Social web interactive fitness training

Abstract

The invention discloses a social fitness and wellness website which teaches an individual fitness training exercises using video pod casts. The exercises teach proper use of gym equipment and home exercises requiring no special gym equipment. The website staffs certified physical trainers and dieticians who develop customized strength, conditioning and nutrition plans based on profile information provided by the individual. Goals are established and progress monitored by a variety of sensors body and/or gym mounted equipment. Optionally, a hand held smart computer device is used as a wireless interface to transmit the exercise data to the website.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An exercise data collecting system for use by an individual with exercise equipment wherein the system forms a low power C-LAN/picoPan network comprising:
 at least one RFID tag for sensing and collecting raw motion data generated by exercise movements;   the RFID tag being mountable on exercise equipment associated therewith;   the RFID tag housing a 6-DOF MEMS sensor for detecting the raw motion data, a microprocessor with memory for storing the data as data packets, first programmed control applications, the first programmed control applications identifying each type of exercise equipment, a transceiver for wirelessly sending the motion data packets using a Bluetooth® 4.0 or higher protocol, firmware for filtering out transient vibrations from exercise movements and a rechargeable or replaceable battery to power the RFID tag;   at least one master control dongle for receiving the wireless data packets;   the dongle housing a microprocessor with flash memory, second programmed control applications, a RF identifier signal sender controlled by the second programmed control applications for identifying the individual using a RF identifier frequency assigned the individual so as to collate the data packets received, a transceiver for wirelessly receiving and sending the data packets and a rechargeable or replaceable battery to power the dongle; and   a smart computer device using a Bluetooth 4.0 or higher protocol to receive and send the data packets.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the RFID tag and the master control dongle operate on a 2.5 GHz/915 MHz frequency range to thereby form the low power C-LAN/picoPAN network. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the master control dongle is mounted on the body of the individual. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3  wherein the master control dongle has a blood pressure/pulse oximeter sensor incorporated therewith. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the smart computer device is in radio communication with a fitness website to send the data packets thereto. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the master control dongle is a range extender master controller dongle having a dual transceiver circuit. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the master control dongle has a compiler associated therewith compatible with the operating system of the smart computer device. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the first and second control applications are under a MIST protocol control. 
     
     
         9 . An exercise monitoring system for an individual assigned a unique identification code upon joining a social website providing interactive fitness training and counseling wherein the exercise monitoring system uses an ambient low power C-Lan/picoPan network comprising:
 a range extender master controller dongle having a 6-DOF MEMS sensor for collecting motion data generated by the individual doing specific exercises while wearing the dongle;   the range extender master controller dongle having a microprocessor with flash memory to organize the motion data as packets of data;   the range extender master controller dongle having programmed control applications, the programmed control applications identifying the individual using a RF identifier frequency assigned the individual's unique identification code to collate the data packets with the individual;   the range extender master controller dongle having a dual transceiver circuit to send wirelessly the packets of data using a first transceiver dedicated to the ambient low power C-Lan/picoPan network;   the C-LAN/picoPAN network including an ambient computer;   the ambient computer being in wireless two way communication with the website to send the received packets of data thereto;   the dual transceiver circuit having a second enabled transceiver capable of alternatively wirelessly transferring the packets of data to a smart computer device;   the smart computer device being in wireless two way communication with the website to send the received packets of data thereto.   
     
     
         10 . The exercise monitoring system of  claim 9  wherein the smart computer device uses a Bluetooth 4.0 or higher protocol for the wireless communication. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the range extender master controller dongle further having physiological body sensors for measuring at least one of heart rate and blood level oxygen saturation integrated with the 6-DOF MEMS sensor. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the programmed control applications are under a MIST protocol control. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the website uses motion algorithms to calculate, for each exercise, the number of reps, sets, duration, speed and calories burned based upon the data packets associated with the individual. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the smart computer device displays any of the number of reps, sets, duration, speed and calories burned for each exercise. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 9  further comprising:
 plural forms of exercise equipment having RFID motion sensor tags associated therewith; 
 the RFID motion sensor tags being in two way wireless communication with the range extender master controller dongle to communicate packets of data generated by the use of the plural forms of exercise equipment. 
 
     
     
         16 . An exercise monitoring system for an individual assigned a unique identification code upon joining a social website providing interactive fitness training and counseling wherein the exercise monitoring system uses an ambient low power C-Lan/picoPan network comprising:
 a master control cell located in a fixed place for wirelessly communicating between a server and slave control cells;   the slave control cells located in fixed places in wireless radio communication with the master control cell with those slave cells closest to the master control cell being in direct wireless radio communication and those further away being in wireless radio communication with those slave control cells closest to the master control cell;   separate groups of RFID motion detector tags with each RFID motion detector tag associated with specific exercise equipment to detect raw motion data;   each RFID motion detector tag housing a 6-DOF MEMS sensor for detecting the raw motion data, a microprocessor with memory for storing the data as data packets, first programmed control applications under a MIST protocol control, the first programmed control applications identifying each type of exercise equipment, a transceiver for wirelessly sending the motion data packets using a Bluetooth 4.0 or higher protocol to a slave control cell chosen by the master control cell, firmware for filtering out transient vibrations from exercise movements, and a rechargeable or replaceable battery to power the RFID motion detector tag;   a mobile RF identifier signal device carried by the individual for transmitting to each RFID motion sensor tag activated by the user the unique identification code assigned by the website;   each RFID motion detector tag further housing a radio frequency identifier signal detector for capturing the code so as to collate the code with the data packets being sent to the chosen slave control cell.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16  wherein the mobile RF identifier signal device is one of a body wearable master controller dongle or a range extender master controller dongle. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  further including a body wearable heart physiological data gathering sensor in association with at least one of the master controller dongle or the range extender master controller dongle. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16  wherein the slave control cells are arranged in a centroid clustered overlapping relationship to effect short range wireless communication between each other to provide clustered redundancy in the event of a slave cell malfunction. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 16  wherein the slave control cells are arranged in segmented string like relationships to effect short range wireless communication between each other over a wide area.