Hi Guys,
I'm one of those people who will always push myself to my limits just as long as there is someone there that I want to beat (or at least not look foolish next to). On my own, however, I'll sit around procrastinating. ut if there is someone there pushing me along then I will become a million times more motivated.
The problem with this is that usually it's difficult to find someone who's in the same position as me to push me along. Also, if I do find someone and they quit, then inevatabily I'll quit too. What I really want is a way of finding others to compete with on small fitness goals (i.e. running 10k the fastest or loosing the most weight etc..) and tracking there progress as well as my own.
Some fitness/weightloss forums have a "Contests" sections, but I just don't think that a buliten board system like this is tailored enough for what I want.
I'm a web application developer by trade, and my initial thoughts are as usual "why don't I just build a website that allows me to do what I want". So I will, but to be honest I dont 100% know exactly what I want.
I know I want a site that allows me to host fitness compertitions and a mechanism to invite, in a similar fitness position as me, to compete. And I know that I want to track my progress somehow.
But other than that I am not clear, for example I need to consider:
- How tracking occurs
- How to I determine someone at a simmilar level as me to compete against i.e. I'm currently not too fit, can probably run 10k at a push, I dont want a running compertition against a triathelete.
- How competition "winners" are decided?
- Would there be some insentive for winning or hosting compertitions?
I need people like you, in the same position as me, with simmilar goals. I need you to help me flesh out the idea behind this application and to use it with me when I build the beta version.
I need you to be early adopters, to tell me how to improve on the idea etc. I also need you to compete against, to get my fat ass moving .
If this website is someting that you'd be interested in using too, and would like to be involved in building something great then please reply here or ping me at chris.j.owen at hotmail .co.uk
Cheers. Chris.