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New Version

Posted November 9, 2012 by Geoff

Many of you took part in our survey some weeks ago, and the newest version of Fleetly is our first step towards incorporating what we heard. There's a lot of new stuff in here, so I'm going to cover it in a few posts.

STATS
Most importantly, we ...

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Monday's outage

Posted October 24, 2012 by Geoff

Hi everyone,

As you probably noticed, on Monday Fleetly.com was down and many parts of the app were not working. This is now resolved, but I wanted to explain - in varying degrees of detail - what happened and what we're doing to prevent it from happening again.

Before I ...

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Fleetly v4: location, photos and smart log

Posted August 20, 2012 by

With the addition of location, photo-upload and automated logging, we’ve added a lot of new social and functional features to version 4 of the app. We've also streamlined and tabs to make Fleetly easier to navigate. We hope you like it.

The newsfeed has been completely re-vamped to ...

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A little more on Fleetly rewards

Posted August 7, 2012 by

The reward system has been active for a few weeks now and we really like it.

You have the chance of winning a reward when you get points for logging an activity or receive a medal. Simply tap to accept the reward when the window showing your points or medal ...

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Medal emails

Posted July 20, 2012 by

Just a quick note to say we're sorry for all the challenge and medal emails you may have received over the last 12 hours. We have been tinkering with medals and images in general and accidentally set a whole bunch of them to re-post. There's also been a ...

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Win real rewards with Fleetly

Posted July 18, 2012 by

Fleetly has always been about rewarding you for your fitness achievements, and the new version of our iPhone app, released today, incorporates a couple of features to help celebrate your progress.

Real rewards

While seeing your fitness improve is motivating in itself, you now have the chance to earn a ...

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Re-balancing strength points

Posted May 22, 2012 by

We’ve got over 700 official Fleetly exercises, with some several thousand additional member-created exercises. With the number of new exercise created each week, every so often we find that we have to re-balance points because some exercises get out of line.

Fleetly calculates strength points by adding up the ...

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Learn to do a one arm push-up

Posted May 15, 2012 by

A few weeks ago we posted on learning to do a pull-up. This post continues the series of learning challenges and shows the progression for a one arm push-up, a true feat of strength. If you think about it, you’re effectively executing a 70% bodyweight tricep press with one ...

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What's up with the Fitness Level

Posted May 9, 2012 by

As the Fitness Level is such a key part of the Fleetly experience, we created this graphic to summarize what it's all about. Happy to answer any questions in the comments section below.

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Fitness Friday 19: Sid Pack Abs

Posted May 3, 2012 by

This week's Fitness Friday is Sidney Wilson's Sid Pack Abs Challenge which he uses to develop and test his muscular endurance and strength.

For each exercise, perform 1 to 10 reps. So for example, you do 1 crunch, then 2 crunches, then 3 ... 10 crunches. That's a ...

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Stay on track with recurring challenges

Posted May 1, 2012 by

Keeping fit (and maintaining that fitness level) is about exercising regularly. So to help, today we're introducing a number of new monthly recurring medals to help keep you on track.

You can sign up for 6 new challenges and you receive medals for each month that you log activities ...

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Featured challenges: Secret service

Posted April 27, 2012 by

Who hasn't followed the secret service scandal over the last few weeks? Whether they've been disgusted, amused, or intrigued, the story has caught people's imagination and interest, and inspired two Secret Service challenges on Fleetly. Regardless of their extra-curricular activities, secret service agents have a tough job ...

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Featured challenge: Greatist pull-ups

Posted April 18, 2012 by

Pull-ups are an excellent exercise, and one of the best ways to develop your back and biceps. When you do a pull-up, you use your biceps and lats to move your body, while your lats and glutes are engaged to stabilize and protect your spine.

Unfortunately, lot of people are ...

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Cleaning up exercises

Posted March 26, 2012 by

While Geoff continues to finish the database upgrade and get activities to sync fully with iPhones, and he's made a lot of progress with things almost back to normal, I'm going to tackle cleaning up some of our content.

