This App's AI Monitors Your Posture During Exercise, Just Like A Real Personal Trainer


Though it's certainly possible to go to the gym by yourself, a personal trainer can really help up your fitness game.

And in the age of smartphones, a lot of people rely on YouTube tutorials for the right form. But what if you could have a trainer with you at all times?

AI fitness app

That's where Vay Sports comes in, a fitness startup based in Switzerland. They've just released a new app that can act as your fitness coach whenever you have the time to workout. That's because, unlike other apps that provide on-call trainers or simple instructions, this one actually has a computer monitoring and encouraging you.

Vay Sports, developed by the three co-founders in collaboration with the University  of Zurich, actually uses an AI with computer vision capability. It's been trained on over 500,000 photos of people working out, in order to learn the correct exercise forms.

When you're using the app, all you have to do is setup your smartphone in such a way that the camera is pointed at you. Like other similar apps, Vay suggests a workout for you based on data you enter like your height, weight, and current workout regime.

The important bit though, is that the computer vision within the app lets it watch you work out in real time, and suggests corrections when you're doing something wrong. It can also keep track of your reps, and push you to finish when it sees your pace slowing down.

According to co-founder and CMO Caspar Leuzinger, the app offers people the chance to train with their coach right next to them even in the comfort of their own home. The beta version of the app is currently available on Android and iOS, and 1000 users will have the chance to test it before it goes live. The final version will launch in September with six personal trainers from around the world to choose from.

Aside from improving your workout though, Vay is incredibly helpful in that it can reduce your chances of injury by exercising with the wrong form. And the bonus of course is that even you socially-anxious folks can get a workout without the stress of someone watching you all the time.

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