WO2022031643A1 - Système et procédé d'entraînement physique - Google Patents

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WO2022031643A1
WO2022031643A1 PCT/US2021/044258 US2021044258W WO2022031643A1 WO 2022031643 A1 WO2022031643 A1 WO 2022031643A1 US 2021044258 W US2021044258 W US 2021044258W WO 2022031643 A1 WO2022031643 A1 WO 2022031643A1
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  • the present invention relates in general to a fitness training system and method, and, more specifically, to a system that enables a User to accessing centralized, personalized, in-person fitness services by a multiplicity of Trainers through the use of a portable electronic device.
  • a sedentary lifestyle has been linked as a risk factor for so many diseases, that a method specifically designed for reverting it would act not only as a powerful prevention of health problems but also as a treatment, since regular exercise by itself is known to reduce symptoms and risks of complications in a wide array of health conditions including diabetes, heart diseases, strokes, obesity, back pain, and high blood pressure.
  • the first barrier is to make it at no excessive cost. It implies a strategy based on the introduction of small changes, almost imperceptible but that over time constitute a great advance (Kaizen method).
  • the second barrier is that it does not take excessive time, this is achieved by bringing the activity to the place where people live or work (availability of the resource) and not to the people to the enclosures where these activities have traditionally been concentrated (gyms and sports centers in general).
  • the third barrier is to have the advice of a professional fitness Trainer who guides, motivates, and controls the development of a physical work plan adapted to the needs of each individual User.
  • a Fitness Training System and Method that aims to promoting an active lifestyle for a sedentary population is able to achieve long-lasting results by combining some or all of the following elements:
  • a platform for the generation, scheduling, and registration of training Sessions between Trainers and Users including: a. A User registration process, by which a User can select if they wish to configure their User’s account with their email account, Facebook, google account etc. b. A Trainer registration process, where prospective Trainers submit their applications which are lately subjected to pre-evaluation. If admitted, they are invited to purchase a starter kit and enroll in an e-training program. If they pass the e-learning program’s test, they have to participate in a training bootcamp and only then, if admitted, they can become registered Trainers. c.
  • a Session-scheduling process which allows the User to request a training service immediately or to schedule one in the future, using geo-localization to locate the closest Trainers in the area of the request.
  • the App allows for the calculation of the distance and commuting time used by the Trainer in each training service, assigning a zone of work for each Trainer, so that the Trainer will not deliver services to distances that eventually don't allow the fulfillment of commitments acquired with the Users. d.
  • a routine generation process by which a personalized routine for the next Session of a User is defined by selecting exercises from the exercises library, in consideration of their category, subcategory, type, subtype and variant, with their respective level of Difficulty and time/pause, based on the User’s level, the quantity, classification, Difficulty and time/pause of the exercises performed in the previous Session, and the Trainer’s evaluation of the previous Session.
  • a Trainers’ interphase in which registered Trainers can log in and access their personal schedule, which is automatically completed online as Sessions are scheduled, providing the Trainers with notifications and reminders of their upcoming appointments.
  • This interphase also shows the next routine and routine history for all the Users to whom the Trainer has to provide fitness services, graphic and explanatory support for each exercise as guidance to the Trainer. Moreover, from the Trainer’s interphase, the Trainer is able to supply feedback about the performance of the User in their Session together, feedback that will then be considered for the generation of the User’s routine for the following Session.
  • a User’ s interphase in which Users are able to request, change, and review their appointments for Sessions, view their past and future routines, message the Trainers and pay for the contracted fitness services through an online payment platform allowing them to pay for their requested services directly from the app. g. Support for individual as well as group Sessions.
  • GLOBAL EXERCISES Are those that involve at least 50% of the total muscle mass in the body. For methodological purposes, we will classify them according to their degree of complexity and energy expenditure in their execution as locomotion, skills and abilities and reception and launch exercises
  • REGIONAL EXERCISES Are those that involve 30% to 50% of the total muscle mass in the body. For methodological effects, we will classify them according to the area involved in upper body, lower body, and middle or core exercises.
  • LOCAL EXERCISES Are those that involve in the direct realization of the movement up to 33% of the total muscle mass of the body.
  • Subcategories within these 3 categories, the library is divided in subcategories referring to the general type of exercise within the category. For example, for Global Exercises, suitable subcategories could be “Locomotion Exercises” and “Skills” while for Regional Exercises the subcategories may be based on the body region to be exercises (upper body, lower body and core), and in the Local Exercises the subcategories can refer to the specific part of the body involved in the exercise (torso, arms, legs, abdomen, etc.) c.
