Top 5 Tools to Make Running a Habit
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Facebook app that encourages users to create a daily habit by performing the habit for 14 consecutive days. Emails notifications are optional.
Top 3 Reasons: 1. Daily email reminders trigger you to perform the habit each day. 2. Facebook integration allows you to notify your friends when you decide to start
a habit and when you’ve successfully performed the habit for 14 days. 3. Active Facebook users will trigger themselves each time they log into Facebook
and view the application.
iPhone app that uses GPS technology to record the duration, distance, speed, etc of your run. This app also allows you to share your completed runs with friends via Twitter.
Top 3 Reasons: 1. Tweeting your runs to
friends allows you to show off your running skills.
2. Keeping logs of all your runs shows how much you’ve accomplished and motivates you to keep running to beat your previous best time.
3. Simple interface is easy to use and won’t get in the way of tracking and performing your goals.
Top 3 Reasons:
1. C25K helps you start small and accomplish realistic running goals in the beginning before it builds you up to run 5K after 9 weeks.
2. Helps you set a schedule and encourages you to run at least 3 times a week.
3. Facebook and Twitter integration lets you share with your friends your progress.
iPhone application that helps users to get in shape to 5k after 9 weeks. This app also features customizable music playlists and Facebook and Twitter integration.
Website that lets you indicate what activity you want to perform on a certain day and helps you find people who want to do the same activity at that time.
Top 3 Reasons: 1. Once an ActivityMatch is
created, you are less likely to back out since you are responsible to someone else.
2. Triggered to perform activity when another user contacts you to get together.
3. Added benefit of finding new people with similar interests in your area.
Video game that encourages users to get in shape through various exercises.
Top 3 Reasons: 1. Video game aspect turns mundane exercises into fun pastimes. 2. Several different playable exercises change up the rhythm of
your workout 3. Some exercises need to be unlocked before they can be
performed. This gets the user to exercise more to unlock these “levels.”
Triggers Motivation Social Pressure
Baby Steps
Running Habit
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