As I mentioned in the Submit your exercise videos ...

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Update Runkeeper and Nike+

Posted March 20, 2012 by Samer H.

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick update that challenges and integration with Runkeeper and Nike+ are now working.

There have been a few reports of some RunKeeper activities getting duplicated, please let us know if this has happened to you and we'll get it sorted out.

So here's the ...

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Quick update

Posted March 20, 2012 by

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to give everyone a quick update with where we stand. We are making some progress but still have work to do.

We've done a lot of work on letting people log exercises and workouts, and points are being generated more efficiently. The new database looks ...

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What's up

Posted March 16, 2012 by Geoff

Hi Everyone,

As many of you have noticed, Fleetly has been super-wiggy over the last few days. I wanted to quickly explain what's going on.

Our original database setup was unable to keep up with the level of usage we're experiencing. To address that, we're moving to ...

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Member profile Remmi L

Posted March 13, 2012 by

Today's member profile is with Remmi Lahc, Fleetly member since September 2011, current Fitness Level 52.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I'm 26, have a degree in Communication from Boise State University, and am a minister. I'm on the go, and in different places all ...

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Time to Get Vicious

Posted March 6, 2012 by

We're excited to announce that celebrity trainer Sidney Wilson will be working with Fleetly as a fitness advisor.

Sidney has 11 years of personal training experience, and was nominated one of three Top Personal Trainers in NYC by Pulse Magazine. He is also a Wilimina fitness model who's ...

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Submit your exercise videos

Posted February 28, 2012 by

Have your face associated with a Fleetly exercise video.

People tell us all the time that they love being able to see how to do an exercise properly before logging it, and one of the most used features in Fleetly are the exercise descriptions and videos.

While were lucky ...

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Member Profile: Sean M

Posted February 13, 2012 by Samer H.

Today's member profile is with Sean McNeil, Fleetly member since November 2011, current Fitness Level 38.

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I understand that you are involved in sports coaching, can you tell us more?

I was born and raised in Illinois and came to Chicago after ...

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Fitness Fridays 08: Apple day

Posted February 9, 2012 by Samer H.

Most Fitness Fridays have focused on a single exercise: to see who could do the most number of reps. We know that things like burpees, push-ups, and crunches are popular challenges on Fleetly. Just look at how crazy the leaderboards and chat on the 36,500 Push-ups in 2012. But ...

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Men's Fitness Transformassacre Challenge

Posted January 27, 2012 by Samer H.

Were excited to have teamed up with Mens Fitness to bring the Transformassacre Challenge to Fleetly.

Mens Fitness had a workout professionally designed to see if they could get their Senior Marketing Manager, Charlie, to gain 5lbs of muscle and lose 20lbs of fat in just 8 ...

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Fitness Fridays 05: Squat Jump

Posted January 19, 2012 by Samer H.

In celebration of our millionth activity this week, we're setting our sights high with Squat Jumps for this week's Fitness Fridays Challenge 05!

As always it's a 24 hr competition to see who can log the most number of reps. You can log them at any time ...

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1,000,000 logs

Posted January 18, 2012 by Samer H.

We hit a milestone today, with 1 million activities logged on Fleetly and we wanted to take a moment to thank everyone in the community for all your hard work recording your progress, being part of our early success and helping us grow. There's a lot in store for ...

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Fitness Fridays 04: Dive Bomber Push-ups

Posted January 12, 2012 by Samer H.

Fitness Fridays Challenge 04 who's gonna swoop pole position with this week's exercise Dive Bomber Push-ups?

It's a 24 hr competition to see who can log the most number of reps. You can log them at any time during that day in as many different sessions as ...

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Fitness Fridays 03: Opposite Arm-Leg Plank

Posted January 4, 2012 by Samer H.

So it's time for Fitness Fridays Challenge 03 the first of 2012! It's a 24 hr competition to see who can log the most number of reps. You can log them at any time during that day in as many different sessions as you want. The only number ...

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An over-whelming end to 2011!

