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A promise to our users

To say the past week has been somewhat turbulent for the Fitocracy community would be an understatement. Pitch forks were gathered, lamentations were cried, and it seemed like the sky was falling for a brief period of time.

For context, last week we pushed an update to our strength training scoring system. That set off a firestorm of folks crying that it penalized strength training. In just a couple of hours, there were over a hundred comments on the announcement thread, the vast majority of them complaining about the move.

While this was an issue that prompted us to immediately take action, it highlighted a higher level problem. Many cried out that we were focusing on the wrong things: growing the user base, adding activities that they deemed unimportant, monetizing, etc. And by spending our time on these things, users said that we were failing to meet many promises we’d made in months prior.

Some have even claimed that we have been behaving poorly… in some instances complaining about user feedback or otherwise treating users in a negative manner. Others say that we are ignoring their feedback and even their volunteering to help us when we’re stretched thin.

This post isn’t intended to meet complaints with excuses because frankly, nobody wants to hear them. 

What I want to say today is this: yes, we have failed to meet certain expectations from the community. Some of our moves have been outright stupid and have angered a lot of users. And there is a laundry list of promises we’ve made that we haven’t met yet.

And yet after I’ve already said that some promises haven’t been kept, I am about to make another one. But this is one in which I have the utmost confidence:

No matter what we do, it will always be in what we believe to be the best interest of our users and our community. And we will always seek the community’s feedback.

This doesn’t mean we won’t screw up from time to time. And it doesn’t mean that we won’t occasionally be wildly off base from what we think the community actually needs. But we will never sacrifice the experience at Fitocracy for an objective that is counter to our users’ best interests.

So no more excuses. No more “wah wah, our jobs are hard.” We will continue to focus on the mission, which is to make fitness addictive and possible for anyone. 

Finally, the only thing that we ask of the community is that they understand change is inevitable but that as Fitocracy continues to evolve, we hope you will work with us to fix what’s broken and to help us figure out how to make things better.

-Brian

Strength Training Gets a Face “lift”

Introducing the newest member of the team!

If you’ve been hanging around Fitocracy lately, you may have seen a certain character named “Engers” hanging around. You are very likely to see him participating in long comment threads and giving all his props to everyone he sees (seriously, he’s very indiscriminate with his props-giving, so don’t feel too special if you receive one from him).

In what may be perhaps the worst kept secret of all time, we are thrilled to announce that Engers, better known by his real name, Jared, will be joining the Fitocracy team as our new Chief Product Officer. As CPO, he will be owning the user experience and interface as we move toward building out our mobile apps and version 2.0 of Fitocracy.

His career spans 19 years building diverse digital brands that serve billions of page views a month: National Geographic, WebMD, Sports Illustrated, Time, Conde Nast, NBC, Apple, Google, MTV, and Alexander McQueen. He also happens to have a killer accent, went to the same school as Shakespeare (but wasn’t in the same grade), and has an interesting super power.

We first met Jared through a mutual friend last fall. Back then, we knew him only to be a silver-haired “designery dude” who happened to really really dig Fitocracy. Once we got to know him, we decided we could really use his expertise so we brought him on as an advisor. Plus, that English charm was just too much.

We were not only blown away by his talent and advice, but he also truly and deeply understands the vision behind Fitocracy and how to bridge the gap between the dream and reality. Not to mention, the entire team clicked incredibly well with him over our absurd group chats, which counted for a lot :)

Jared will officially start with the Fitocracy team on February 13th. He will be greeted with lots of bro-hugs and squeals. Please send him a warm welcome at his profile page!

P.S. If you look up Jared’s last name, we promise we are not playing some elaborate joke on you.

Protesting SOPA / PIPA

Today, January 18th, 2012, we are making a stand for the soul of the Internet. Along side Google, Wikipedia, and thousands of other American businesses, we are protesting the U.S. Congressional Censorship of the Internet.

