Patent ID: 7811201

Claim:
A method comprising: storing fitness information applicable to a user on a portable wireless communications device, wherein the fitness information comprises exercise apparatus settings, user fitness information, user fitness tracking data, or a combination thereof; accessing the fitness information from the portable wireless communication device; establishing operative communication between an exercise apparatus and the portable wireless communication device; sending at least a subset of the fitness information from the portable wireless communication device to the exercise apparatus to facilitate a user workout using the exercise apparatus, wherein the at least a subset of the fitness information comprises a first setting of the exercise apparatus; receiving exercise information on the portable wireless communication device corresponding to the user workout from the exercise apparatus, wherein the exercise information comprises results of a workout, changed exercise apparatus settings, changed user fitness information, or a combination thereof; updating, during the workout, the at least a subset of the fitness information responsive to the received exercise information; and storing only in the portable wireless communications device, during the workout at least a subset of the updated fitness information for a subsequent workout, wherein the at least a subset of the updated fitness information comprises a second setting of the exercise apparatus obtainable only from the portable wireless communications device, during the subsequent workout.