Posted December 31, 2011 by Samer H.

Hi gang,

Something pretty awesome happened last week. We were featured in the iTunes app store's New and Noteworthy list, and rose to number 8 in the Health and Fitness rankings.

While this has been awesome, and we are excited to welcome all the new members, our servers have ...

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Fitness Fridays over the holidays

Posted December 23, 2011 by Samer H.

Hi gang - just wanted to let you know that Fitness Fridays is taking a small break over the holidays and will be back on Friday 6th January, 2012. From the team at Fleetly, we wish everyone happy, safe and fun Holidays!

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Fitness Fridays 2 - Walking Lunge

Posted December 15, 2011 by Samer H.

We've been inspired by Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks in choosing Walking Lunges for tomorrow's Fitness Fridays Challenge 02.

It's a 24 hr competition to see who can log the most number of reps. You can log them at any time during that day in ...

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Introducing Fitness Fridays

Posted December 8, 2011 by Samer H.

We're introducing Fitness Fridays, as fun way to get people to try some new exercises. The idea is simple, each Friday we'll pick one exercise and run a 24 hr competition to see who can log the most number of reps. You can log them at any time ...

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Which way do you (kettlebell) swing?

Posted November 28, 2011 by Samer H.

"The best strength training you can get!"

"Strong like a bull!"

"Crazy conditioning!"

"Torch your fat and tone your shoulders, back, butt, core, and arms!"

We don't like to be too prescriptive at Fleetly, we encourage our members to do whichever exercises they enjoy and then we measure the ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 9

Posted November 25, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #9

Week nine of our Weekly Fitness Digest features travel tips, running in Antarctica and an article about food that will make kids smile and adults cringe.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

Airport Fitness Tips: 5 Ways To Get ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 8

Posted November 11, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #8

Week eight of our Weekly Fitness Digest features getting a good grip on your weights, finishing a marathon, eating for health and fitness and good 'ol soreness to end it off. We got everything covered.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 7

Posted November 4, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #7

Week seven of our Weekly Fitness Digest features a lot of running and a lot of weight loss.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

Fall Back! Use Your Extra Hour for Sweat!

By Lisa Johnson

Daylight saving time is ...

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Fleetly introduces RunKeeper integration

Posted November 2, 2011 by Samer H.

You asked, you received!

Today we are excited to announce that we've integrated with RunKeeper. Now you can automatically earn points on Fleetly for all the cardio fitness activities you track with Runkeeper. This should shake things up on the leaderboard standings...

The best part is that this is ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 6

Posted October 28, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #6

Week six of our Weekly Fitness Digest features Nordic sit skiing, exercise trends for 2012 and a teenage girl and her best friend making history.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

UT Study Looks at Manual Wheelchair Use, Exercise ...

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Fleetly Startup Challenge

Posted October 21, 2011 by Samer H.

Calling all hustlers, hackers and entrepreneurs - youre invited to the Fleetly Startup Challenge

While we all love working at a startup and enjoy trying to make a difference in the world, we know its challenging and sometimes all consuming. As Paul Graham said, what a startup (bootstrapped or ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 5

Posted October 20, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #5

Week five of our Weekly Fitness Digest features a marathon running hundred year old man, and an in-depth look at the first 15 months of your body.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

Too Much of a Good Thing ...

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The Lifehacker Workout Starts Monday, So Get Ready!

Posted October 20, 2011 by Samer H.

By Melanie Pinola

LifeHacker.com

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Please, please stop!

Posted October 18, 2011 by Samer H.

400 reps...

Keith S.

400 (1st)

Mervin K.

380 (2nd)

Chris H.

233 (3rd)

Darius S.

160 (4th)

Frank S.

100 (5th)

Rajeev R.

99 (6th)

Marc S.

60 (7th)

Samer H.

40 (8th)

Kevin C.

30 (9th)

We are always talking about what motivates people to work out, get ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 4

Posted October 15, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #4

Week four of our Weekly Fitness Digest with tips, tricks and heartbreaking struggle.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

How to Eat Healthy Without Breaking the Bank

By Steve

Eating nutritious food doesn't need to be expensive. Here ...

