Unique tracksuit replace personal trainer

Couple ingenious students from Canada came up with a unique track suit fitted with sensors. It allows a person to engage in activities to learn whether he will perform various exercises.

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The suit named Athos uses many tiny sensors that receive information on the work of 14 different muscles. When the user moves, the sensors measure the electrical activity of the muscles through the skin. Besides, Athos estimates the intensity of sweating, balance, number of repetitions of various exercises, as well as time spent on vacation.

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All information sent to this unique   tracksuit the mobile application installed on your smartphone or tablet. With this application, users can assess how well he was doing. For example, to know precisely whether enough effort he puts in the performance of certain exercises, whether loaded his muscles in full, or work with underload.

Sport suit   regularly monitors the level of heart, because this figure in sports is considered very important. The creators of the costume, students University of Waterloo Danandzha Dzhayyalat and Christopher Veyb decided on the creation of such a suit, after many months of regular exercise. The boys wanted to know whether they are doing the exercises, but afford a personal trainer, they could not.

Students tested their suit on professional athletes who sweat very intensively during lessons. It turned out that the sensors are installed securely and sweat they do not interfere. Sportsmen rating this equipment is very high. (READ MORE)

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