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so it's sorta like buying a workout tape, except the exercises are personalized for you? that seems pretty clever and useful. i don't know much about this spa

so it's sorta like buying a workout tape, except the exercises are personalized for you? that seems pretty clever and useful. i don't know much about this space... is anyone else doing this?

andrewtbham 16y ago
it would be nice to get at least one video for free... definitely useful for evaluating your site... probably useful for potential customers as well.
- podman 16y ago
  We're still working on all of our marketing material and videos, but you're totally right. I think we don't give enough of a picture of what you get when you sign up. I'm not sure if we will give a free video workout, but we will most likely have a ton of screenshots and videos to help with this.
byoung2 16y ago
I don't know who else is applying this to workouts specifically, but the same technique would be worth trying for all kinds of applications: tutoring, dance, music lessons, foreign language.
- hugh3 16y ago
  What's the advantage over in-person tutoring, dance, music lessons et cetera? If it's cost, it'd better be significantly cheaper.
  - podman 16y ago
    Cost and convenience were the two main motivations behind PhysicalFix. If you consider that a gym membership can cost anywhere between $20 and $200 per month and a personal trainer can cost between $35 $60 per session, the amount of workouts you get with physical fix would cost you between $440 and $920 whereas physical fix has two tiers priced at $25 and $100 per month. The other benefit is that you can workout pretty much wherever you can bring a laptop or smartphone at any time you want. You don't have to worry about finding a time that works for both you and your trainer. I don't see why these same benefits wouldn't apply to other fields as well.
  - byoung2 16y ago
    What's the advantage over in-person tutoring, dance, music lessons et cetera? You can break the geographical boundaries. If the best math tutor in the country lives in New York, and I live in Arizona, I'm out of luck. I worked for Kaplan, College Network, Sylvan Learning Center, and Veritas Prep...this was always the problem. If you live in Manhattan, you're in a great place to find GMAT tutors. If you live in Wyoming, your choices are more limited (noting against Wyoming, but people with high GMAT scores and MBA's tend to be on Wall Street). A system like this would allow equal access to great tutors, regardless of location. I know someone who flew a tutor from New York to Miami for tutoring. So it's not always about price. If I can get a better tutor online than I can get within driving distance, I'll pay the same or more.
podman 16y ago
Yeah, pretty much. You get three a week and they're different every time. We're constantly adding new exercises to keep things from getting stale and will start adding different trainers and different types of exercise like yoga. I'm not sure if anyone else is doing exactly the same thing but there are certainly other people in the same space that have workout plans and some level of personalization. For our premium level, you get assigned a personal trainer who hand-builds your workouts, records intro videos for every single workout, and who the user has access to 24/7 to ask questions about their workout and general health and fitness related questions.

so it's sorta like buying a workout tape, except the exercises are personalized for you? that seems pretty clever and useful. i don't know much about this space... is anyone else doing this?

andrewtbham 16y ago

it would be nice to get at least one video for free... definitely useful for evaluating your site... probably useful for potential customers as well.

podman 16y ago
We're still working on all of our marketing material and videos, but you're totally right. I think we don't give enough of a picture of what you get when you sign up. I'm not sure if we will give a free video workout, but we will most likely have a ton of screenshots and videos to help with this.

byoung2 16y ago

I don't know who else is applying this to workouts specifically, but the same technique would be worth trying for all kinds of applications: tutoring, dance, music lessons, foreign language.

hugh3 16y ago
What's the advantage over in-person tutoring, dance, music lessons et cetera? If it's cost, it'd better be significantly cheaper.
- podman 16y ago
  Cost and convenience were the two main motivations behind PhysicalFix. If you consider that a gym membership can cost anywhere between $20 and $200 per month and a personal trainer can cost between $35 $60 per session, the amount of workouts you get with physical fix would cost you between $440 and $920 whereas physical fix has two tiers priced at $25 and $100 per month. The other benefit is that you can workout pretty much wherever you can bring a laptop or smartphone at any time you want. You don't have to worry about finding a time that works for both you and your trainer. I don't see why these same benefits wouldn't apply to other fields as well.
- byoung2 16y ago
  What's the advantage over in-person tutoring, dance, music lessons et cetera? You can break the geographical boundaries. If the best math tutor in the country lives in New York, and I live in Arizona, I'm out of luck. I worked for Kaplan, College Network, Sylvan Learning Center, and Veritas Prep...this was always the problem. If you live in Manhattan, you're in a great place to find GMAT tutors. If you live in Wyoming, your choices are more limited (noting against Wyoming, but people with high GMAT scores and MBA's tend to be on Wall Street). A system like this would allow equal access to great tutors, regardless of location. I know someone who flew a tutor from New York to Miami for tutoring. So it's not always about price. If I can get a better tutor online than I can get within driving distance, I'll pay the same or more.

podman 16y ago

Yeah, pretty much. You get three a week and they're different every time. We're constantly adding new exercises to keep things from getting stale and will start adding different trainers and different types of exercise like yoga. I'm not sure if anyone else is doing exactly the same thing but there are certainly other people in the same space that have workout plans and some level of personalization. For our premium level, you get assigned a personal trainer who hand-builds your workouts, records intro videos for every single workout, and who the user has access to 24/7 to ask questions about their workout and general health and fitness related questions.