  • Each subcategory can be still categorized in more detail and the specific type of exercise will vary from subcategory to subcategory.
  • the importance of categorizing exercises in many levels resides in the strategic advantage of varying them from Session to Session. For example, in the subcategory “Locomotion Exercises” of the category “Global exercises”, some Types of exercises are “Walks”, “Trotting” and “Races”. Similarly, for the “upper body”, Regional exercises some Types can be “Pushing” and “Traction”. d.
  • Subtypes When applicable, a subtype may further categorize the types of exercises explained above.
  • races can be “accelerative” or “deaccelerative”, while pushing upper body exercises can be “push-ups” “power press” or “inverted extensions” e.
  • Variants Lastly, in some cases it may be useful to classify subtypes in yet another level, though variants. Each of these will correspond to a particular exercise. For example, within “Push-ups” there can be several variants: “Push Up on a stable base”, “Push-up With hand support on unstable bases” and “Push-Up With support of arms and feet on unstable bases”
  • the exercises may have different levels of: f. Difficulty: This variable presents the way in which the exercise is presented, this can be:
  • the programmed difficulties are defined by default in the standard mode and for an execution time of 20” (twenty seconds), it is the Trainer who, through direct observation plus the feedback provided by the User, determines the possibility of Progress in the values of execution or working time, according to the degree of mastery observed and for each round of work execution. This evolution must be recorded in the User data files to be available and incorporated as data in the following training.
  • a progression plan As the User progresses through the Sessions, the quantity and difficulty of their routine is increased based on their performance in the previous Session and the progression plan.
  • This plan provides three initial levels, each of which has a different number of Sessions, different number of exercises in each category per Session, and a system based on “points” which are earned in accordance with the Difficulty and Time/Pause of the exercises, and which are required to be promoted to the next level.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the steps in the processes for the registration of Users and Trainers in an embodiment of a Fitness Training System and Method in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the steps in the process for the Scheduling of Training Sessions between Users and Trainers in an embodiment of a Fitness Training System and Method in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the steps in the process for the Generation and evaluation of a Training Session between Users and Trainers in an embodiment of a Fitness Training System and Method in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the steps in the process for the Generation a Training Routine in an embodiment of a Fitness Training System and Method in accordance with the present invention.
  • Platform Means the basic hardware (computer) and software (operating system) on which the website and mobile app by which Users and Trainers can access the services are based.
  • App Refers to an application, especially as downloaded by a User to a mobile device, but it also can refer to a website, or computer application by which Users and Trainers can access the services. It includes a User interphase, a Trainer Interphase and an Administrator’s Backend.
  • User Any person who uses the platform to begin a training cycle or to perform a Session through the App.
  • trainer It is the professional in charge of training one or several Users.
  • Each Trainer has technical studies and/or accreditations in the field of physical activity, also work experience in the area that empowers him or her for the application of the program. Person responsible for the delivery of the training services.
  • Sessions, Training Sessions (or Training Services) are in-person meetings between a Trainer and a User, in which the Trainer motivates the User to stay active, helps the User correctly perform the exercises prescribed by the User’s routine and evaluates the performance of the User in said exercises, entering the Trainer’s feedback back into the Platform through the App.
  • f. Routine Is a series of exercises, with their level of Difficulty and time/pause, automatically picked for a User from the exercise library through a specific methodology considering the level, the Session number, and the Trainers’ feedback from previous Sessions.
  • Training material The Trainer has all the necessary materials to generate physical work, these materials are transferred by the Trainer to the meeting place or area where the training Session will be held. The User does not need to buy extra implements of any kind.
  • Methodology Set of actions strategically structured to achieve an obj ective, in this case, it is a training model that consists of levels, stages and Sessions, which have a logical and functional order depending on the life cycle in which a User is at the begging of their training.
  • Initial survey Questionnaire of questions aimed at identifying the characteristics of the User in terms of physical and health condition, their risk factors for the practice of the exercise and the objectives that are raised. j.
  • Each User has a level within the platform, this level is assigned by the information provided in the initial survey, which is completed by the User prior to incorporation into the work system.
  • Each level has a series of contents to develop, which are distributed in a few exercises that must be executed and qualified in a positive way, the qualification is generated by the Trainer who in each Session trains, supervises and evaluates the correct development of the exercise. If a User cannot adequately develop an exercise and it cannot be approved, the exercise will be included in the next Session until it is approved. k. Note: For cases in which a certain exercise cannot be adequately executed by the User and this is due to a physical or motor disability, the Trainer must replace it with a less difficult one, leaving such change registered in the system.
  • a Fitness Training System and Method that has as a main purpose promoting an active lifestyle, sustainable in time, specifically for the population that today suffers from a sedentary lifestyle, is here proposed.
