Overview

StepUp is a fitness brand ecosystem specially catered to the elderly that provides personalized suggestions, feedback for improvement and fitness programs based on their age, fitness level and medical conditions.

My Inspiration for StepUp was born after living with my grandparents during the beginning of COVID . I observed how they and their friends use to try keep themselves fit and healthy from home and how it affected their physical and mental health. They often assumed what kind of exercises were right for them, thus out of fear of falling sick they tried to find ways to keep themselves fit.

This made me think of coming with a better solution to help elderly stay fit and healthy.

UI/UX Design, User Research, System Design, Storyboarding, Branding, User Testing, Wire Framing, User Journey

Softwares Used

Figma, Photoshop

After effects

Rhino

Keyshot

Timeline

14 Weeks

Jan - April (2021)

Since Covid hit most elderly population have been confined to home which limited their physical activities.

In the Post Covid world there has been a growing trend among elder population to be physically fit and healthy from the comfort of their home and surroundings.

Trend

Working out from anywhere

Defining the problem

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Currently there are no apps, services or products specially catered to them, so they rely on wisdom from their friends/ family or social media.

Don't like the commitment of going to the gym or having personal trainers as they find it to be really expensive.

Only 24.5% of seniors exercise daily.

Most of them don't know what kind of exercises are right for them

They stay in the comfort zone since they are worried about injuring themselves.

About 75% of the elderly often assume diet/ exercises that could be good for them.

Often exercising incorrectly or over exercising causes muscle/ joint pain which affects their health and mobility.

Most of the apps or video classes held digitally do not tell users where and how to improve upon during the workout sessions or provide any feedback or any curated information specially catered to individuals needs.

Challenge

How might we help guide elderly based on individual needs, age and medical conditions to stay physically fit and healthy right from the comfort of their home ?

Solution

StepUp is a fitness system specially catered to the elderly that provides personalized suggestions, fitness programs based on their age, fitness level and medical conditions.

It also helps connect them to personal trainers, live/ recorded classes, games and physiotherapists from all around the world.

It also provides live accurate feedback with the help of body tracker to improve their movements and make sure that they are exercising correctly.

System StakeHolders

Elderly Users

Personal Trainers

Physiotherapists

Ecosystem Of Products

Mobile App

The Mobile App provides personalized suggestions for browse, scheduling , playing and connecting with trainers, physiotherapist, peers from all round the world.

Wearable

The Watch helps to track the day to day movements and activities. It calibrated with Josh to provide accurate and personalized information.

Josh

Josh is a personal fitness and wellness coach for the elderly.

It has the feature of....

Body Tracking to provide live accurate feedback on how to improve and do the exercises correctly,
It also helps with Virtual Scanning and presence for immersive workout experience
A Camera for Virtual Communication with trainers/ Physiotherapist whenever required and assist with gestures functionality.

User Scenario

Key Features

Using the App

Personalized to every Individual users need

Our elderly users can get personalized suggestion for exercises based on their age, fitness level and medical conditions depending on the information they inputted during the quick onboarding process.

Connect with Trainers and Physiotherapists from home

Elderly can now easy discover, analyze and connect with trainers and physiotherapists from all round the world at a much reasonable rate and get the flexibility of working out with them right from the comfort of their home.

AI Trainer Generated Scheduling

It helps give suggestions to the elderly as to what kind of exercises to do based on their personalized goals and when during the day to help them pace out and do the right exercises at right time.

Using the TV

Body tracking & AI Coaching

Get feedback and suggestions from trainers, physiotherapists, videos by "Josh", who understands their body movement and habits. It suggests as to how to improve upon, so that they can get assurance that they are doing the exercises correctly.

Performance Feedback

Elderly can now easily see how they are performing and what areas of body they need to improve upon while exercising in the future.

Physical Wellbeing - Fall Prevention

With this feature "Josh" the fitness coach tracks and connects to 911 or their near and dear ones incase if the elderly user has fallen down while exercising or is severely injured or in danger.