This effort will leverage commercial wearable sensors to tailor physical fitness training to increase Marines physical fitness and readiness. Marines are not often given a clear set of protocols for exercises, nor given adequate tools to monitor their fitness levels. Part of this work is to align infantry task demands against physiological measures, then identify a set of devices suitable for maintaining Marines physical fitness state within and across workouts. A dashboard will be customized to meet the needs of Marine Corps fitness standards, and training exercises and strategies will be tailored, using machine learning, to individual Marines.
Benefit: Navy and Marine infantry training involves mission essential tasks for fighting readiness, such as hiking, climbing, sprinting, crawling, crouching, and even remaining still. Physical fitness is demanded for this readiness, but training regimen do not cover the physical and physiological effects of achieving readiness. Yet Marines are subjected to significant stressors and suffer from injuries, to include lower limb stress fractures, knee and foot pain, damage to peripheral nerves, and injuries to shoulders and lower back. There is a need to focus on core strengths in addition to, or in lieu of, raw muscular bulking or a focus on aerobics. Further, there is a lack of physical training for those who need remedial fitness goals, due to rehabilitation or recovery. For an adaptive physical fitness training tool and recommender system, market analysis suggests a range of uses, including target users in law enforcement, emergency response, and athletics, as well the militaryall domains where physical fitness is critical. Even under conservative estimates the potential audience is well into the millions.
Keywords: physical fitness, physical fitness, Diagnostic training, Biometrics, wearable technology, Injury prevention, Physical conditioning, Adaptive Training