In proposed legislation SOPA and PIPA, the U.S. Attorney General or even private third parties could require a site’s entire domain be cut off without a trial or due process if the site contains unapproved copyrighted material, even if a random user of the site uploaded the content. This means that websites with mainly user-generated content could simply, one day, disappear. This includes Fitocracy.

So please, for the love of Fitocracy, contact your representatives HERE, and let them know that you will not vote for them if they support SOPA or PIPA.

-The Fitocracy Team

Fitocracy Member Spotlight: lokkju

This week’s Member Spotlight features an incredible athlete, forum overlord, and former curator of the Weekly Member Spotlight lokkju. If you’d like to nominate someone for the Weekly Member Spotlight, contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx. Of course, you can always send an email to fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com! 

Username and current Fitocracy level 
lokkju: level 26 
lokkju_old: level 35 

Age and Sex 
25 M 

Current and any ‘before’ photos 
 
Christmas 2009 - 235lbs 

 
Summer 2010 - 170lbs 

Today - 190lbs 

Back - no chin-up bar at my rents house unfortunately to get a better shot 

Front - sorry about the bloats. Mom’s cookies just too good 

What sports or fitness activities are you involved in? Do you compete at any level? 
Play a lot of basketball, yoga, and hoping to compete in powerlifting by mid 2012 

What’s your story? When, how and why did you get into your chosen sport or fitness plan? 
I was never one of the most athletic guys growing up, I always had to work twice as hard as everyone else to be good at the sports I loved. The only thing that came semi natural to me was lifting. We had great coaching on squats and power cleans through out both our strength and conditioning classes and our football program. I was actually on my way to competing for state records going into my junior year when I blew my knee. Months of therapy, and hard work later I was back for my senior year only to separate a ligament in my ankle that year. 

College saw two knee surgeries, and I was done of lifting. I had my MCL and PCL repaired in my left, and my ACL in my right in 2007, two years after high school. They also tried to correct my patellofemoral syndrome (rigidity along the bottom of the knee cap). I played in volleyball and basketball leagues, and spent a lot of time at the gym on the hard wood, but lifting had become virtually non existent in my life. 

In 2007 I started dating a girl and my fitness and health spiraled downward. While I can’t blame it entirely on her (school played a large part in it), her sedentary lifestyle wore on me, and by the time I ended things in 2009 I had ballooned up over 230lbs. I was fat, out of shape, and hadn’t touched a baskeball in months. 

Christmas of 09 changed a lot of things for me. I met a girl who would become a driving factor in my life. I started playing three to six hours of basketball a day… not just shooting, but regular pick-up games. I moved home and began adjusting my diet, and by July I had lost 55lbs. August of that year saw my big move from Kansas to Michigan, but the new lifestyle continued. 

It was suggested to me, by my girlfriend that I start lifting. At 170lbs I was pretty slim, as you can see from the pictures. I started lifting January 17, 2011, and haven’t looked back. While this year was a roller coaster emotionally, culminating in an engagement, and a breakup, my training was my steadfast rock. Through several injuries I’ve managed to persevere, and can say for the first time in years my knees feel awesome. About nine weeks ago I started training under the guidance of the Sheiko routines. For those that don’t know, Boris Sheiko is the head coach of the Russian Powerlifting team. His training, involves stupidly high volume with the big three which has helped me push through several plateaus. I have seen drastic improvements in strength and muscular hypertrophy. 

I have laid a foundation upon which I want to build. My goals for 2012 include hitting an 1100lb total in my first competition, and then breaking the 1200lb total at the next. By the end of 2012 I wanted to have hit a 1300lb total in the gym, and aim to hit that mark in competition before my current lease is up in May of 2013. 

What are your current athletic or fitness-related goals? 
By the end of 2012 I want to: 
Deadlift: 585 
Squat: 450 
Bench: 335 
Chin: 3 plates 
Dips: 4 plates 

Personal Goal: in 2012 I want to lift in 12 cities other than Detroit, with 12 different groups of Fitocrats. 