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The Lifehacker Workout: Exercise for Normal People

Posted October 14, 2011 by Samer H.

By Melanie Pinola

LifeHacker.com

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Why member created challenges are awesome

Posted October 11, 2011 by Samer H.

Hi everyone,

With the great reception we received following our launch, I've noticed a number of challenges that were independently created by members of the Fleetly community. These were created by individuals who wanted to gather friends and participants for a little friendly competition. It's exciting for us ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest 3

Posted October 7, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #3

Week three of our Weekly Fitness Digest has a selection of fitness-related news stories that are informative and fun.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your fitness:

A Fortune Built on Hard Sweat

Sydney Morning Herald

The story of how Tony ...

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Thank you, Steve

Posted October 5, 2011 by Samer H.

Steve Jobs is an inspiration to me, and it is almost unbearable that he's gone. He came to embody everything that design stands for: the human experience, the relentless focus on core truth, the power of saying no, the joy of saying yes, and the indomitable spirit of making ...

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Theres a Personal Trainer in Your Pocket

Posted October 4, 2011 by Samer H.

By Urban Daddy

Urbandaddy.com

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The Fleetly iPhone App and Webapp Turns Exercise Into a Challenging Game

Posted September 30, 2011 by Samer H.

By Melanie Pinola

The Lifehacker Workout

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Weekly Fitness Digest 2

Posted September 30, 2011 by Samer H., Samer H.

Fitness Digest #2

Week two of our Weekly Fitness Digest is a mix insight into the mental benefits of exercise, a look at barefoot running, a bit of advice to prepare you for the holidays, and puppies.

Here's what you should read this week to get inspired about your ...

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Ruh-roh, Here Comes Everybody

Posted September 27, 2011 by Samer H.

Hi everyone,

So, as you've probably seen we've attracted a bit of attention in the past couple of days. This is great, it means more people to compete with and a richer community.

The downside is, either intentionally or by mistake, some folks are logging stuff that is ...

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Who Else Has A Favorite Workout Playlist?

Posted September 26, 2011 by Samer H.

Dont feel like getting off the couch? Here are some great songs to get you ready to workout and keep you motivated throughout the effort.

Ive tried to include a mix of genres and music from many eras, and Ive left out most top 40 songs because ...

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Weekly Fitness Digest

Posted September 23, 2011 by Samer H.

Fitness Digest #1

Thursday's launch was fantastic and again a hearty welcome to everyone who joined. We look forward to seeing you on Fleetly, be it on the the challenges, or in the chat stream logging your workouts.

We have so many people with different backgrounds, logging a whole ...

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Fleetly has officially launched!

Posted September 22, 2011 by Samer H.

Following our beta development phase, earlier today we opened Fleetly up to the world. We want to give a heartfelt thanks to all of our existing members for participating, giving us your valuable feedback and helping us continually improve and grow Fleetly.

We're stoked to tell you about some ...

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Don't be the office slob

Posted September 14, 2011 by

Ive been noticing a large number of tweets in the last few weeks of people complaining that they don't have enough time to work out, especially with school and work ramping up again. Its September, summers over and people are back at their desks. Were ...

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The Gym Goonies

Posted September 9, 2011 by Samer H.

Going to the gym can be a fun, relaxing, and challenging experience. When youre with a friend you can help each other out through encouragement and form checking. When at it alone you can get in the zone, focus on what you need to do, and power through it ...

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Getting the results you deserve part 2 - Know what needs to be done

Posted September 6, 2011 by Samer H.

This may be a bit obvious, but I think its important to mention that if youre striving for certain results you have to actually go through the necessary steps to get there. Of course you need to set reachable goals and you should have fun when exercising, but ...

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Where's Fleetly?

Posted September 6, 2011 by Samer H.

Hi gang,

You may soon notice that Fleetly's not in the app store any more. Don't worry, we'll be back towards the end of September with a new version that we think you're really gonna like.