  • a methodology is presented that contemplates the general principles of training put into service and adapted to the needs of this specific population.
  • the first step is to break down the barriers that modem society imposes with its life model, which among many factors highlights the little time and space it leaves for the practice of a life with healthy habits, making it complex to maintain a healthy diet and allocate the minimum time required for regular practice of physical exercise.
  • the App provides a routine of compound dynamic training for training Sessions, everything is designed to be made by anyone.
  • Each client is classified depending on the data reported in the background form completed by the client and also for its performance in first Sessions of training developed with your Trainer.
  • This training model has designed for those sedentary people who is not regularly in contact with physical activity.
  • the App gives each client a training life cycle in this path every customer starts at a different stage depending on their starting level. It allows training groups of up to 10 people in one Session, allowing coaches to generate high income with less effort and cost of transfers.
  • the client can request the training service immediately and the system will always assign the closest Trainer and with availability to deliver the service, which is done through georeference.
  • the client can invite friends and family to their training Sessions, creating their own group in the place they prefer and opting for a better price per Session.
  • the proposed training method seeks the progressive evolution of the User's abilities starting with the reinforcement of the motor qualities, this assuming that the development of basic physical properties (strength, endurance and flexibility), will not be possible to exercise if you do not have knowledge and mastery of the execution techniques in the skills to be used. This is true for the majority of cases in which some skill has been lost, to reconnect the idea of the movement with its execution, which contributes to the process by providing more movements precise and safe, while introducing and strengthening the concepts of regular and planned physical exercise, such as the technical language necessary to understand instructions, the discovery of appropriate places for practice and the handling of simple implements for the development of the activity, with the objective of generating a healthy habit in systematic physical exercise and incorporating it into everyday life. For the development of this task, the traditional methods of sports training are considered, as well as the general principles that govern them.
  • the method seeks the formation of the habit in performing physical activity and its continuous improvement. This then implies overcoming through methodological strategies the difficulties that it poses. In general terms, we can summarize these difficulties or reasons in lack of time, adequate space, and correct advice.
  • One of the peculiarities of the proposed training method is to discover and enable new spaces for sports practice through the application of a simple and practical strategy of achievable content almost anywhere that only requires very basic conditions: a free and flat space, sufficiently ventilated and protected.
  • the training method considers a planning of activities of progressive difficulty that contemplate the general principles of training, starting from basic levels the progression of gestures and efforts of increasing complexity and intensity.
  • the elements selected for the work Session are documented in an Exercise Library, which classifies them using the criteria of the muscle masses involved in each gesture (Global, Regional and Local exercises).
  • the Trainer has two controls that allow him to dose the efforts, the first one contemplates the way or form of accomplishment of the exercise, which can be:
  • this can be administered in a: Short (20 "), Medium (30") or Long (40 ") format.
  • Each class is designed for the participation of one to ten people, with a duration of around thirty minutes, during which the three parts that make up its structure are developed. They are:
  • the total work time for this part of the class is, for example, of twenty one minutes for a Session in which a cycle of seven exercises is repeated three times; and
  • Training planning is structured based on the development of tasks of increasing difficulty, raising an easily attainable starting point for the User. While it is true that the physical condition of entry to the training program is only self-assessed and declared by the User through an initial survey, if your statement places you in a sedentary state, the program will begin at a very simple level (“initial one”, or just “level one”), in which only regional and local exercise tasks will be assigned that involve less than 50% of total muscle mass in its execution.
  • this program proposes a personal evolution of each participant in the work program, even if in practice the Session takes place in a group, the evolution of each movement is subject to a particular evaluation and control that Trainer performs during the development of the class, for this reason it is essential to correctly insert the User in the work program. a.
  • the Trainer will be proposing small progress of these elements that make up the Session, this through the evolution in the Difficulty (A, B, or C), or through the increase in the time/pause (soft, standard, or demanding), one step at a time whenever it is observed that this does not imply greater stress on the User. This is the reason why the participation of the Trainer is fundamental; he or she is the one who must take this planned path to the User directly observing their conditions and progressing the values only to the extent that this involves a small effort.
