10 Crazy Ways AI Can Help You Crush Your Health & Fitness Goals in 2025
Artificial intelligence (or AI) continues to change the way we approach everyday challenges. From cheating students to lazy accountants, lawyers and everything in-between!
Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or just beginning your fitness journey, here are 10 ways AI can help you achieve your health and fitness goals this year.
1. Personalised Fitness Plans
AI models have been trained on countless medical journals and are continuously getting updated with new content. Leading resources like ChatGPT have more knowledge then any personal trainer or sport scientist and are able to use this to offer actionable, simple to follow fitness plans tailored to your goals and abilities.
There are also several fitness apps now using AI to analyse your goals, current fitness level, and lifestyle to create highly customized workout plans. These tools continuously adapt based on your progress and feedback, ensuring your fitness routine stays challenging and effective.
Paid Solutions: Platforms like Future and MyFitnessPal Premium offer personalized fitness plans and coaching.
Future: Uses AI to interpret wearable data and create adaptive workout schedules with the assistance of a real qualified fitness coach.
MyFitnessPal: Employs AI to analse dietary data, automate food tracking, and recommend meal adjustments.
Free Alternatives: Apps like Google Fit or ChatGPT can help create workout plans tailored to your needs.
“Create a personalized workout plan for a beginner who wants to lose weight and build strength. I have access to a SpaceGym with Wall Bracket, a yoga mat and 30 minutes a day.”
2. Real-Time Feedback on Technique & Form
Imagine uploading a video of your workout and receiving instant advice on improving your technique, with ChatGPT’s latest versions this is now a reality, of course, it’s not as good as having a trainer present who can check your alignment from all angles but it’s still rather impressive. Important note: I would still highly recommend consulting with a qualified trainer when you start out, bad form could lead to serious injury and medical issues- especially if you’re pushing your limits with heavier loads.
There are also AI-integrated platforms like Tempo or motion-capturing apps provide real-time feedback on your form during exercises. This can helps reduce the risk of injury while ensuring you’re getting the most out of every rep.
Paid Solutions: Tempo Studio or FORM smart mirrors.
Free Alternatives: Submitting workout videos to ChatGPT for guidance.
“Analyse my form in this video for a squat exercise and suggest improvements to ensure I get the most out of every rep and avoid injury.”
3. AI-Driven Wearable Devices
Wearables equipped with AI, such as WHOOP and Fitbit, go beyond step tracking. These devices analyse all kinds of health metrics like heart rate, recovery rate, heart rate variability, oxygen saturation along with sleep quality to provide actionable insights for optimising performance and recovery.
How advanced their AI features are is debatable, much of it is the same machine learning data analysis that has been around for years but now being marketed as AI. That said, the level of data capture and analysis is improving with every model and importing this data into an AI tool like ChatGPT can be incredibly insightful.
Paid Solutions: WHOOP, Fitbit Premium, and Oura Ring.
Free Alternatives: Import basic data analysis from free Fitbit accounts or Apple Health to ChatGPT for advanced AI driven insights.
“I’m a 35 year old man who weighs 100kg and looking to lose 2 inches from my waistline, based on my provided daily step count, heart rate data and sleep duration, suggest changes to my routine to achieve my fat loss targets, recovery rate and energy levels.””
4. Mental Health Support
As the age old saying goes “Healthy body, healthy mind”, it’s true the two are closely intertwined, whether you’re struggling for motivation to get going with your fitness program or underwhelmed by your results, AI chatbots offer not only a far cheaper option to vent your struggles but can be less invasive or intimidating then talking to a human therapist.
There are apps like Wysa and Woebot offering specialised and accessible, AI-powered counseling to support your mental health. Whether it’s stress management or motivation, these tools provide guidance tailored to your emotional well-being. And of course with the right prompt you can tell a free chatbot like ChatGPT to serve as a therapist and ask you
Paid Solutions: BetterHelp or Wysa Premium for advanced mental health support.
Free Alternatives: Woebot and other free AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT.
