Exercise Video Idea

Exercise videos - definitely not a new concept. However, what happens after you buy one and use it a few times? Usually you get bored with it and it sits there gathering dust. Why do you get bored? Because it is the same thing over and over.

DVDs allow for the video to be segmented - where you can jump right to a specific part of the DVD, right? What if someone used that idea in an exercise dvd - it would make millions!

The DVD would consist of, say, 10 warm up segments, 10 cool down segments, 10 cardio routines, 10 arm exercises, 10 ab routines - you get the point. The startup screen would allow you to choose a length (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes?) and a focus (cardio, arms, abs, etc). The DVD would then have the intelligence to randomly choose a few segments to build your workout to the request you specified. Think about it - you could have hundreds of different routines all on one DVD!

The segments could be taped in a way that you don't notice the jumping around transitions (i.e. all begin and end with you in the same position). If done correctly, it could seem like you have a new DVD every time you run it.

You could also add a functionality to increase/decrease in realtime. If your arms aren't feeling it you could hit "more" on the screen and get another arm exercise or vice versa. You could also pick your soundtrack on the start screen.

The biggest hurdle is building a decision making mechanism into DVDs. I have no doubt it can be done, I just don't know where to start.