What is your workout or training regimen? 
In the last nine weeks I have finished Sheiko 29 and 37 with slight modifications that add additional total poundage to the program. Currently I’m running Sheiko 30. I have been using Coan’s deadlifting routine periodically instead of Sheiko’s prescribed deadlift sets. 

What does your diet look like? Do you take any supplements? 
I eat a lot of boneless chicken thighs, cooked and marinated, with frozen veggies. When I say a lot, I mean in the ball park of 3lbs a day. I honestly don’t pay attention to my macros, and haven’t in months. I shoot for a rough estimate on calorie intake, and go from there. Currently I am also practicing a 16/8 intermitted fasting schedule. Fast begins at 9 or 10pm and ends at 1 or 2 pm the following day. So all my workouts are fasted, and there is no food consumption for roughly five hours post workout. 

What is your competition and/or training philosophy? 
Derek Poundstone immortalizes my training philosphy, “quitting in the gym or training to failure isn’t a skeletomuscular thing. It’s a conscious thought. Your body doesn’t fail you. You’re choosing to fail.” 

Mario Andretti -“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal. A commitment to excellence that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” 

I push myself. I want to see what my body is capable of. There are so many guys out there doing astonishing things in the world of powerlifting, and I have every desire to push myself to that point. We only have one life, why not make the most of it? 

How do you motivate yourself? 
A good start is never wanting to go back to where I’ve been. My life resolves around centering myself physically, mentally, and spiritually. Training is a big part of that. Every time I step in the gym I strive to be better than I was the last time I was in there. 

What advice do you take, and what do you ignore? 
I ignore almost everything these days. I’m living proof that you can eat what you want and lose weight and gain strength. Most of what is preached in the gym and on the interweb is nonsense. For the most part its ‘pseudo-science’ and should be treated as such. I listen to those that have achieved what I strive for, if I feel it can fit within my training philosophy I give it a fair shake. Trial and error is the only way to get better. 

What are some training or diet-related things you know are true but cannot prove? 
Food is food is food. Eating clean/dirty is a load of shit. Hit your macros, enjoy what you eat, and eating what you want. That being said the food you make is a labor of love, and should be enjoyed. Home made always tastes better than store bought. 

Over training is a myth. Our bodies are built to adapt. Force it to adapt. 

I don’t care if you want to be a powerlifter, bodybuilder, Zeus, baller, dancer, gymnast, or a programmer. If you want to succeed in life, you can benefit from being stronger. People take short cuts. If you want to look like Arnold or Lou you got to train like they did. Arnie had a 400lb+ squat long before he ever tried to be a body builder. Get strong… then get big. There is a great parable in the New Testament that stands true to the weightroom. Jesus talks about building a foundation. The house built on sand will always crumble, while the house build on rock, that solid foundation can with stand so much more. 

What injuries have you dealt with? What are the injury risk that come with your athletic endeavors? 
Since 2003: 
- 22 Broken/Dislocated Fingers 
- 12 Concussions 
- Two dislocated shoulders 
- Two reconstructive surgeries on my knees 
- 3 Broken Ribs 
- Ligament separation in my ankle 

I may be the only person in the history of life that dislocated their thumb downhill skiing… 

Injuries are a part of living a healthy lifestyle. They come with pushing your body to greater things. Dave Tate once said “sometimes it isn’t about winning, its about not being afraid to bleed.” To often we tell ourselves we can’t. To often we hold ourselves back at the risk of injury, and we never push ourselves to see what we are truly capable of. 
Fitocracy user cjhazza has a 400lb squat and only one leg, whats your excuse? 

Any advice on how to deal with these injuries and risks? 
“I wanted to put things in perspective. An injury’s an injury. Death is final.” - Derek Poundstone 

Work hard, take the same mentality into rehab that you took into your training. 