In the meantime, if you have friends who want to ...

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Getting the results you deserve part 1 - Have Fun

Posted September 2, 2011 by Samer H.

About a month and a half ago a guest posts by Ken Muise focused on setting reachable goals. He made that point that you have to have a challenge that is difficult yet doable. And, it has to be something that your really want or need. Setting reachable goals is ...

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How to rewire your body for relaxation

Posted August 30, 2011 by Samer H.

We live in a stress filled world. From the beginning of our lives we must worry about pleasing our parents, maintaining relationships with siblings and friends, trying to decide which desert we want tonight. As we age our concerns change a bit, perhaps vanilla or chocolate is not as difficult ...

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7 Exercises to do before you jump out of a helicopter

Posted August 26, 2011 by Samer H.

Last week I showed you what it would take to pass a Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Test, anyone pass? This week, with hurricane Irene making its way up the East Coast I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the fitness test for some of the ...

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What your Fitness Level says about your life expectancy

Posted August 23, 2011 by Samer H.

Last week some research was published in the highly respected peer-reviewed medical journal, The Lancet, showing just how little exercise you need to have a big impact on your life.

Chi Pang Went of Taiwans National Health Research Institutes studied over 416,000 people for 12 years and found ...

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Are you fit to serve?

Posted August 19, 2011 by Samer H.

From the Spartans of yore to todays special forces units the warriors in our society have always been held up as an example of brains, brawn and bravery. Their power comes not just from their armaments but from the disciplined training regime that they put their body through in ...

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You may be in gym shape, but are you in prison shape?

Posted August 17, 2011 by Samer H.

I recently wrote an answer to a question on Quora What are the best exercises one can do to build strength and stamina without weights? listing out a bunch of my favorite body-weight exercises and the type of progressions one can do to increase intensity (think push-ups from knees, to ...

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Everybody's Working (Out) For the Weekend

Posted July 28, 2011 by Samer H.

We just crunched through a metric boatload of data from our iPhone app, to see when and how people work out using Fleetly. As luck would have it, they're working out for the weekend, which is a highly convenient excuse for this (recommended-ish listening while you read on, or ...

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Setting reachable fitness goals

Posted July 18, 2011 by Samer H.

Guest post by Ken Muise

Hey, Im back and it looks like Im just in time. You didn't listen at all, did you? Well, maybe that's my fault. You know, Sun Tzu took always took full responsibility when one of his soldiers didn't learn the ...

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Fleetly 2: Friendly Fitness

Posted July 12, 2011 by Samer H.

We just released a new version of the iPhone app today, and it's kind of a biggie so we're calling it version 2.0. We really hope you like it as much as we do, and want to point out some cool new features:

Custom Workouts

Oh, the ...

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Member Spotlight - Keith Stevens

Posted July 7, 2011 by Samer H.

Name: Keith Stevens
Fitness Level: 22
Joined: 11/19/2010

Please tell us a bit about yourself.
Keith Stevens, 47 years old, married to the worlds greatest wife, Neva. 5 kids ages 19 to 26. Originally from Mississippi, in San Antonio, Tx, the last 8 yrs. I'm a hands ...

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Why Setting Goals Matters

Posted July 5, 2011 by Samer H.

Guest post by Ken Muise

OK, let's talk a little bit about goal setting. Corporations, professional athletes, parents, and small businesses all set goals. So, not that there's anything wrong with that, but why would you want to?

Goal setting should be a fun way of keeping yourself ...

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Fitness Level

Posted June 9, 2011 by Samer H.

We're making some changes to the Fitness Level, which is as good a time as any to explain a bit about it.

The Fitness Level uses the energy you've expended across all exercises to arrive at an estimate of your overall fitness. It also accounts for your body ...

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Introducing Fleetly

Posted May 31, 2011 by Samer H.

A little over a year ago, unable to find the fitness application I wanted, I decided to build it myself. I thought this would take six months. True to the double it and add 20% adage, here we are today with a full time team of two, and a great ...

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