  • a fundamental part of the training process is based on its form of evaluation and control. Based on continuous improvement, the evaluation methodology is proposed as a continuous and evolutionary process, in which, through direct observation of the Trainer, the correct execution of a gesture plus the time in which it can be executed is considered, there is a three-level , scale for each of these variables
  • THE EXECUTION DIFFICULTY (“Diffilculty”): This variable presents the way in which the exercise is presented, this can be: A.- In a facilitated way: This condition presents us with a reduced difficulty of a given exercise, which can use modifications in the articular path and / or use of facilitating elements such as elastic bands to reduce resistance or reduce the weight of a movement
  • the programmed difficulties are defined by default in the standard mode and for an execution time of 20 ”, it is the Trainer who, through direct observation plus the feedback provided by the User, determines the possibility of Progress in the values of execution or working time, according to the degree of mastery observed and for each round of work execution. This evolution must be recorded in the User data files to be available and incorporated as data in the following training.
  • the valuation table operates by adding the difficulty in executing the exercise with the work time available to the coach, who have been assigned a correlative value of one, two and three for each Difficulty scale.
  • the Trainer must enter these results as closing of required information, which will be considered to quantify the User's performance and weighted to manage the configuration of the next class, according to the parameters required in the rules for each level. If the User does not achieve the minimum required score, he will repeat the same scheme in the next Session, which will not prevent the progression in the difficulties of the skills that were achieved or the replacement of any where it is concluded that the element is not appropriate for the User, in that case a replacement must be proposed.
  • DESCRIPTION This is the first level of the Initial Module. During the level, the User must know and execute eight regional and six local exercises. As a reinforcement, the next class should repeat exercises for its empowerment and incorporate new ones to expand resources. The job of the Trainer must be to graduate using the commands of time/pause and Difficulty.
  • RULES To configure the first Session, one global, four regional and two local exercises will be assigned, progressing between class and class in such a way that, at the end of the Sessions, the User will add two Global, ten regional (two core) exercises and seven locals. All these numbers and requirements are decided by the Program’s Administrators and may vary at their discretion without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. As a methodology, exercises from the previous class should be repeated and new exercises added to generate progress in the mastery of more work items. To advance to the next level, the User must be able to perform the exercises at least with "B" Difficulty, and in the "Demanding" time/pause.
  • Another condition to move forward is to complete 8 classes within a maximum period of 5 weeks, if not, the same structure and methodology is maintained, using the same exercises, but with the possibility of continuing to progress those elements already dominated, both in their difficulty of execution (“Difficulty”) as in the time of work and pause (“time/pause”).
  • Initial Level 3 This unit consolidates the initial level and prepares the User for the tasks and dynamics to be used at the optimum level.
  • the physiological condition of the User who reaches this stage the generality of their joints is assumed conditioned, as well as active and compensated for the muscular system.
  • RULES For the programming of these four Sessions, the system assigns two global, four regional and one local exercises. One of the two global tasks must be executed in a different plane from the front (lateral, diagonal, or posterior), and two of the four regional exercises should be core. At the end of the four classes, the User adds to his or her domain four global exercises, two regional and three local exercises. To advance to the next level, the User must be able to perform the Global exercises with a Difficulty of "B", in regional exercises and of "C” in local exercises, all in a "Demanding" time/pause.
  • the invention comprises an Exersise Library in which exercises are categorized in at least three levels of classification. Those categories, in different levels, include the cathegorization of exercises as global, regional or local, within these, the sub-classibication in muscles or goups or muscles to be exercised, and lastly, as many levels of classification as needed to adequately present a full range of exercises in an ordered manner.
  • An example of exercise library and what exercises it may include is here presented, in which the first level of classification is their “category”, the second one the “subcategory”, the third one the “type”, the fourth one the “subtype” and the fifth one the “variant”, and each exercise can be performed with their respective level of Difficulty and time/pause. It is important to take into account that this Excerside Library is merely illustrative and that other exercises with other systems of classificatios are encompassed withi the spirit and scope of the present invention.
  • GLOBAL EXERCISES Are those that involve at least 50% of the total muscle mass in the body. For methodological purposes, they are classified according to their degree of complexity and energy expenditure in their execution as locomotion, skills and abilities and reception and launch exercises.
  • SKILLS AND HABILITIES They correspond to movements that involve the natural patterns of human motor skills (running, jumping, climbing, pulling, pushing, throwing). The skills in its execution involve large muscle mass and high energy expenditure and the neurological development of the body that manifests itself in greater proprioception, balance, symmetry, and control of movements in space.
  • REGIONAL EXERCISES are those that involve 30% to 50% of the total muscle mass in the body. For methodological effects, they are classified according to the area involved in upper body, lower body, and middle or core exercises.
  • STATIC work regime Strengthens the musculature function that prevents spinal extension movement.
  • DYNAMIC work regime It encompasses the movements in the anteroposterior axis generated by the flexor muscles of the trunk and its action in graduating or preventing the fall of the center of gravity.
  • 3 LOCAL EXERCISES Are those that involve in the direct realization of the movement up to 33% of the total muscle mass of the body.