What are your favorite sports/fitness books/DVDs/Websites? 
http://www.elitefts.net/ 
http://www.t-nation.com/ 
http://strengthvillain.com/ 
Muscle and Fitness (they have some gems). Kroc also writes for them these days 
Alan Aragon 
Starting Strength 
Reddit (/r/weightroom, /r/fitness, /r/powerlifting, /r/advancedfitness) 

Anything else you want to add? 
Keep an open mind about what you hear and read. I ate chicken breasts and all that jazz for months and I hated it. Keep a general idea of your calories, make sure they are around your adjusted maintenance, and eat what you want. As I write this today I had an entire large pepperoni pizza and candy. Guarantee I step into the gym tomorrow weighing exactly what I did at the gym yesterday. Life’s to short to be miserable. Find that center, and live there. Work hard, and take all things in moderation (except your training, push your ass until it breaks). When part of your life falls out of balance the rest will too. 

I’d like to thank those that have been so good to me since I joined the site in February. Y’all have been amazing, and helped me so much, both in my training and my personal life. Thanks to Dick and Brian are especially necessary. Both for the awesome job they’ve done in building this site, and for giving me the opportunity to help out. To the community, thank you for all the love and support, and I look forward to see how we all grow. 

Reddit’s Guide to Fitness

It’s no secret that Reddit holds a special place in our heart. In fact, it’s where we got our start. Reddit is home to thousands of incredible communities known as “subreddits.” The fitness community there is known as “Fittit” and the folks over there pride themselves on evidence-based fitness advice, camaraderie, and a healthy amount of peer motivation. 

Since Reddit works on the basis of voting content up or down, it’s pretty easy to see what particular trends and methodologies are popular with the community at any given moment. Our friends over at Greatist (an awesome health & fitness blog that you should check out) went and crafted an infographic that compiles a lot of the current fitness advice floating around Fittit these days. Check it out below!

More Health and Fitness News & Tips at Greatist.

Fitocracy Member Spotlight: prettykill

This week’s spotlight: forum favorite and all around odd shaped peg, prettykill. If you’d like to nominate someone for a member spotlight, email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx. 

Username and current Fitocracy level: 
prettykill, 20 

Age and Sex: 
32, female 

Current, and any ‘before’ photos: 
I have a policy against putting pictures of myself on the interwebs, so consider this a very rare exception. I don’t really have any before pictures. 

 

What sports or fitness activities are you involved in? Do you compete at any level? 
Right now the main ones are weight lifting, karate, kickboxing, running. My only competition is against myself, unless you count the occasional paintball game. 

What’s your story? When, how and why did you get into your chosen sport or fitness plan? 
This psychological civil war has been running for years now, with causalities on both sides. There have been battles won and battles lost, but through strategy and perseverance I seem to be winning, and to the victor goes the spoils. 

The most recent campaign began when I decided to chuck the baggage and start over. I made a list of what worked, and what didn’t. The Didn’t list was depressingly long, the Did list depressingly short, so I set off to try a bunch of things and improve that list. I started eating once a day (breakfast is on the Didn’t list), picked up a measuring tape and broke the scale (literally, though in retrospect I wish I’d just removed the batteries). Eventually, by plain old trial and error, I realized the three ingredients I needed were variety, intensity, and flexibility. And that led me to the above list of regular activities, with a handful of other less frequent ones. 

What are your current athletic or fitness-related goals? 
My athletic goals for 2012 are to deadlift 2x bodyweight, squat 1.5x bodyweight, and bench my bodyweight. I plan on testing next year for Karate, and setting new PRs for the 1 mile and 5k. I’m trying to kickstart myself out of that thinner-is-better trap, so I’m not allowing the numbers to change if my bodyweight drops. 

What is your workout or training regimen? 
Right now my routine is lifting on Tuesday and Thursday, and martial arts Wednesday and Friday. Monday’s a wild card, Saturdays and Sundays vary depending on the week. This will probably change with the new year, since my schedule is going to change. 

