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Can a Gadget Replace Your Personal Trainer?

Can a Gadget Replace Your Personal Trainer?

(Bloomberg) -- A new generation of fitness gadgets is just starting to reach consumers, and they do so much more than track your activity -- they actually tell you what to do, just like a personal trainer. This week, Bloomberg Technology's Aki Ito 
tests 17 devices and sees if any of them are as good as the real thing: working out with a human trainer. 

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To contact the authors of this story: Aki Ito in San Francisco at aito16@bloomberg.net, Brad Stone in San Francisco at bstone12@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pia Gadkari at pgadkari@bloomberg.net, Liz Smith Magnus Henriksson