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Web 2.0 and fitness

Tobias — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:15:15 +0000

Mike Yamamoto talks about the web 2.0 fitness site revolution:

Don’t laugh, but physical fitness could be a powerful niche in the Web 2.0 world.

Clearly, tech companies have long seen the promise of the consumer health market, as Sony proved again recently with its introduction of a fitness-friendly Walkman. And serial dieters have found ways on their own to combine software with their regimens, such as personal spreadsheets.

Now, Web 2.0-oriented sites such as Gimme20, Traineo and PEERtrainer are trying to capitalize on the fitness trend. Sites that are even more finely defined, such as SugarStats.com, target specific health issues (in this case diabetes).

Eat 4 Today reviews The Performance Diet

Tobias — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:46:12 +0000

Katiebird over at Eat 4 Today reviews the Performance Diet system and software:

I clicked on the desktop icon that normally (I would have said always before this) starts a software program, and was taken to a Welcome Message with two buttons. The first says, How to Start Your Diet Program, the other says, I want to take a tour. And Iâ€™m pretty sure they take you to the same place ! (I stumble into an alternate universe)

They start at the beginning

Because so many people fail at weight management and they donâ€™t want us to fail this time, they want us to read through some introductory pages about their program

Wii Diet Game?

Tobias — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:31:01 +0000

Rumor has it that Nintendo is working on a fun diet game for its Wii mobile platform. Nintendo still has it together as far as making fun games for its platform, sometimes even ones that are educational as well.

Am I the only one that hates the Wii brand name?

Mikibo

Tobias — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:25:05 +0000

Mikibo is a new, and free, online service that helps people get the online tools and info needed for a fitness program. It offers weight logs, food databases, food diaries, exercise database, and exercise logs. It gives recipes, articles, and support groups for people as well.

Nike iPod

Tobias — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:31:56 +0000

Starling Fitness gets an iPod + Nike and takes it out for a test run.

Crunching Numbers

Tobias — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:15:00 +0000

The Incredible Shrinking Ladies take a look at the numbers and tools when taking look at weightloss and calories:

Let’s face it, to loose weight we have to know how many calories our bodies need and then eat less. To loose 1 lb. a week, eat 500 calories less a day that you use.

Studies have shown time and time again that the majority of people UNDER estimate their calorie intake and OVER estimate the amount of actual movement\exercise they get each day. Our sense of portion size, determining calories and nutrition are often way off. It doesn’t matter what type of diet we choose, we still need to be aware of calories, as

Weighting averages helps determine true weight loss/gain

Tobias — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:30:36 +0000

If you weigh yourself every morning you’ll notice that your readings are all over the bloody place. It can be frustrating. Which is why if you track it, using a spreadsheet, you should weight your averages to see how you’re really doing.

More info on how to do that and download some tools to help you do it are available at Eat4Today.

Weekly planning excel spreadsheet

Tobias — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:52:38 +0000

Starling Fitness has a very nifty Weekly planning spreadsheet for free download. Looks nifty from what I’ve played around with already, and worth checking out.

HyperStrike

Tobias — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:57:26 +0000

Ryan Irelan has a comprehensive review of another web application that allows you to track your workouts and diet with an app called Hyperstrike, and he’s titled it: Hacking your health with HyperStrike.

A definite worth reading review if you haven’t found an online app yet that works for you.

weEndure

Tobias — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:07:23 +0000

Another entry into the web 2.0 world of health and fitness information tracking is weEndure. Lifehacker has a round up of it here at their website:

Web site We Endure tracks your athletic training – like cycling, running and swimming – Web 2.0 style, with RSS, sharing, friends and fancy-pants charts and reports.