  • Torso It involves the movements generated by the muscles of the shoulders, pectorals and dorsal.
  • Fig. 1 shows the processes for User registration and Trainers gegistration into the App.
  • Users 1 connect to the system through the “User Interphase” 2 which is a part of the system accessible through mobile application or web which is directed to the Users 1.
  • the Users 1 can access to the User Interphase 2 (or “User area”) with a Username and password or any kind of authentication method to access the information pertaining to their own profiles, classes, history, routine and schedules.
  • the Users input their personal information for their Profile 6, which may include name, age, gender, weight and height, Username, profile picture, health habits, etc., as well as their Location information 7 (address(es), city and state, country) and their Payment information 8 (credit card, paypal, apple pay, etc). All the information abour each of the Users 1 is stored in a Users Database 9.
  • the Users 1 make a Self-Assesment 10 of their fitness level (initial survey), in which each User is assigned a Level 11, which is also stored in the Users Database 9.
  • the Trainers 3 access the system through the Trainer interphase 4, which is a part of the system accessible through mobile application or web which is directed to the Trainers 3.
  • a person who wishes to become a registered Trainer in the system must go through a process that is initiated with a standard Trainer’ s Registration Process 12 in which all the information pertinent to the tainer an his or her formation as a fitness prof professional is entered and then reviews by the system’s administrators in the Trainer Pre-Evaluation 13, where the qualifications of the aspiring Trainers are judged by the administrators based on merits.
  • Step 14 asks, “Is the Trainer admitted in this step?” if the Trainer is not admitted because the adminitrators consider he or she does not have the required qualifications or does not fit the profile, or discretioonally decides to reject the candidate, then that is a Trainer rejercted 15.
  • Question 16 asks if, after a determined deadline, the Trainer has bought the kit or not. If he or she has not, that is a Trainer rejercted 15. On the other hand, if the answer to question 16 is that yes, the Trainer has purchased the kit, then the Trainer is invited to attend an e-training program 17. This program provides the Trainer with all the information needed to perform the Sessions as a member Trainer of the program. There is a test after the e-training program 17 to check if the Trainer has satifactorily learned the course’s contents. Question 18 asks if he or she passed the test.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the process for schedulling training Sessions between Users 1 and Trainers 3 within the platform.
  • the process begins with Users 1, who, once logged into their their User Interphase 2, request a new Session 25. This is shown in the figure by following the first path of information flow, which is marked with a number one between parentheses 24.
  • the User 1 selects if he or she wishes the Session to be groupal or individual 26. They also select the desired date and time 27 for the Session, the desired Location 7, and the Level 11. All this information is stored in the Scheduling Calendar 28.
  • This Scheduling Calendar 28 is dynamic and database-driven and both Users 1 and Trainers 3 can continuosly update it when teir availability changes.
  • question 29a asks if the Session that the User is willing to schedule is a Group Session, to which the User has already answered in point 26. In case it is a Group Session, the request is stored in the Group Sessions Database 30.
  • question 31 asks if there are matching Group Sessions already present in the Group Sessions Database 30.
  • a List 33a of said matching Group Sessions - that is, Group Sessions in the zone of the request and for the level of the wished Group Session, and, optionally, other filters of requisites that may be added like, for example, age and/or or gender
  • a Request 32 is created which is sent to the Waitlist 39 to wait for other Users to join. If there are matches, when the User 1 sees these options, he or she selects, following the second path of information flow, which is marked with a number two betwenn parentheses 34, one of the Sessions of the List 33a in step 35.
  • Question 29 asks again if this is a Group Session, which, if we are coming from this path of infromation flow, the answer will be “YES”. Therefore, question 38 asks if the minimum of Users set up for that Group Session is met. If it is not met, the request goes to a Waitlist 39. If it is met, the User 1 is invited to pay for the Session in step 36, a Session is then scheduled in step 37 and this is reflected in the Scheduling Calendar 28. Then, following the second path of information flow 34, a Session Confirmation 28a is sent out to the Trainer 3 through the Trainer Interphase 4 and a Session Confirmation 28b is sent out to the User 1 through the User Interphase 2.
  • a Session request that is in the Waitlist 39 reaches a defined amount of time after which it times out in question 40, then the Session is cancelled in step 41. However if, before that defined amount of time, more Users j oin and the minimum of Users set up for that Group Session is met, then all the Users in the Waitlist are invited to pay for the Session in step 36, a Session is then scheduled in step 37 and this is reflected in the Scheduling Calendar 28. Then, following the second path of information flow 34, a Session Confirmation 28a is sent out to the Trainer 3 through the Trainer Interphase 4 and a Session Confirmation 28b is sent out to all the Users 1 registered in that Group Session through their respective User Interphases 2.
