There is an exponential increase in the number of fitness centers, yoga studios, lifestyle improvement centers, gyms, and diet trends around us. This increase shows how people are getting more alert and aware of putting their health first. People are trying to change their lifestyle and make the most of their life even while being busy. Unfortunately, our busy lifestyles sometimes cause stress and time constraints making us not follow the best lifestyle practices. 

But the good news is that technology is always at our rescue. Various technologies in the past have created incredible solutions that aid people’s efforts towards a more fitter self. The pandemic pushed our fitness regimes from gyms to online screens. A lot of us missed our gym trainers and the company indeed. However, with the pandemic stretched long, we got ourselves acquainted with online fitness programs and applications. 

Fitness companies took advantage of the most talked-about technology of the decade, Artificial Intelligence. Many companies started online AI-enabled trainers to provide users an effective and enriching workout regime. AI trainers are digital fitness trainers who create a personalized workout plan for the users as per their fitness level, goal, requirements, and preferences. 

Various companies are developing computer vision-based algorithms to check user’s performance, form, posture automatically. They can also count a trainee’s reps and provide instant feedback on the same.

These AI trainers develop the plan taking into account the user’s basic information like gender, age, weight, height, problems, or goals. Then, artificial Intelligence uses this data and provides customized workout plans aligned with the user’s goals. Cult.fit, an Indian fitness startup, recently announced the addition of AI trainers in its new chain of gyms -Cult Gyms. 

Over time, the AI trainer learns and understands users’ workout patterns, lifestyle, strength and keeps modifying the workout plan accordingly. Individual users, gyms, and fitness companies are using these AI-based platforms in the post-pandemic world. These platforms provide assessment, post-workout analysis, rates, and high and low points of the workout leading to the user getting a more inept and analytical workout report. This improves the overall results and experience of the training based on the user’s capabilities. 

The user or trainee gets more engaged and motivated with a clear workout report, leading to habit formation and improved health. These AI trainers are just one example of AI’s many other use cases in health, fitness, and lifestyle coaching. For example, AI-powered Weight management coaches and AI coaches for monitoring and treatment adherence have gained significant popularity in recent years owing to the increasing obesity rate as well as increasing cases of lifestyle disorders such as diabetes, PCOD, and more. Additionally, AI-enabled mental health coaches or chatbots have also been contributing to psychology and psychiatry streams. 

It is important to notice that even with these AI-powered health assistants and coaches, the need for gym trainers, doctors, psychiatrists is fundamental. The way a gym trainer can guide you the movements, poses, and techniques is irreplaceable. Thus the need for human support remains intact.

To make these AI-enabled lifestyle coaches affordable, it is essential that more startups and tech enthusiasts come together and create solutions for a wider clientele.

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