Ash K. Gilpin

Traineo is a health and fitness support site where users report their weight, diet, and exercise daily to a group of friends who help monitor and support one another. Traineo is not what I would consider a social networking site because, unlike MySpace, the goal is not to have as many friends as possible. The goal is to have a select group who you trust to help you through the drudgery of staying in shape.

The workout logs are also quite simple. You select from the types of workouts available, tell it how long you did it for, and how intense you felt it was. For example, I told Traineo that I wanted to lose five pounds and the weigh-in lets me give regular updates to track my progress.

Users that are a bit less shy about their progress can join larger support groups, either the sponsored ones, or ones that revolve around different demographics like mothers or tech enthusiasts.

Traineo was written by some pretty fit software developers. A number of athletes work for the company, including McLean-Foreman who has represented Great Britain in track and was the Harvard track captain in 2004.

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