  • a Session confirmation 28a is sent out to the Trainer 3 through the Trainer Interphase 4 and a Session confirmation 28b is sent out to the User 1 through the User Interphase 2.
  • Table 1 Sessions [0056]
  • the table includes the levels in the first column and the Sessions, S1, S2, etc., as sepparate columns, having each of the Sessions sub-columns for each main category of classification of the exercise library 45.
  • the three main categories are “Global”, “Regional” and “Local” represented respectively with a “G”, “R” and “L” on the table’s headings.
  • the numbers on the main body of the table represent how many exercises for each main category should be included in each Session for each level. These numbers are defined by the Program’s administrators.
  • the information that the Routine Generation process 44 needs to generate the Routine 50 includes the number of exercises of each category for the Session 52, expressed as “N(c)” 43 and which are precisely the numbers on the main body of the Sessions Table 42, which shows how many exercises for each main category should be included for each Session, including the Session 52. Then, the Routine Generation process 44 interacts with the Exercise Library 45 from which it obtains the ID 46 and Exercise information 47 of each exercise to be included in the Routine 50 for the Session 52.
  • the ID 46 of an exercise are the numbers corresponding to the category, subcategory, type, subtype and variant, in the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e.”, meaning: a: Category; b: Subcategory; c: Type; d: Subtype; e: Variant.
  • the ID “1.1.3.1.4.” identifies the exercise “Accelerative Reverse Race” in the example Exercise Library disclosed in the present specification.
  • the Exercise Information 47 includes the name of the exercise, instructions to the Trainer about how perform the exercise, and may also include drawings, pictures, audio files and videos about the exercise.
  • the Routine Generation process 44 also throws as output the Difficulty Level 48 and Time/Pause 49 for each exercise in the routine 50 for the Session 52, according to the following Difficulty and Time/pause tables 51: TABLE 2-DIFFICULTY
  • the tables show the three levels of Difficulty, the three possible ranges of time of work versus time of rest and the respective “Points” that each of those mean.
  • Thee following Table shows the amount of “Points” needed for a User 1 to pass to the next Level
  • the total amount of Points needed to complete Level one are fifty six, contitued by a total of fouteen exercises, each of them performed at an average of four points each, that is, for example, Standard Difficulty Level (two points) plus Normal Time/Pause (two points) or Facilitated Difficulty Level (one point) plus Hard Time/Pause (tree points), etc.
  • the Difficulty and Time/Pause are set separately for each exercise and the Points are computed independently. If a User cannot achieve fifty six points with fourteen exercises, he or se may need to hire additional Sessions within the first Level until reaching the amount of Point needed to pass to the next Level.
  • the numbers corresponding to number of exercises on each Level, the points assigned to each exercise and modality, the points needed to pass to the next level, etc., are all defined by the Program’s administrators and can be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
  • the ID 46, the Exercise Information 47, the Difficulty Level 48 and the Time/Pause information 49 for all the exercises in the Routine 50 of the Session 52 are displayed in both the User Interphase 2, where the User 1 can access it, and in the Trainer Interphase 4, aimed for the Trainer 3.
  • the User 1 and the Trainer 3 meet physically at the arranged meeting point where the Trainer 3 assist the User 1 in the performance of the exercises of the Routine 50 for that Session 52.
  • the Trainer 3 also evaluates the performance of the User 1 for each one of the exercises and inputs his or her feedback 53 to the platform through the Trainer Interphase 4.
  • Fig. 4 shows the detail of the Routine Generation process for a User which is in a certain level given his or her initial evaluation and/or how many levels he or she completed before. For out example it will be considered to be a Routine for the first Level, but for the other levels the dynamics is the same.
  • the process begins by assigning the initial values to six variables in step 55, those variables are: “Session” meaning for which Session the routine is to be generated, starting with a value of one, since it will start by the first Session; “category”, meaning which category in the first level of categories will be considered first, starting at one, the first category, which in our example is “Global” exercises; “P1”, starting at a value of one, which is the subcategory; “P2”, starting at a value of one which is the type; “E”, starting at a value of one, which is the exercise number also applying to the variant, and “ID”; with the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e.”, meaning: a: Category; b: Subcategory; c: Type; d: Subtype; e: Variant, being the ID of each exercise to be added to the Routine, and having the initial value of “(1,1,1,1)” which is the ID for the
  • a seventh category may be added for the subtype if desired, and more variables could cover more levels of subcategorization in other embodiments, and, in that case, they should be integrated into the flowchart in a similar way than te ones here shown.
