Gymrats: New online fitness phenomenon

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A fitness application, which has become popular in the last two years, is mainly different from others who try to save the data and metrics of exercise. Gymrats is simple and seems to help people on a challenging exercise journey. Understand how it can help you.

APPLICATION

Gymrats is an application to create difficulties, socialization, community and belonging among exercise practitioners. A free application for iOS and Android This allows education of education and creates a feed between friends. The application is very well evaluated and shows unanimously among users.

How does it work?

During or after training, the practitioner checks, publishes a photo/video and comment on something like exercise, such as the activity he did that day. Some features seem to make it a different application, it understands below.

A sense of belonging and social interaction

The formation of groups within the application creates a feeling of belonging to a tribe. This human being is a psychological necessity. It is possible to use the application only from participation in a group of struggles. I noticed the difficulties between couples, common workers, family and friends.

Social interaction, educational supply, interpretation or react to the education of others. There is a conversation where you can talk and combine the training.

Traditionally, even in modalities – even in modalities – such as running and bodybuilding, a way to promote social bond, may be a fundamental psychological need. This is seriously neglected in the universe of the gyms, but may make a difference to grasp. My suggestion is that all gyms should have an open group in practice to invite practitioners to connect there.

Self -efficacy

The belief in exercise is an important step and can be encouraged by proxy by proxy: someone sees a person who exercises, which can increase his belief. Almost even the social environment is important. That common worker, whom we do not think is exercising, can infect others. Exercise habits of your friends and romantic partner are associated with your exercise habits.

Three reasons for inviting your partner or friends to the gym:

1. People can exercise as they see what they do the next;
2. The actions taken by these people show that behavior is desirable and normal;
3. Participating in behavior offers opportunities to spend time together and a common topic.

Difficulties create a new start effect

Challenges are forms of commitment to behavior. From them, the phenomenon of “new starting effect” may occur, that is, a new start, a new exercise initiative, something similar when a new year is a similar thing and new plans for ourselves.

Motivation of overcoming colleagues, partners and friends can help to perform more training.

Education Record: First step towards the perception of competence

After the training is completed, the individual can be competent by recording training in the application and following only one session. If you perceive the authority, human is a psychological necessity.

Original in selecting modality

Although Gymrats means “gymnasium ,, the use is not special for Marombeiros, but all kinds of physical activity. In order for people to be physically active, they must be authentic in choosing modality, adapting their preferences and needs to the type of exercise and application environment.

GAMING AND AWARDS

Among the challenges of users, most of them seem to reward the most basic and valuable factor: simple frequency. But there are other metrics. The gamification takes place through ranking and the application gives the autonomy to choose punctuation modes:

• Active Days;
• According to modality;
• Check-Ins Number;
• Training time;
• More steps or distance;
• More calories.

Many people may feel more comfortable to publish, share photos and exercise data rather than social networks among friends. The approval of friends can be made through likes and comments.

The Gymrats application is another product in the fitness world, but it is contrary to it because it thinks the most important: to stay active. He does this with one of the most important aspects of our species: Social factor.

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Fábio Dominski He is a PhD in Human Movement Sciences and graduated from Santa Catarina State University (UDESC) in physical education. He is a university professor and researcher at the Laboratory of Sports and Exercise Psychology (Lape/UDESC). He does it Scientific expansion in social networks And Available in Podcast Spotify. He is the author of the book of physical exercise and science – truths and myths.