Fitness App

Our Project

The aim of our project was to create a collaborative technology that enhances the life of the user. Our group came together because we all shared a similar interest in fitness. We decided to curate our target audience to be college aged students that have an interest in fitness, or simply want to implement physical activity in their lives, but do not know where to start. We recognize that college can be a time of uncertainty, overwhelming opportunities, and intimidation, and thus wanted to create a space where college students can take control.

We created an app where students can search the local area and find people on a similar skill level, that they can become gym buddies with, and conquer their fitness journey together. We also created a space for scheduling, workout planning, health data tracking and the option to share this information with friends, in a friendly competitive kind of way. The app features many outlets for users to upload their own workouts, tips and tricks, and gain a following. There are workout videos and plans for all different sorts of exercises and skill levels.

We began our design process by sketching low-fidelity prototypes, and then moved to mid and then high fidelity. During the process, we interviewed potential users who fit our target audience group, and conducted cognitive walkthroughs and user studies in order to gain a better understanding of the inherent functionality of our idea and app template. We took all these sources into account and made thorough iterations, in order to produce our final prototype.

Big Points

• Gym Buddies: Users can scan the nearby area and find people of similar skill level, interests, age, gender etc. to meet up and hit the gym with. This feature is especially exciting for us because, as college students, we know it can be intimidating to enter a new environment where you do not know anyone! The buddies feature allows users to add friends and view their friend's statistics (if they choose to share them).
  
• Health Data Tracking: This feature allows users to track their health data. For example, they can enter what they ate in a day, how many calories they burned, what sort of exercise they did and for how long. This feature is especially important because this data can be used to identify patterns, problems, or good habits!
  
• Calendar: The calendar tab allows users to create a schedule that works well with their school or work daily routine. Here they can plan workouts, set dates with gym buddies, and store to do lists and goals.
  
• Workouts: The app offers a wide variety of workout videos and tutorials that can fit any skill level or focus area. Users can upload their own content as well, such as workout videos.