Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Skynet Tweets Your Workout

Can your tweets from your weights support you in your personal fitness plan?  This prototype from a UK student has two modes, online and offline in case your student needs work on their form.


Tweet_Fit. from Fraser Spowart on Vimeo.


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My product is designed to encourage people to exercise at home. Its universal design allows it to be easily attached to any dumbbell.
The device has two main functions, an offline and online mode. The offline mode has been designed to guide the user through the perfect bicep curl. Once this is mastered the online mode can be activated.
To activate the online mode you simply pick up the dumbbell with the device attached, doing this will send a message to your twitter feed indicating you have began to exercise. You will be notified that the message has been sent by green lights flashing. Once you have finished your exercise and put the dumbbell down again another tweet will be sent indicating the end of your exercise. Red lights will flash to indicate a second tweet has been sent.
This product could be used effectively by fitness instructors to keep an eye on their clients when they are at home and could also be used as a fun competition between friends on twitter.




7 comments:

  1. I think that fitness instructors will get more out of this product, but for an individual, it might be a distraction. Who knows people might add this in their gym equipment.

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  2. I have never spent a dime in gym equipment. I buy protein supplements and other medications that can help me achieve my weight goal.

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  3. I can't imagine how it works but I think it's very effective in some ways. I'll probably consider it.

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  4. Heavy weights, exercise at home and amino acid supplements are the dynamic means to acquire more proteins that are essential to sustain a healthy life. I agree that fitness instructors could use this product for more efficient body-building techniques.

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  5. I think tweeting your diet plans and also it's progress could be an effective tool for you to faithfully follow your weight loss agenda. The Long Island weight loss center I went to a week ago says that it helps you continue what you're doing because you don't want your friends to pick after you if they see that there's no improvement in your body.

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  6. I agree, it's all about accountability and visibility.

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  7. This is an awesome fitness plan. It's pretty coll that once you're done with your exercise and put the dumbbell down a tweet will be sent indicating the end of your exercise. Combining social media as with your fitness is a brilliant idea to motivate yourself as well as inspiring others to stay fit.

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