Patent ID: 8298123

Claim:
A local exercise system comprising: at least one exercise apparatus; and at least one associated local computer configured to control an operation of said exercise apparatus based upon a script stored in a read/write memory of said local computer, said script having been received over a wide area network interface from a remote server system, the script defining an exercise session that is to be performed at the local system, wherein the script specifies a number of exercise related steps to be performed by the exercise apparatus as part of the exercise session, wherein the local system is configured to detect a selection corresponding to said script and to the exercise session that is implemented during execution of said script, wherein the local system is configured to process the exercise session by initiating execution of the modifiable script as part of the exercise session, and wherein the local system is configured, in response to at least one of monitored user performance or user input detected at the local system, to determine to carry out a different number of exercise related steps than the number of exercise related steps specified by the script, and is configured to thereafter, upon determining that the session has not been completed, continue to process the exercise session.