Real-Time Virtual Fitness Tracker and Exercise Posture Correction

Abstract

The steady improvement of new advances has introduced a brilliant platter for inactive living. In the current scenario of the pandemic, people hesitate to visit a gym or find it difficult to keep themselves fit and healthy. A traditional gym instructor prescribes exercise programs that can help them lower the risk of non-communicable lifestyle diseases. However, gym instructors often come at a cost and are not always affordable, available, or accessible at all times. This paper presents a two-stage method to effectively analyze the exercise posture, providing repetitions count and the recommendation for the incorrect posture. The first stage involves the real-time body tracking model, extracting a total of 21 body coordinates. Furthermore, these body coordinates are passed through a proposed statistical algorithm which provides exercise count and posture correction recommendations to an individual. The system will not only allow to regulate the exercise count but also monitor the body posture and hence helping in staying fit and healthy.