Patent ID: 8727948

Claim:
A method for creating an exercise history for an exerciser to create an exercise program, said method comprising the steps of: in an exercise environment having first and second exercise units, the exerciser performing exercise events with the first and second exercise units while the first and second exercise units are operatively connected to a computer data processing system with exercise performance information being transmitted between the first and second exercise units and the data processing system; during said exercise events, the data processing system gathering information including i) an identification of the exerciser using one of the first exercise unit and the second exercise unit, and ii) personal exercise performance information of the exerciser; the data processing system, using the gathered information from said gathering information step, creating an exercise history for the exerciser during a first exercise event; the data processing system, substantially in real-time and based on said gathered information and said created exercise history, creating for the exerciser new exercise programs for each of different exercise modes aiming for improving at least two of the following: aerobic fitness, muscular fitness, muscular strength and functional fitness; and the data processing system controlling and adjusting each of the exercise units to change an exercise target by changing the exercise performance of the exerciser during a current exercise event i) using one of the created new exercise programs in response to the exerciser changing exercise mode, or ii) as a response to the gathered personal exercise performance information of the exerciser from the current exercise event.