  • Step 56 is a question which asks if this is the last Session in the Plan.
  • the system interacts with the Sessions Table 42 where it compares the current value of the “Session” variable (in this case, one) with the number of Sessions in the plan (that is, the last Session of the considered Level), which, in the example, is four for the first Level (or “Level one”), as can be seen in Table 1, “Sessions”, counting how many Sessions have numbers on then (in this case it is four Sessions for Level one, eight for Level two and four for Level three, totalling sixteen) If it is the same number, that is, if it is the last Session, the process ends in the “END” point 57.
  • the process ends in the “END” point 57.
  • Step 61 consists of retrieving the value of the variable “N(c)” from the Sessions Table 42.
  • step 63 the value of one is added to the category variable (in our example it was one before, now it will be two) and the value of one is also added to the “Category” position of the ID variable.
  • Step 56 asks (again) if this is the last Session in the Plan.
  • the system interacts with the Sessions Table 42 where it compares the current value of the “Session” variable (in this case, now, two) with the number of Sessions in the plan (in this case, four) If it is the same number, that is, if it is the last Session, the process ends in the “END” point 57. But we are still in the first Session, and our answer here is still “NO”, so, we move on to the next step, which is another question, question 58, asking if the category equals four.
  • step 61 consisting of retrieving the value of the variable “N(c)” from the Sessions Table 42.
  • Table 1 for the Current Session, Session one, the current Level, Level one, and the current category, category two, that’s to say Regional exercises “R”, we can see that the value in the corresponding cell of the table for those selections is four.
  • question 62 asks if the value of “N(c)” equals zero, now, in this case, the answer will be “NO”, meaning that there are Regional exercises to be added to this routine. Therefore, we move on to step 64.
  • step 64 the current value of the ID variable (In this case, “2.1.1.1.1” ) is looked up in the Exercise Library 45, where it is determined to correspond, in our example, to the exercise called “Push Up on a stable base”.
  • Question 66 asks if it exists, that is to say, if there is an exercise in the exercise library for that ID. In this case, there is one, as we have said before, corresponding to the exercise “Push Up on a stable base” but it can happen that the number of the ID is not present in the library and we will detail later in this specification what happens in that case. For now, the answer to question 66 is “YES”, then we move on to step 67.
  • Step 67 retrieves information from the “Routine” Table 68.
  • This table which is the one that will be filled out throgout the application of the present process, is conceptually like this: TABLE 5 -ROUTINE
  • thr ID of the selected exercises can be seen, which is, at its time, composed of the Category, Subcategory, Type, Subtype and Variant values for each exercise, displayed in the adequate numeric format, already explained earlier in this specification.
  • ID In this case 2.1.1.1.1
  • Question 67 may be setup by the program’s administrators to look up for the exercises only in that specific routine (to avoid repetitions) or to look it up in all of the previous Sessions by the same User so that to promote as much variation in the exercises as possible. But the Routine Table starts being empty and the values of the exercises will only be completed through the process herby described. Therefore, In our example, this is the firts lookup that the system will make om the Routine 68, that will have no values, like this:
  • step 71 in which the information about the Session ( in our case Session one), the Exercise, (in our case, Exercise one, which will be shown by completing the information in the column labeled with this number on Table 6, and the ID of the exercise (in this case 2.1.1.1.1) are stored in the Routine Table (for example, by completing the data in the first column of Table 5 into the first column of Table 6).
  • step 72 the value of one is substracted from the variable “N(c)”, which in the example had a value of four, and now will acquire the value of three, the value of one is added to the variable “E” which in the example had a value of one, and now will acquire the value of two meaning that, moving forward, the second exercise of the routine will be processed, and the value of one is also added to the “P1” position of the ID variable.
  • the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e ” that would mean in position “b” of the array.
  • step 64 the current value of the ID variable (In this case, “2.2.1.1.1” ) is looked up in the Exercise Library 45, where it is determined to correspond, in our example, to the exercise “Dynamic squats without resistance on a stable base”.
  • step 67 The answer to Question 66 will be “YES” again, therefore we move on to step 67.
  • the conclussion will be that the answer to question 69 is “No” again, therefore the exercise and all its information will be stored, in step 71 in the second column corresponding to the second exercise of the Routine, and step 72 will make the value of the ID be “2.3.1.1.1”, the value on N(c) be two, and the value of ⁇ ” be three.
  • step 64 the current value of the ID variable (In this case, “2.3.1.1.1” ) is looked up in the Exercise Library 45, where it is determined to correspond, in our example, to the exercise “Inverted Frontal Plate”. The answer to Question 66 will be “YES” again, therefore we move on to step 67.
