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🏋️‍♂️ The AI Fitness Revolution

🏋️‍♂️ The AI Fitness Revolution

PLUS: A hot massage gun you need to see

HealthHack
September 20, 2023

Happy Wednesday! Here's your quick dose of this week's top wellness-tech tidbits. 🔋

In this week’s newsletter:

🏋️‍♂️ Tonal’s AI muscles: The future of strength training at home
🔥 The hottest (literally) massage gun of 2023
🖐️ Crunch Fitness' palm tech eliminates need for gym tags
📲 YDY races ahead: New heart-pumping challenges in the app
🤖 AI and fitness: A match made in tech heaven

📊 Poll of the Week 📊

Last week, we asked what kind of smartwatch you use…

And wow, this one was a close call! We had a perfect tie between:

The Apple Watch Series 8 and the Apple Watch SE.

With the Apple Watch Ultra right behind them…

It’s clear where HealthHack readers’ allegiance lies! 😉

In this week’s poll, to celebrate the evolution of home workouts, we’re curious:

Which of these home workouts would you love to try (or are already using)?

Make sure to cast your vote, and tune in next week to see which choice gets the most votes!

🧑‍💻 The Wellness-Tech Roundup

Tonal Flexes Its AI Muscles: A New Dawn in Home Fitness 💪

Tonal, the tech-savvy strength training platform, is beefing up its AI game. They've revamped the traditional strength training routine, incorporating AI to provide real-time weight adjustments and performance tracking.

And they're not just counting reps and sets – they're tailoring the user experience with dynamic resistance changes and individualized content.

Despite challenges in the connected fitness industry, Tonal’s leadership is confident, and the data's backing them up. With strength training pegged as next year's top fitness trend, Tonal could be lining up for a big year ahead.

Key Takeaway: Tonal is leveraging AI to redefine strength training at home, potentially setting a new standard for personalized workouts. 🏅🤖

Hyperice's Massage Guns Get a HOT Upgrade 🥵

If you've missed the Hyperice hype, allow us to introduce you: They're the masterminds behind the Hypervolt percussion massage guns, where high-tech meets muscle recovery.

They just launched a heated head attachment, with the aim of more effectively addressing muscle tension, stiffness, and discomfort. Folks, this is the kind of upgrade your sore muscles have been dreaming of.

And, for the skeptics out there, top athletes like soccer superstar Erling Haaland are vouching for its transformative effects.

Key Takeaway: In the intersection of tech and wellness, Hyperice's heated addition to Hypervolt underlines the evolving landscape of personalized recovery. The future is here, and it's feeling warmer. 🔥🔫

Crunch Fitness High-Fives Amazon's Palm Tech: Bye-Bye Key Tags 🖐️

Crunch Fitness is pushing the barriers of the future (while you push those weights). Now, at select locations, forget the hassle of digging around for membership tags or fumbling with apps. Just give them a wave—with your palm!

Yep, Crunch teamed up with Amazon's One palm recognition system, a palm-based tool that uses AI and biometric data to allow identification via scanning your hand. 🤯

Nine US locations across San Francisco, NYC, and LA are piloting this futuristic tech, with plans to roll out to more in the coming months. The stats? 80% of these gyms’ members are already adopting this tech, and the numbers are only growing.

Key Takeaway: As the tech and fitness worlds collide, Crunch Fitness is leading the charge by replacing traditional access methods with Amazon's palm-recognition tech. 🏋️‍♂️🖐️

📲 The YDY Download

HealthHack is the sister publication of YDY, the "kart style" fitness video game that lets you compete against others using your heart rate as fuel!

We’ve added 7 new races this week across our four different levels.

Shoutout to Jarod Burton for climbing up the leaderboard. 🙌

🏋️‍♂️ AI Lifts Wellness-Tech to New Heights

The fusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and fitness is changing the game of fitness, redefining our approach to health and the technology that backs it. Today, AI fitness isn't just a future concept—it's shaping our present.

Image: Midjourney

Miri Health: Wellness at Your Fingertips

Amy Kelly and Boris Korsunsky's brainchild, Miri Health, highlights how AI can seamlessly merge with health. This platform offers 24/7 access to AI-driven wellness advice.

After closing a $1.2 million pre-seed round last month, they’re in a great spot to drive forward the AI-fitness revolution.

Rather than being just another app, Miri acts as a comprehensive wellness companion, designed to guide users on proactive health journeys, potentially safeguarding against future ailments.

FitMe: Personalized Home Fitness

Enter the domain of at-home fitness and witness the marvel that is FitMe.

This device, backed by intricate AI systems, personalizes your fitness experience by tailoring workouts and dietary regimes based on a detailed analysis of your body.

It takes the guesswork out of fitness, offering in-depth body scans that rival professional-grade equipment.

The results? A 3D avatar of yourself, highlighting every intricacy of your physique, allowing for an unparalleled level of workout and dietary customization.

FitMe just finished fully funding their Kickstarter project to bring it to life, so keep your eyes on the lookout for more from this promising project.

AI-thletic: Rethinking the Gym

The very conception of what a gym should offer is also undergoing a radical transformation, as evidenced by the AI-created gym concept from Velotric, AI-thletic.

An overwhelming majority of fitness enthusiasts surveyed (83%) found the AI-crafted gym experience to be of high quality. The integration of AI tools into exercise regimens offers unparalleled personalization, helping users achieve optimal results.

However, with many gym-goers relying on human connection for motivation and camaraderie, don’t expect regular gyms to be going anywhere. (For now, anyway!)

Challenges for Traditional Training

With tools like ChatGPT proving more efficient than personal trainers for 20% of respondents, AI’s role in fitness is clear.

These tools craft precise workout plans, evidenced by the 12% of users achieving personal records through AI-created regimens.

However, this evolution also signals a challenge for the traditional roles of gym trainers. As AI's prominence grows, fitness professionals may need to integrate tech more holistically, ensuring a balance between human touch and technology.

The Value of Human Connection

Despite AI’s monumental impact, the importance of human connection remains. Research, including a study from the Journal of Social Sciences, emphasizes the benefits of human companionship in workouts, especially for boosting motivation.

Conclusion

AI is revolutionizing the fitness domain, introducing innovations previously deemed futuristic. From Miri Health’s holistic wellness pathways to FitMe’s reimagined home workouts, we're witnessing a rapid tech-driven evolution.

As the world of fitness becomes more intertwined with AI, the challenge lies in balancing cutting-edge technology with the invaluable human element.

This dynamic intersection of tech and fitness holds a promising, albeit digital, future.