iTrain Fitness Program
News of a new program, iTrain, which provides portable
fitness training for everyone.
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iTrain™ - Fitness Training When You Want It
By Kelly Olsen
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What is iTrain™?
iTrain™ programs are audio MP3 files that combine workouts
designed by personal trainers set to music, all in one package.
iTrain™ has a whole range of fitness programs designed for
MP3 players such as the
iPod.
You simply choose your preferred type of workout like running,
spinning or even rock climbing, download it and then follow it.
iTrain™ market this as ‘…cutting edge portable fitness training
for everyone and every body…’
Who’s Behind this New Fitness Idea?
iTrain™ is the idea of co-founders Grace Lazenby and
Sebastian Reant. Grace is the fitness expert and has been in the
fitness industry for 15 years and Sebastian is the music and
technology guru with a background as an executive in the music
industry. Grace’s idea was to use the
MP3 technology to bring her fitness and exercise routines to
a much larger audience – clever eh and profitable!
Using the iTrain™ Fitness Programs
The best bit about iTrain™ is that you don’t have to come up
with a fitness plan by yourself. Listen to the tracks,
which I found to be really excellent remixed music and it’s
almost as if you have your own personal trainer at your
fingertips. I tried the spinning one recently and it was pretty
good, not as good as a group class, but certainly motivating and
I definitely worked harder with it than I usually do.
There is no doubt that people are downloading stuff from the
Internet like crazy and downloads are not just for the young,
studies show that all ages are taking part. Downloads of music
have increased by 67% in 2006 and increases in the download of
news, drama and other media are also increasing dramatically. I
am sure that this type of fitness training will be popular. I am
not so sure it will replace the personal trainer or group
classes in the gym, but is definitely a great addition to your
fitness regime.
What’s Next?
Certainly for personal trainers it is potentially an extra
earner if they copy this model and start to produce their own
downloads. PTs will no doubt record training sessions for their
clients, providing an extra service to keep their clients
motivated and of course the next logical step is to record
fitness and training videos for MP4 players.
Costs
The costs for
iTrain™ are:
A La Carte – download on a pay per download basis
starts at $0.99 per download, although the general price is
about $5.00
Monthly Motivator – gives you 3 workouts a month and
is for a 3 month minimum sign up, if you want to purchase
additional ones then the A La Carte pricing applies.
Resolutions Package - is for a year and costs $79.99
for 3 workouts a month, if you want to purchase additional ones
then the A La Carte pricing applies. |
