Saturday, June 13, 2009

iPod Video Personal Trainer From Langhorne - Is It Really Possible?

By Kareem F Samhouri, DPT, CSCS, HFI

The influx of technology, such as the iPhone and iPod Video, has redefined the ability to offer personal training online. Using digital video more easily, combined with the goals of improved health around the world, makes it almost a necessity for all personal trainers to start offering their workouts in this format.

Fitness professionals are now beginning to even create video presentations that can be watched on an iPod, in order to simulate a classroom learning environment while working out. This just goes to show the growth in examples of applications of the iPod since the birth of iPod music.

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.

As a fitness professional, it's important to remind readers that you should not hire a personal trainer because of convenience. Instead, it's more important to evaluate them for their skill set and educational background, regardless of price or environment. Remember, this is your body. Be sure to choose wisely when asking someone to help you take care of it.

As with any exercise video, the inclusion of iPod workouts in long-distance training programs can allow an improved level of instruction, thereby decreasing the loss of quality with distance. It's important to recognize all available opportunities for hiring a fitness professional that is dedicated to your success. - 16887

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