A system for coaching a user performing one or more exercises, wherein the user performs exercises by exerting forces on individual ones of one or more user interface components coupled to an exercise apparatus, the system comprising:
- one or more physical processors configured by computer-readable instructions to:
- effectuate presentation of a calibration instruction via one or more feedback components including a display screen configured to provide feedback to the user during a calibration session, the calibration instruction configured to instruct the user to exert a maximum effort force and to assume a certain pose while exerting the maximum force on the one or more user interface components;
- obtain output signals generated from one or more sensors coupled to the one or more user interface components during the calibration session, the output signals conveying information related to the maximum effort force exertion;
- determine, based on the maximum effort force exerted by the user during the calibration session, an exercise to be performed by the user;
- effectuate presentation of the determined exercise via at least the display screen of the one or more feedback components, wherein the presentation of the determined exercise comprises:
- an exercise instruction portion providing exercise instruction relating to coaching the user to assume said certain pose and exert force on the one or more user interface components over time using one or more muscles and/or muscle groups, and
- a gameplay portion representing magnitude of force that the user is expected to exert over time, the gameplay portion depicting vertically oriented obstacles, a path that represents a target force curve for the user to follow over time, the bath being provided between the vertically oriented obstacles, and a game entity that represents a magnitude of current user exerted force on the one or more user interface components,
- obtain output signals generated from the one or more sensors during the determined exercise, the output signals conveying information related to one or more parameters of muscular activity of the user during the determined exercise on the display screen over time;
- determine values for the one or more parameters of muscular activity based on the output signals generated during performance of the determined exercise, the one or more parameters of muscular activity include a muscle activation parameter corresponding to a muscle and/or muscle group activated by the user, a magnitude of force exerted by the muscle and/or muscle group, an amount of repetitions of activation of the muscle and/or muscle group, an elapsed time of performance of the determined exercise, or an amount of calories burned, the determined values comprising a quantification of exerted force as a function of time, wherein the determined values are used as a control input to display and move the game entity along the path and over the vertically oriented obstacles on the display screen;
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- modify the presented exercise instruction on the display screen based on the determined values via presenting different instructional feedback, the modification corresponding to coaching the user to exert force using a different muscle and/or muscle group over time.