using AI for weight training

docui16
docui16 Posts: 6 Member
in Fitness and Exercise

Anyone presently using an AI app for a trainer? Reviews, expectations you had vs outcome?

Pros? Cons?

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,760 Member

    No, why? I'd think I notice when I'm able to increase weight. And if I can't increase for too long I do a deloading session and try again.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,098 Community Helper

    Not a thing I'd consider, personally. It might do OK at putting together a program, but there are lots of very good programs already available (for various goals) that have been put together by experienced, knowledgeable people.

    If we're talking about a trainer specifically, then the reasons I'd consider a trainer are things an AI can't do, at least not currently: Teach appropriate form to maximize benefit and avoid injury, watch/monitor/correct my form to dial in that good form, assess my body's relative strengths and weaknesses to tailor a program to me specifically by using benchmark tests of various sorts, etc.

    I like some of the new AI offerings that are available, and they can do amazing things, but this isn't a realm where I think they're the best available option or even least-cost available option.

  • I2k4
    I2k4 Posts: 217 Member
    edited August 6

    Agree with above, not as a "trainer" per se because it doesn't know the client and cannot watch practice. But has been helpful to me in evaluatiing ideas or things I'm already trying. Needing to increase cardio, by coincidence earlier today I asked Perplexity AI "Compare cardio and metabolic benefit of 30 minutes moderate walking with my current 7 intervals of 3 minutes at 140 bpm music (1 minute rests), sequenced as in place jogging, jumps and jacks, high knees, squats, fast sit ups and glute bridges, double and single hand kettlebell swings and final interval jogging again." The answer was instantaneous and confirmed my guesses, bringing up good online sources for confirmation. Some time ago I asked it to draft a full body twice a week dumbbell program and the product was very much in line with others I've seen. But it's not a "trainer" or coach any more than a written program or a good book on a fitness topic could be.

    I'll add that for any use on any topic, "prompting" is a huge factor in the kind and quality of the AI response. For fitness you already need to know enough to put the right question and contextual information into the AI's prompt, and then know enough to follow up with more relevant prompts, finally knowing enough to know the answer is what's wanted.

  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,434 Member

    My son used it to provide lists of movements per muscle group so he wasn’t leaving anything out 🤷🏻‍♀️ He’s a teenager.

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