through non-stop movement,
building endurance, strength,
balance, speed, agility, reaction
time and overall fitness, burning
up to 1,000 calories.
CHALLENGES
Trainers can create
competitions to give
incentives to users and foster
functional activity. There is
even the option of generating
engagement and creating a
community by challenging
other centres and taking part
in international competitions.
Trainers also benefit as they
are able to design each session,
extract real-time performance
data and focus on motivating
members and ensuring correct
movements.
This, of course, requires a
degree of practice – a couple of
days training at least – which
couples with the cost of the
product to act as a warning to
some gyms considering the
product. With the cost of the
small, square, interactive floor
looking to be over £10,000 this is
likely to be an option only for
larger gyms and leisure centres.
Built into any of the Prama
packages though is the hi-tech
software which looks to increase
participants' motivation as it
allows them to record individual
results, run through new training
modes and create challenges
and competitions between
users or clubs.
Nobody wants to feel bored
during training, and it's always
a challenge for trainers to
make sure sessions are fun
and interesting, as well as
physically taxing.
Prama can make a
45-minute gym session fly by
and in today's competitive
fitness arena, its neon lights
aren’t the only thing that make it
stand out.
Unlike traditional training,
Prama involves little to no
equipment and workouts can be
done in small groups playing
games and completing
challenges.
As the trainer sets tasks on a
computer, floor panels and
pressure sensitive walls with
built-in sensors light up.
The sensors then detect and
record the movements during a
workout, while the lights in the
room change colours based
upon the moods of the exercise
– there are warm tones for high-
intensity workouts and cool ones
for winding down.
Once the client starts hitting
the flashing lights on the walls
and floor, the theory is that they
will be having such a good time
they will forget they're working
out.
But make no mistake, Prama
is not just about fun.
A 45-minute high-intensity,
circuit-based session works all
the major muscle groups
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