  • step 71 in the third column corresponding to the third exercise of the Routine the exercise and all its information will be stored, in step 71 in the third column corresponding to the third exercise of the Routine, and step 72 will make the value of the ID be “2.4.1.1.1”, the value on N(c) be one, and the value of “E” be four.
  • step 72 will make the value of the ID be “2.4.1.1.1”, the value on N(c) be one, and the value of “E” be four.
  • the following iteration of the loop will be the same except for one thing: when the time comes of looking up the ID “2.4.1.1.1” in the Exercise Library, it will happen that (always in our example) it does not exist. Then, the answer to question 66 wil, this time, be “NO”. What happens then is that the opperations of step 65 apply.
  • the value of one is substracted from the “P1” position of the ID variable.
  • the value for ID passes from being “2.4.1.1.1 ” to being “2.3.1.1.1” again.
  • the value of one is added to the value of the variable P2, whose value will now be two.
  • the value of one is added to the “P2” position of the ID variable.
  • the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e ” that would mean the position “c” of the array.
  • the value for ID passes from being “2.3.1.1.1 ” to being “2.3.2.1.1”, which corresponds to the exercise “Lateral Iron” which will be the ID to be stored in step 71 for the fourth column corresponding to the fouth exercise of the Routine, and step 72 will make the value of the ID be “2.4.2.1.1”, the value on N(c) be zero, and the value of “E” be five.
  • step 63 the value of one is added to the category variable (in our example it was two before, now it will be three) and the value of one is also added to the “Category” position of the ID variable. In the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e ”, that would mean in position “a” of the array. In this step, too, the values of the variables P1 and P2 are both set to one, and this is reflected in the positions “b” and “c” respectively of the ID variable array.
  • the value for ID passes from being “2.4.2.1.1.” to Being “3.1.1.1.1” wich corresponds, in our example library, to the exercise called “Front press with band”. Then, the loop is repeated form point 60. Similarly, if the answer to question 69 is YES, the exercise is already present in the routine, to avoid repetitions, the operations in Step 70 apply. In it, the value of one is added to P2 and the value of one is also added to the “P2” position of the ID variable. As explained before, in the nubering format “a.b.c.d.e.”, that would mean in position “c” of the array.
  • the value for ID would pass from being “2.3.1.1.1.” to being “2.3.2.1.1” and the loop then would continue from step 64. But that is not the scenario here presented since, in our case, the answer to question 69 has been NO and therefore, for this fifth exercise, the answers to questions 56, 68, and 62 will be “No”, the answer to question 66 will be “YES” and for question 69 will be “No”, therefore, the exercise ID “3.1.1.1.1” will br stored in step 71 for the fifth column corresponding to the fifth exercise of the Routine, and step 72 will make the value of the ID be “3.2.1.1.1”, the value on N(c) be two (it had acquired the value of three in this loop in step 61 according to the Table 42 in our example), and the value of “E” be six.
  • step 63 the variable “Category” will acquire the value of four and therefore, when asked about it in question 58, the answer will be YES.
  • Step 59 then, adds the value of one to the value of the variable “Session” which will now be two, meaning that the routine for the second Session is now ready to be prepared through the same process than the first one has just been generated.
  • the values of Category, P1, P2, and E are all set back to one, being the new starting ID, again, “ 1.1.1.1.1. ”
  • the process is repeated the same, for all the Sessions, until the answer to question 56 is YES. When this happens, it is the end 57 of the process for the Level, and the same process can be applied to generate the routines for the following levels.

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Un système et un procédé d'entraînement physique selon l'invention, favorisant un mode de vie actif pour une population sédentaire, utilisent une plateforme pour la génération, la planification et l'enregistrement de sessions d'entraînement entre les entraîneurs et les utilisateurs, sauvegardées dans une base de données centralisée que les entraîneurs peuvent consulter et mettre à jour, permettant aux utilisateurs de choisir autant d'entraîneurs différents qu'ils souhaitent sans perdre d'informations sur l'état actuel de leur entraînement et les étapes à suivre dans le programme. La plateforme comprend un processus de planification de session qui permet à des utilisateurs de demander un service d'entraînement à l'aide d'une géolocalisation, et un processus de génération de routine par lequel une routine personnalisée pour la session suivante d'un utilisateur est définie par sélection d'exercices à partir d'une bibliothèque d'exercices, en tenant compte de leur catégorie, sous-catégorie, type, sous-type et variant, avec leur niveau respectif de difficulté et de temps/pause, sur la base du niveau de l'utilisateur, des exercices effectués dans la session précédente et du retour de l'entraîneur.
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