What does your diet look like? Do you take any supplements? 
My diet is simple: Eat once a day, make it count, and enjoy the f*ck out of it. Last night’s dinner was mushroom+shrimp+broccoli alfredo served over homemade fettuccine. I have a low opinion of those low carb/fat/fad diets, and regularly enjoy fresh-baked carbs, real butter, charbroiled protein, chocolate, and homebrewed beer. 

I have a weekly target for macros and calories, and generally cook with whole and unprocessed foods. The only supplement I take is iron, although I do occasionally use soy protein powder or TVP to boost the protein content in a vegetarian meal. 

What have you achieved so far? What are your ‘numbers’ (times, weights, heights, etc)? 
So far my numbers aren’t particularly impressive, but they’re trending in the right direction. 

Most recent: squat 115lbs, bench 85lbs, deadlift 170lbs, overhead press 65lbs, pendlay row 85lbs, 5K 32min. All of these are subject to change on a weekly basis. 

Last weigh-in was 128 lbs. My measurements right now are 34”-24”-36”, which I’m OK with overall. 

What is your competition and/or training philosophy? 
I’m not a philosopher, not a romantic, and not a competitor. But I write lists for everything, so here’s the latest revision, FWIW: 

1. Above all else, do what works for you. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t matter how many experts say it should. 

2. Try something new, as often as you can. Push your boundaries, get out of your comfort zone, don’t get complacent. 

3. Everybody starts somewhere, and every body is different. Learn from them what you can, sometimes a bad example can be as instructive as a good one. 

4. Find something that motivates you, set goals that you can reach, and track your progress. It helps to have a friend to answer to, no matter how distant. 

5. When you feel like doing nothing, do something. You’ll feel better for having done it, and some days you’ll surprise yourself. 

6. Low reps and high weights are the key to gaining strength. A low starting weight and good form are the key to doing it safely. 

7. Rest days are important. A sore muscle will loosen up and feel better once it warms up. If it doesn’t, then it’s injured and you need to let it rest while it heals. 

8. Don’t obsess over a mistake. The past contributes nothing to the future, so learn from it and move on. The only true failure is giving up. 

9. To you know yourself is to know the enemy. Acceptance is not permission, knowing your weakness doesn’t mean you have to give in to it. 

10. Don’t feel guilty for taking time for fitness. You are far more useful to your family, friends, and employer when you are healthy and strong. 

What challenges do you face? 
The usual, I suppose. Busy life, full-time job, mental issues, migraines, and a general inability/refusal to conform. I’m willing to acknowledge challenges, but they don’t define me. 

How do you motivate yourself? 
The answer to this has changed over the years. I started out with a carrot & stick approach to fitness. I’d tie exercise to treats - new music, chocolate - and punish myself by subtracting a couple hundred calories from the day’s budget. Might sound a little twisted, but it worked.

Eventually I started finding stuff I enjoyed - see the above list - and exercise turned into its own reward. Well, that and the endorphins… mmm, endorphins. Now it’s my go-to coping mechanism - I always feel better, and think clearer, after a workout. 

What advice do you take, and what do you ignore? 
I take advice from people who have earned my respect. 

What are some training or diet-related things you know are true but cannot prove? 
1. Your brain is part of your body, and mental training is as important as training your muscles. Meditation and learning are the weight-lifting and cardio of the mind. 

2. Calculating the nutritional value of a food by burning it to see what comes out is analogous calculating the value of an idea by how many people on the Internet think it’s true. It only works for the obvious (calorie content, gravity), and even then with a high margin of error. 

What injuries have you dealt with? What are the injury risks that come with your athletic endeavors? 
Another of my lists, not exclusive to fitness… 

1. Don’t panic. 

2. Point the blade away from you. 

3. Keep your fingers clear. 

4. Safety equipment is your friend. 

5. Start light and get it right. (Later you can up the intensity). 

6. Learn first aid/survival skills before they’re needed, (not after). 

7. The more you do it, the more important it is to do it right. 

8. Keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot. 

9. Test it before you put your weight on it. 

10. