What is adaptive resistance exercise?

SALT LAKE CITY — Have you ever heard of adaptive resistance exercise? It uses technology to provide people with more personalized and effective workouts.

Let’s Get Moving host Maria Shilaos spoke with Rob Darnbrough, co-founder of The Smart Fit Method, to learn more about how this particular way of exercising works and can benefit us.

 

When exercising at a traditional gym, you have to figure out how to adapt yourself to the equipment. With technology, the equipment adapts to you, said Darnbrough.

“The value of this is that we can precisely give the individual the right stimulus to make sure that they achieve the outcome they’re looking for,” Darnbrough said.

“Exercise is like medicine”

Darnbrough said he thinks of exercise as medicine. Medicine is something you take into your body. It’s important to know how much and how often you need to take it. If you don’t follow the instructions, you won’t get the outcome you’re looking for.

The same concept applies to exercise.

“What AI allows us to do in adaptive resistance is test an individual correctly, figure out the appropriate dose for them, and then provide them with the stimulus that is necessary for them to be able to gain the results they’re looking for, improving their overall muscular strength, their cardiovascular conditioning, their flexibility, and ultimately their health,” Darnbrough said.

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