“I want you to act as a supportive health and fitness coach with a focus on mental well-being. Your role is to help me achieve my health and fitness goals while addressing any challenges or mental blocks that may arise. Start by asking me about my current fitness routine, nutritional habits, and any specific health or wellness goals I want to achieve. Then, continue asking thoughtful, open-ended questions to explore my progress, identify obstacles, and develop actionable strategies for improvement. Provide motivation, practical tips, and accountability, while also considering my emotional well-being and how it ties into my health journey. Regularly check in on my progress and ask how I’m feeling physically and mentally.”
5. Smarter Nutrition Planning
AI nutrition apps analyse your dietary preferences, fitness goals, and even medical conditions to create meal plans that suit your needs. Some platforms integrate seamlessly with fitness trackers to adjust your calorie intake based on daily activity levels.
Paid Solutions: Noom or Cronometer Gold for detailed meal planning.
Free Alternatives: MyFitnessPal’s free version or asking ChatGPT for meal suggestions based on your dietary goals.
“Plan a week of meals for me, I’m aiming to build muscle and burn fat on a high-protein low sugar and low carb diet ps. I don’t like fish!”
6. Holistic Health Monitoring
AI can help track multiple facets of your health simultaneously. Predictive tools can alert you to early signs of overtraining, dehydration, or even injury risk, empowering you to make proactive decisions about your training.
Paid Solutions: Garmin smartwatches or WHOOP.
Free Alternatives: Free features on fitness apps or simple monitoring through ChatGPT.
“How can I identify signs of overtraining based on my workout and recovery schedule?”
7. Virtual Personal Trainers
Virtual trainers powered by AI are becoming increasingly sophisticated. They simulate the guidance of a real trainer, offering personalized encouragement and adjustments to keep you on track. For SpaceGym users, integrating a virtual coach could enhance at-home workouts by providing tailored feedback on resistance levels and technique.
Paid Solutions: AI trainers from platforms like Freeletics or FitnessAI.
Free Alternatives: ChatGPT can provide customised fitness coaching based on your input.
“I need you to act as a virtual personal trainer and guide me through a 20-minute full-body workout using SpaceGym. Consider a warm up and cool down I can do at home before using the device and the type of exercises I should focus on as a beginner.”
8. AI-Powered Group Workouts
AI can help connect you with virtual communities that match your fitness level and goals. Group dynamics and competition features can boost motivation, making workouts more engaging and social—even from home.
Paid Solutions: Peloton’s interactive classes or Apple Fitness+.
Free Alternatives: Joining free online fitness challenges or creating your own groups using Google Meet or Zoom.
“Help me create a weekly group workout plan for myself and 3 friends all at intermediate fitness levels with our SpaceGyms. We will connect with Google meet twice per week for a 30 minute workout.”
9. On-Demand Workouts with Adaptive Resistance
Innovations like SpaceGym’s adaptive resistance technology can pair well with AI workout plans to create on-demand workout recommendations. You could pair with any of the above mentioned workout planners or use a free tool like ChatGPT to provide tailored workouts to focus on hitting your goals.
Paid Solutions: SpaceGym paired with AI coaching platforms.
Free Alternatives: Utilising SpaceGym with free guides or ChatGPT for custom workouts.
“Design a 30-minute SpaceGym workout focusing on core and upper body strength.”
10. Progress Tracking and Goal Setting
Using AI can help ensure you’re always aware of your progress. It compares current performance against past data, celebrating milestones and recalibrating goals to keep you moving forward. This constant feedback loop helps maintain momentum and motivation.
While apps like Strava and Fitbit can automate this progress, there’s no reason why you couldn’t set a recurring schedule of reminders in your phone’s calendar to check in with your virtual AI personal trainer. You can even instruct ChatGPT to remind you every week that it is time to report your stats from last week.
Paid Solutions: Strava Premium or Fitbit Premium.
Free Alternatives: Free fitness tracking apps or manual tracking with ChatGPT’s help.
“Track my weekly fitness progress and suggest areas for improvement based on these stats: [insert data]. Also, remind me every Monday when I open ChatGPT to provide my stats from last week””
The Future Is AI-Driven
AI is no longer a futuristic concept in health and fitness; it’s here, transforming how we train, recover, and stay motivated. By leveraging these technologies, you can make 2025 your most productive fitness year yet- no excuses!
Whether you’re relying on wearable devices, AI-powered apps, or taking advantage of super smart chatbots, the possibilities are endless.
Ready to embrace the future of fitness? Let AI guide you toward your goals!