AI Fitness Challenge

Design solution for a workshop challenge

This was part of a design challenge/sprint. The following is the solution presented for the challenge

Role

Solo design sprint submission

Timeline

Three hours

The problem statement

The problem statement that I had to design for is as follows:

Design two screens for a fitness app that helps the user (Harish) track their fitnesses and schedules for them.

Proposed Solution and specifics

Fitness training balances five elements of good health and a good workout is one that has been planned and executed in the correct way.

To make sure that a workout regime is ideal an individual should have variety and also maintain proper form. With these objectives in mind, I crafted a solution for the problem statement. I decided to have one home screen and one exercise tracking screen. The home screen would show the user all the information they need with regard to their workout regime and the exercise tracker would ensure that the exercise planned is being executed properly to maximise effect

The features of each screen are as follows

The home screen

Summarises all the insights for the week. It shows the user the specifics of the workout regime planned.

Feature include:

Status of workout for the week
Highlight the plan number and the workout planned for the specific day
List of Previous workout sessions for the current week
Activity tracker
Workout Improvement plans to uplift the game further

Example: Try doing barbell squats instead of squats as you are getting stronger, Don’t rush Try resting more between Sets, Correct forms for Lat PullDown Exercise to get that desired back etc.

Pride moments during the workout

Example: You are a Push up Champion, New Records Set for doing those Perfect Squats

A trigger for tracking the entire workout session before working out

The exercise tracking screen

Tracks the user during exercise using a camera/AI/Fitness watch and lets the user know their next step

The exercises/reps/sets the user has to execute with the time required
Total number of sets/reps/time the user needs to workout for and where they are at that particular moment
Exercise session highlights
Motivation factor
Plans/suggestions to improve the workout

As the problem statement was pretty open ended I made some assumptions from my end that suited the features included in the mockups. They are:

The user has already logged into the system (just so that the generic login screens don't need to be designed)
Existing AI is advanced enough to detect human movements and by using the device’s camera or any other technologies the users movements during workout get tracked.
The user has already given the app all the required information.

The Design Process

Being crunched on time I drew up some wireframes and immediately worked on the hi fidelities of the design.

Here are the high fidelities

Home screen-

Exercise tracker screen-

The watch faces-

You can interact and see how the app works in this Figma link

As the fitness can be tracked also through a fitness band I designed the watch application as well. With the added challenge of space constraints I really had to narrow down on the most important features for the user. This can be observed in the designs shown above

Goals Achieved

Achieving goals and committing to the workout plans that have been set.
Form checks so that home workouts are as effective as gym/trainer workouts.
Improvements to go an extra mile.
Activity tracker to check progress.

The entire idea was to make the user happy and motivated for his workouts and build a habit for following a fitness regime

Conclusion

After a nerve racking three hours I realised that timed challenges push us to think about a solution to the problem statement immediately. Although the solution would have benefited from more research and user studies, adapting a method like this would push you to think of the best solution with knowledge and insights gained from other projects or personal experience.

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