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iPod Video Revolutionizes Personal Training Industry in Bucks County

By Kareem F Samhouri, DPT, CSCS, HFI

New horizons have been reached in the personal training industry through the inclusion of the iPod Video and iPhone as new tools for training long-distance clients. Long-distance personal training has been a growing trend for years. For some fitness professionals, this may seem a bit disconcerting, as a portable demonstration of exercise can sometimes be more effective than a single, live demo. With a constantly increasing level of self-awareness and health provisions, it's no wonder that people are finding a solution that reaches further than one can drive.

Many forms of multimedia are now usable on an iPod, due to the creation of video on this device. In fact, some fitness professionals are even creating video courses to simulate a classroom leaning environment while working out. This can offer an even greater value to someone that wants to learn the science of training at the same time.

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.

Exercise videos allow visual demonstration of difficult positions and movements with exercise, while also allowing a fitness instructor to explain target areas and bad habits of others. Through the implementation of iPod workouts in the fitness field, it has become important to recognize previously imposed technological limitations no longer exist.

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