Physical activity or exercise can improve our
health and reduce the risk of developing several diseases like type 2 diabetes,
cancer and cardiovascular disease. Physical activity and exercise can have
immediate and long-term health benefits. Technological advances, along with
artificial intelligence, can go a long way towards improving our health.
Currently, how we get active is being influenced by the following technological
trends.
Social media fitspiration
There are so many
ways to interact with people for exercise through social media. Through Facebook
and You Tube we can see different types of exercises video. Also with the help of Instagrams and Snaps has facilitated different
ways to get and stay in physical exercise and helps to motivated.
Wearable technology
Be it a heart rate monitor, step counter or an
Apple Watch, fitness devices are making their mark on more and more wrists
every day. Wearable technology has given people unprecedented control over
their personal health and fitness. Wearable technology comes in to play a vital
role because they can help monitor the patient and can also have alarms
installed in them that can prevent medical emergencies.
Immersive fitness
Immersive fitness is technology enhanced exercise that typically includes
simulated virtual reality (VR) audio/visual
experiences and performance metrics. Many exercise studios, fitness consoles
and apps now promise to take your training to the next level with the help of
virtual reality routes, surround sound, wrap-around studio screens and
integrated displays.
Health and fitness apps
Fitness apps are very common now a day. We have
seen different fitness apps from our mobile storage and there an app for every
aspect of fitness. People into health and fitness apps can tell people how much
protein an average person should consume a day or what nutrients are good for
people and what nutrients are bad for the people.
“Technology is reshaping the way we move,” says
Nossel. “By combining tracking devices with big data, we are better able to
understand human behaviours at a more granular level. The hope is that we can
use this knowledge to help facilitate positive health outcomes and build up a
holistically healthier society.”
