The future of weight training: AI, smartwatches and the vision of the perfect workout
Bastian Dänekas: Explains in the Digital Public Health Podcast how AI and smartwatches can optimise strength training and make it safer for beginners.
The vision of the perfect workout: automatic repetition counters, real-time feedback and personalised training plans - this could be the strength training of the future. How does IT take strength training to the next level?
In the latest episode of the Digital Public Health Podcast, host Rasmus Cloes talks to Bastian Dänekas, a scientist at the University of Bremen, about the connection between computer science and strength training. Bastian explains how he is using movement data and artificial intelligence to make weight training more accessible and safer for beginners. What does it take to develop digital feedback systems that analyse movements and enable individually optimised training?
The central challenges of his research are the collection of movement data and the individualisation of training algorithms. In particular, Bastian sees potential in the use of smartwatches and other gadgets that could help athletes to perform exercises correctly and stay motivated.
He also explains why strength training is much more complex than endurance sports and how digital technologies could overcome plateaus in the long term. The podcast sheds light not only on technology, but also on social issues: Can open access data and political regulation drive the digital transformation in sport?
How important is access to affordable, everyday solutions for recreational athletes? And why are we only at the beginning when it comes to the digitalisation of strength training? Listen in and find out how modern technologies could make it easier to start strength training and boost motivation in the long term!
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