Live fitness technology has faced directly in the largest net event in Portorico

I was surrounded by palm trees, an unforgettable Caribbean sun, music in Spanish and sweat in the heart of the Kagas Park in Puerto Rico. I was in I, me and me – The most overwhelming wellness on the island- but I left something more personal: a deep sense of emphasizing that wellness, when you are rooted in culture and society, is more than just a direction. It is a return to the self. As the millennium Latina in the well -being and a person who was born and raised in Portorico, this event felt that he was at home. For the first time, I also felt that the fitness industry had finally met us where we were – an area where he met physical fitness technology in a way that I had not seen before.

For societies of Spanish origin, the prevailing wellness of our rhythms, values ​​and live experiences often ignored. This year, me, I and Biloton challenged that narration. The attendees were mostly Latina the generation of the millennium and General Zires who – like me – did not see themselves represented often in traditional fitness or wellness spaces. This event began with two emotional Puerto Rico women: Melissa Jiminiz and Nicole Bush, who say they saw a gap in how to hand over wellness to women on the island. Melissa Jiminies, founder, Nicole Bush, director of the event, said, “

It started as a small event a decade ago and became a full day experience, as it attracted thousands of attendees. Peloton coaches led Lesson in Spanish, which not only was reflected, but the audience grew up in front of him. Peloton’s presence at my face, and I was not just flexible. It was a sign that the brands of fitness technology should pay attention to the people trying to serve them. This is what happened when they did.

Fitness acting power

Peloton’s presence in the festival was not a performance. It was intended and showed what the comprehensive fitness could look culturally.

Coach Camilla Ramon, Mariana Vernadies and Rad Lopez led lessons by training strength, yoga, injustice and even outdoor running – all in Spanish. As Latina, I use Peloton for years, I can tell you that it matters.

“This means that everything for me is to lead the classroom in the Spanish language. One of my main tasks is that the largest possible number of people move and make them feel satisfied with movement and exercise.” Camilla RamonPeloton coach and interconnection in this event.

Often, people who are not their native language, like me, are forced to translate the sermon mentally (which can disrupt the flow of exercise).

“Piloton presented a gateway to teach in my language and my original language. But now in the coming and teaching a chapter in the Spanish language in a place I loved three years ago, with people who welcomed me with open arms, they feel very Syriac,” he said. Mariana FernandezYoga teacher for Biluton.

This was not exclusive to make the exercises easier. It was related to building a bridge between the platform and the people who contemplated the service.

For me, the fitness of the fitness does not revolve around the stage. It comes to what is in the room, and whoever talks to him and who will feel a vision without explanation. It was clear from the moment when I went up to the foundations that this was not a healthy event that was built for another person with a few “diverse” additions. It was built with our culture in mind.

I have been covered in many years over the years, and often mixed together: New York City roofs, influential heavy presence and the same polished aesthetic. But this was different because it was very local and felt proud of Latina. The crowd reflected the richness of our society: the Afro Latinas with their natural hair, its bold colors, mothers, girls, and meditation to side by side. Gen Z Girls breathe with a sparkle in their hair.

Acting here was not symbolic. It was systematic. He appeared in the plans of the event, who taught the classroom, and who attended. Jiménez and Bosch not only created “Vepe”. They made an environmental system where culture and wellness were intertwined in all details.

When Ramon says “Dale Duro” in the chapter, it is not just a braid. It is a cultural abbreviation that carries a meaning that you cannot translate. This is the power of acting. Speak to your body and for you story.

We rarely discuss Why Acting matters. Peloton’s representation in this event also challenges the industry base that progress in wellness must be measured by numbers. Here, success looked like joy, comfort and communication.

This festival not only enhanced wellness. Record it. It has shown that fitness technology should not be cold or separate or pure companies. It can be warm. It can be familiar. You can meet people where they are – linguistically, culturally and emotionally.

For the Latina community, this was not just a fitness. It has proven that we also belong to the center of wellness innovation, not on the margins. Although this may be a one -day festival, the effect of this type of representation (especially when a main fitness player supports him in Peloton) can extend beyond the garden walls. It makes us feel welcome and inserted.

As a person who grew up in Portorico, I felt an emotional cloud that I did not expect. I left the island in my early twenties to follow my career. Although my identity deeply affects my work, I do not always get its position. Now, I am used to switching between worlds. I am a switch. Translate. I adapt. But here, there was no need to stop anything. I should be Latina, editor and lovers of wellness, all logical in the same space. This day felt as if to return to the homeland.

Physical fitness technology is not enough. Society within the areas of wellness matters

It is easy to forget, especially when we delve deeper into fitness applications, flowing and elegant new devices that were not supposed to be a single journey. However, a lot of fitness technology has bent to individualism (Follow your progress, Your statistics, goals).

In this event, I remembered that society is the lost piece. Wellness is not only related to what you do alone in your living room Yoga mat. With the latest Earphone to work Or even training with The smartest gym maybe. It also relates to those who sweat on your side and encourage you.

In the Fernández’s alma & Flow category, I didn’t need to explain the reason for dancing on pop songs in the middle of Spanish Savasana. I just did. The common rhythm created immediate affiliation.

Fitness technology alone cannot create this type of energy, but it can be amplified. For this reason, the presence of Piloton did not feel here on the island. The brand has not only provided free experiences and we photographed Instagram. It appeared in the Spanish language on our island in partnership with local leaders.

The Lopez’s Shadowboxing, Todo Boxo, explained this in particular. It was an invitation to contact through the movements that were grandparents and modern. We moved as a unit, and nurtured each other.

Lopez told me: “When you see a room full of people who resemble you, move like you and speak like you – it is beating different.”

I was covering wellness and fitness for a long time to understand how easy the brands tend to standards and machines on the meaning. Training plans created by artificial intelligenceActual heart rate, assigned topical panels-everything is impressive but often emotionally sterile. Many platforms still miss the mark on a basic thing – how Feel To move. The best fitness technology not only helps you move. It makes you feel welcome, included and watching.

I was not just a fan of the fact that Piloton appeared in this event – I was more admired by how he did so. Peloton’s presence was not a marketing projection. It looked like a case study on how the brands of fitness technology be more thinking and human in its approach.

Each present received the quick response code for 60 days from Free access to Peloton app. On the surface, this can be considered just a growth tactic. But given the context, it seemed to be an invitation to expand the event of the event in the daily fitness procedures for individuals. More importantly, it made me think about how fitness applications are more than digital tools; They can be cultural translators. This was an opportunity for those present who may not see themselves reflected in the world of digital fitness to experience what appears to be welcome, vision and hearing the sermon in their mother tongue.

This is where the fitness technique can shine: it supports traditions and enhances culture by mediating diverse people, not just performance.

What motivates my mother Latina in Puerto Rico, it may not be what drives a runner in Boston or a university student in Los Angeles. Real customization exceeds data points. It takes into account the context and values.

Where fitness signs can go from here

While the sun was stricken behind palm trees, she felt inflammation, smell of it, the difference and the complete. For the first time, I met the well -being, where I was exactly: on my island, in my language, surrounded by people who resemble me, think like me and move like me.

I want to see more of this type of technology – not just an innovator but a deep human.

What Peloton did in this event is a plan for other brands of fitness technology. If companies want to deepen their impact with various fans, Peloton may explain how. Your technology should be available, comprehensive, conscious in language and translated. The application may be digital, but human connection should feel. The coaches may be far, but their voices still feel near the house.