System and method for preparing workouts for a plurality of individuals and monitoring individual compliance

A method of establishing an appropriate resistance for an individual to use in performing an exercise comprising the steps of:

• determining the maximum resistance a user can manipulate during a first exercise performed with a first exercise device;
• determining a function that relates said first exercise to a second exercise;
• from said function, predicting a maximum resistance the user will be able to manipulate during said second exercise performed on a second exercise device;
• setting a resistance level on a second exercise device to a level related to said second exercise maximum resistance.

A method of establishing an appropriate resistance for an individual to use in performing an exercise comprising the steps of:

• determining the maximum resistance a user can manipulate during a first exercise performed with a first exercise device;
• determining a plurality of functions that relate said first exercise to a plurality of second exercises;
• from a selected one of said plurality of functions, predicting a maximum resistance the user will be able to manipulate during a selected one of said plurality of second exercises;
• selecting a second exercise device from the group consisting of exercise devices for performing said second exercise;
• determining a relationship among the exercise devices in said group consisting of exercise devices for performing said second exercise;
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• setting a resistance level on the selected second exercise device to a level related to said second exercise maximum resistance and to said relationship among the exercise devices in said group consisting of exercise devices for performing said exercises.