iPod Video Revolutionizes Personal Training Industry

submitted: Aug 23rd 2008 | by: KareemFSamhouri,DPT,CSCS,HFI | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 321 | PDF View | Print Article

The iPod Video and the iPhone have revolutionized the way personal training is offered around the world. In truth, many people now see the iPod as a replacement for having someone demonstrate exercise in the gym. Through the technological boom, the use of digital video, and the increased awareness of health around the world, it's no wonder that the iPod workout is taking over.

Many forms of multimedia are now usable on an iPod, due to the creation of video on this device. In fact, some fitness professionals are even creating video courses to simulate a classroom leaning environment while working out. This can offer an even greater value to someone that wants to learn the science of training at the same time.

Examples of ?The Virtual and Portable Personal Trainer? include email delivery services that send you a couple of workouts per week, in order to offer variety and stimulate better results. Clients of programs like these simply log into a members? area and download whichever exercises they need for that week?s program into their iPods and off to the gym they go. Due to the fact that online video is so much more accessible with current commonality of high speed internet, walls that prevented this from occurring previously are no longer standing.

Hiring a fitness professional out of convenience should not be the answer. Rather, I'd like to see people choose their personal trainers due to their credentials and experience, as the world has now opened up to opportunities that were previously impossible. You only have one body, so be sure to take care of it.

Exercise videos allow visual demonstration of difficult positions and movements with exercise, while also allowing a fitness instructor to explain target areas and bad habits of others. Through the implementation of iPod workouts in the fitness field, it has become important to recognize previously imposed technological limitations no longer exist.

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