ChatGPT Outperforms Personal Trainers in Answering Common Exercise Training Questions.

ChatGPT outperformed personal trainers in six of nine exercise training questions on overall score.

• Nine currently active level 4 (EQF) personal trainers submitted their most frequently asked exercise training questions along with their own answers.
• The same questions were posed to ChatGPT version 3.5.
• Responses were evaluated by 18 personal trainers and 9 topic experts.
• None of the responses from personal trainers were rated higher than those from ChatGPT for any question or metric.
• Group means were compared using permutation tests.

ChatGPT received higher ratings than personal trainers in scientific correctness for five of nine questions.

• Scientific correctness was one of three criteria used to evaluate responses.
• Scores for each criterion were averaged into an overall score.
• Personal trainers did not score higher than ChatGPT on scientific correctness for any of the nine questions.

ChatGPT received higher comprehensibility ratings than personal trainers in six of nine questions.

• Comprehensibility was one of three evaluation criteria alongside scientific correctness and actionability.
• Evaluators included both 18 personal trainers and 9 topic experts.
• Personal trainers did not outscore ChatGPT on comprehensibility for any question.

ChatGPT received higher actionability ratings than personal trainers in five of nine questions.

• Actionability was one of three criteria used to rate responses.
• Personal trainers did not score higher than ChatGPT on actionability for any of the nine questions.
• The evaluation panel consisted of 18 PTs and 9 topic experts rating all responses.

The study concluded that ChatGPT can serve as a tool to answer questions frequently asked to personal trainers.

• The authors suggest 'chatbots may be useful for delivering informational support relating to physical exercise.'
• The study used ChatGPT version 3.5 specifically.
• Questions were sourced from nine level 4 EQF-certified personal trainers who are currently active.
• The study represents a systematic evaluation of ChatGPT's capability to provide accurate and actionable exercise training information.