The internet has changed a lot of things in our lives. For most of us, it has contributed to the number of seated hours we do per day… but it can also help you work out, as well as increasing your on-the-butt time!

Here’s the top 5 ways the net can help in your work outs.

1. Online personal trainers

Not sure where to start with your work outs? Don’t know what exercise to do to help you achieve your goals? An online personal trainer can help, and they are MUCH more cost-effective than a real-life trainer. They can give you a program to do and answer your questions via email.

2. Exercise demos

You no longer need a real person to show you the best technique to use for squats in your work outs, or what exactly is meant by a tricep dip. There are plenty of online videos.

3. Watch fitness videos online

Before the internet, you used to have to get up at 6am to watch the aerobics girls before the morning news, or else spend a fair bit of money on DVDs of work outs. Now you can get hundreds of work outs videos online that go from start to finish.

4. Fitness tracking

There are all sorts of fitness tracking sites where you can enter the details of your workouts and measure your progress against goals. Some will tell you how much you’ve reduced your risk of heart attack, or decreased your ‘bio-age’ by also.

5. Work out customisation

Use the net to easily find info about work outs for pregnant women, for people with injuries, for those that have other health conditions or work outs you can do with your kids in tow.