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Eight Sleep to launch new health coaching service with acquisition of fitness app Span Health

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Smart mattress company Eight Sleep is planning to launch a new health coaching service after acquiring the app Span Health. Span connects users to a performance coach who can make training and diet recommendations. The recommendations are based on data tracked from various fitness and health trackers, including the Eight Sleep smart mattress.

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The new Peloton Guide releases tomorrow. Here is everything you need to know.

Peloton Guide details

Peloton’s first piece of strength hardware, the Peloton Guide, is set to release on Tuesday, April 5. However, since its announcement last year, surprisingly few details about the Peloton Guide have been revealed. With less than a day until release, more details about this mysterious device are finally rolling in.

Update: More info released on upcoming Exclusive Content for Peloton Guide owners.

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Health tech startup Goquii to launch ‘metaverse ecosystem’ using blockchain and gamification

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The metaverse isn’t just for Facebook and Microsoft – digital health companies are starting to see some early funding for metaverse concepts that bring immersive AR and VR into health and fitness realms, from gamified fitness classes to virtual telemedicine and group therapy. Just this week, Indian health startup Goquii received $10 million to seed its ambitions of developing a “metaverse ecosystem” where users can earn NFTs in a gamified health space.

Hong Kong-based game software and venture capital firm Animoca contributed to the funding round, adding to Goqii’s $50 million it received in February in a Series-C funding round led by Sumero Ventures.

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iFIT instructor Tommy Rivs gets hit by car while riding bike

iFIT instructor Tommy Rivers, known by most as Tommy Rivs, has had a rough few years. Rivs was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer in 2020, which almost took his life. He has since inspired countless others by continuing to charge forward with a relentlessly positive attitude. Then this weekend, while out for a bike ride, he got hit by a car.

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