How to put your class timer on the gym TV

What you need

Nothing your gym doesn't already have.

• A TV with a web browser: a smart TV, a Chromecast with Google TV, or a computer on HDMI. If the TV has no browser, a Fire TV Stick (about €35) does the job.
• An internet connection in the room.
• The coach's phone with the HIIT Timer app and the Groups plan (or the gym's Studio plan).

Step by step

1. On the TV, open the browser and go to hiittimer.io/tv. A code and a QR appear.
2. In the app, open the class room and go to TV. Scan the QR or type the code.
3. Build the session in blocks: Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, station circuits, ladders, warm-up and rest.
4. Tap Start. The TV, your phone and the phones of the students who joined with the code run to the same second.
5. During class, pause, skip or add 15 seconds from your phone: the TV follows instantly.

What the room sees

The screen uses one colour per phase, so it reads from across the room without thinking: red for work, cyan for rest, yellow for the warm-up.

• The time in big digits, the round and what comes next.
• In circuits, which group is at each station. Each station can also have its own tablet.
• Three more modes: no text (time and colour only), a black screen while you explain, or a flash at every phase change.
• The sound you pick (whistle, horn or boxing bell) plays from the coach's phone and the TV.

If the gym wifi drops

Once the class has started, every screen keeps counting on its own and resyncs when the connection is back. The timer never stops.

Frequently asked questions