What is Fitocray? Social Media's answer to Healthy Living

Lately I have been posting about how the internet is capable of helping you reach your health and fitness goals. I have spoken about /r/GetMotivated, an online community made to motivate their users and I have discussed the influence that YouTube videos are capable of in inspiring action. This time, I will discuss a social media twist on trying to stay fit and healthy.

Allow me to introduce you to Fitocracy. It contains all the components that a social media platform should have: 

• A community
• Some form of "Feed"
• Groups for people with specific interest
• Profiles
• Followers
• Some for of approving one's post (To "Like" something is to Facebook as to "Prop" something is to Fitocracy)

It has everything a social media site should plus one thing that differentiates it from the rest and thus defines it as a health and fitness website. And that is to post the progress that you make in the gym for people in Fitocracy to see and possibly “Prop” or comment.

YouTube videos that Motivate, not Procrastinate

YouTube may be the source of procrastination for many students in the world but it can also be website consisting of a rich source for motivational content that is capable of motivating everyone who is in search for some motivation in their life. The great thing about having a large library of videos such as YouTube’s is that the content in each video is so diversified that it will be very hard for you to find a video that will not strike a cord with you and create something valuable in your eyes. Personally, I thoroughly enjoy watching training montages of hard working athletes where I visualize me being one day reaching the same platform they are performing in. I am also a big softy for motivational speeches whether it may be in a film or to a live crowd, it does not matter. It just needs to get my insides burning and make me realize I am capable of doing anything; it is just a matter of if I am willing to do it. With the help of these amazing speeches, the answer is yes.

MoMonday - Motivational Messages for Your Monday

The beginning of the week has always been a hurdle for many to be motivated and get the ball rolling. Mondays are probably the most hated day of the week as it is the day after your weekend off from work, school and pains of life. Just the thought of what you will have to do for the week when you wake up on that Monday morning will force people to lay under their bed sheets and hopefully wake up on a Saturday morning. Sometimes, we just need someone to wake us up with their messages of motivation.

A solution that a group in Toronto has created is a monthly event called, “MoMondays” (Motivational Mondays).  

“MoMondays™ is like a cross between open mic comedy and TED Talks, but with professional and amateur motivational speakers. Each event, you’ll see six to eight speakers tell a few stories from their speeches. Some are funny, some are thought-provoking, all are motivating.”

-MoMondays.com

This event has been so successful that another MoMonday event will begin in Winnipeg on (surprise!) Monday, November 12, 2012. Be sure to also attend their Toronto event on November 26 in The Pilot Tavern, 22 Cumberland Street near Yonge and Bloor.