Dissertation - Proposal One

For my Dissertation, I had two ideas that I was looking to propose, the first area I was looking to investigate, is the area of health and fitness in relation to performance tracking. Whether you are an athletic or just doing exercise for leisure, it can be hard to actually judge how the exercise has affected you body,whether you have performed the exercise correctly, how you can improve your performance or see your progression.

Sports equipment, in particular gym equipment can give quite irrelevant information to the user. The information that is given back can quite basic and at times not really useful. This can be said for both athletic performance or more recreational activities. People who are participating in sports more seriously will generally know the effect it will have on their body more so than people who are engaging in sports as a past-time. Sports people may have a trainer / someone tracking their progress and continually pushing them to achieve their goals, while people who are exercising as a leisure activity are generally just relying on themselves for this.

Another issue within this area that I wanted to look into, is the severed link between physical activities and active living. For example, many people now pay to go to the gym so they can run, instead of just opening their door and running outside or even just living an active lifestyle. With inventions like the car etc people are less inclined to maintain the physical health of their body with active living or outdoor physical exercise. People are compartmentalizing their lives into different areas. I would like to explore how to bring these fragments back together.