Online Personal Trainer????

[Big D]

I keep getting spam for this type of service (mostly from Men's Health) and I don't see how this can worth the money. Most people don't know their own body well enough to give an accurate assement of their physical state. How can a trainer act like a personal trainer over the internet? S/He can't correct your form, encourage you to do one more rep etc. Has anybody tried this? I'd be interested to hear thoughts on it.

[SENSEI]

This is slowly becoming a trend for alot of health professionals.
In some smaller towns and cities that lack a "good" gym, physio, rheumatologist, the internet is the way to communicate with bigger cities with the proper resources.

It is DEFINATELY not meant to be a hands on let me see you and i will correct your form, but more of a medium to get and receive education and some starter points for self maintenance and injury avoidance.

I know some physios have web comferences and web meetings with clients for follow-ups and exercise progressions. There are some that claim to do assessments, treatments and billing online...i don't know the specifics.

But, with a web cam and audio, I can see how you can do alot these days through the internet.

[Big D]

I know some physios have web comferences and web meetings with clients for follow-ups and exercise progressions. There are some that claim to do assessments, treatments and billing online...i don't know the specifics.

But, with a web cam and audio, I can see how you can do alot these days through the internet.

That's a good point. I never thought of webcams.....

[mpt]

I keep getting spam for this type of service (mostly from Men's Health) and I don't see how this can worth the money. Most people don't know their own body well enough to give an accurate assement of their physical state. How can a trainer act like a personal trainer over the internet? S/He can't correct your form, encourage you to do one more rep etc. Has anybody tried this? I'd be interested to hear thoughts on it.

It definately wouldn't be as good as one on one, but more than half the of job of a personal trainer is education, and this could easily be done through teleconference.

[Big D]

It definately wouldn't be as good as one on one, but more than half the of job of a personal trainer is education, and this could easily be done through teleconference.

Yeah, I'm sure the ones I get spammed for don't offer a service like that. It's probably just fill in some forms with height/weight/activity level/goals and they send you a diet/excercise routine.....BUT....at least now I see how it *could* be possible