA for anyone who has a pacemaker or during pregnancy.
- There is no exposure to radiation with the measurement.
How accurate is bioelectrical impedance analysis?
seca’s medical-grade BIA devices have high accuracy and are validated against the gold-standard for body composition methods:
- Skeletal muscle mass: ~97% accuracy vs. whole-body MRI
- Fat-free mass: ~98% accuracy vs. 4-compartment model
- Total body water: ~98% accuracy vs. deuterium dilution
- Extracellular water: ~95% accuracy vs. sodium bromide dilution (for adults aged 18+)
Why is this more accurate than DXA?
It’s less about which method is inherently more accurate and more about the overall cost and practicality of use. A DXA scan exposes patients to a small amount of ionizing radiation, whereas BIA is completely radiation-free. DXA also requires a medical setting and physician oversight, while BIA can be performed quickly and easily without direct medical involvement. The practical conclusion is that modern medical-grade BIA provides accuracy comparable to DXA for many body composition parameters, but with lower relative cost and no radiation exposure for the user.
seca Products
What is seca analytics 125?
seca analytics 125 is a cloud-based software for analyzing body composition. It simplifies the processes in your facility and gives you more freedom for more important things. Together with the myAnalytics app, it provides insights into your exercisers’ scans and training success at any time and from anywhere.
Is the myAnalytics app a free tool or is there a fee? Is the MyAnalytics app part of the solution that customers get?
- With the myAnalytics app, your exercisers always have the results of their body composition analysis with them, wherever they are.
- Every PACE user can download the myAnalytics app from the Appstore or Google Play Store free of charge to see and track their body composition results over time.
What is the seca TRU Companion and why is it an upgrade?
Upgrade the exercisers’ experience with the seca TRU Companion. It serves as a dedicated marketing platform for your facility, allowing you to use built-in promotional content for body composition analysis and training and information sharing as well as upload and display your own custom marketing materials.
How often are seca products calibrated?
Calibration requirements: every 2 years for diagnostics, every 5 years for bioimpedance
PACE Operations
What products and software are needed to implement PACE in my facility?
seca TRU device(s)
Analytics 125 from seca
Matrix Touch console equipment
We advise a member management system to have the most seamless integration possible.
Your exercisers will need:
MyAnalytics app from seca and a seca login
xID login for Matrix products
Upgrade the exerciser experience: add a seca TRU Companion, which guides the user through the workflow and provides marketing touchpoints for facilities.
Where can I, as a facility owner, see the analytics of PACE?
- Analytics125 is where you view all your exercisers’ body composition measurements.
- Workouts analytics from Matrix equipment are available to view on Engage 360.
Where do my exercisers see the analytics of PACE?
- Body composition analytics: Four key metrics are displayed on the Matrix console in the post-workout summary. To view additional metrics, exercisers will be guided via QR code to the seca MyAnalytics app, which shows up to 20 parameters and contains in-depth information and AI health insights.
- Workout analytics: available on any Matrix console once logged in or on the Matrix Community 360 app.
How often does PACE rescan users?
The program is designed to keep exercisers motivated, so the scan schedule is built to support progress tracking. After their initial measurement during onboarding, exercisers are prompted to complete a second scan at 4 weeks. Following that, scans are scheduled every 2 weeks to help them stay engaged and monitor their results regularly.
How do I address my staff concerns that the Matrix AI programming will replace or make their job harder?
- This experience is designed to replace the experience of new people joining the gym and not seeing results and then cancelling their membership. What most often happens in that scenario is that they don’t seek out additional help. So instead of replacing personal training, we look at this as a step into personal training if that’s something your facility offers. As people get more comfortable in the gym and start seeing progress, they’ll be more motivated to start adding additional exercises, group classes and other services.
- The additional benefit of this to personal trainers is that it can make their time more efficient. Instead of spending time manually analyzing weight and other metrics, the body composition analysis will give them accurate insights to base plans off. Ultimately, trainers can do more than this program. They can factor in personal circumstances, nutrition and equipment outside of the facility. They are the personal touch and the relationship builders that can keep people coming back to your facility.
Facility Operations
Can it only be available to certain user types?
- PACE will always be available at a facility once the seca-Matrix integration is activated – however facilities might decide to limit the offer to certain users. This can be done via RFID/QR code restrictions on the seca TRU device through setting contingents in seca Analytics 125.
- Another way facilities can restrict PACE to certain users is to separate the equipment into a dedicated room or area of the gym that’s not accessible to all.
Are PACE workouts transferable to different facility locations? For example, if someone is an exerciser at a gym and wants to go to a different location that has reciprocity, can they log into the console and pull up their workout plan?
If a user logs into Matrix smart cardio or strength equipment Matrix at a different location, their workout plan will be available as long as the seca-Matrix integration is active at the other facility as well.
Other Integrations
How does it interact with EGYM?
Flexibility is key with this integration. Customers are not boxed into one implementation approach. Key will be deciding where you want data to flow and which interface to use for the presentation of information.
A couple of implementation scenarios:
- Matrix + seca
- Matrix + seca + EGYM with separate devices
- Matrix and seca + EGYM combo unit
Data Security
What are the data security implications?
When the seca–Matrix integration is activated, data is exchanged between the involved systems. To enable personalized exercise recommendations, body composition analysis results from seca are collected and combined with other relevant fitness metrics, and this data is shared with seca as part of the integrated experience. Facilities are required to inform their exercisers about this data processing and data sharing within their privacy policy and data protection information.
