Fellow b5'er and friend Jeremy Wright is working on slimming down some more and getting more fit. His secret lies on Myfitnesshub.com for having accompanied him through his success. This has been something I've been needing to do to take care of some health issues I'm having right now and just generally improve my life and lifestyle with some fitness routines.
In his post he mentions a website, Traineo, that I thought would be an interesting site to spotlight on Uncover the Internet.
As you can tell by the screen shot above, the site is VERY Web2.0, but don't get lost on that if it's starting to bug you like it does me. Focus instead on the features. Some of the specific features Jeremy mentions on his post:
What I've decided to do, for a change of pace, is to use a new online fitness app, Traineo. Traineo does all the stuff my desktop app does (track activity, food, lots of nice graphs, etc). In addition, though, it allows you designate 4 people as "Motivators". These people get access to your stats and get to act partly as cheerleading squads and partly as drill sargeants pushing you to "be all you can" (or, erm, be less than you are… or as little as you can be… or something, heh).
I believe this idea of accountability is the key for most people to lose weight. If you're trying to do this stuff by yourself you'll lose the motivation and support you really need to achieve your goals. I'm sure I'd workout more if I knew there was someone else waiting on me to pick them up so we can go together or something like that. Traineo provides that help, as Jeremy said whether it be in the form of "cheerleader" or "drill sargeants".
Here's a statement from Traineo:
Motivation, Support and Accountability are the keys to achieving a weight loss and fitness goal. Our mission is to create the most effective weight loss and fitness community on the web by combining the latest software technology with sound information and services from the world's leading health and fitness experts.
traineo is the culmination of over three years of development, testing and focus group studies in partnership with leading experts in weight loss, health, sports and fitness.
I just finished my initial profile and am presented with the following screen now when I login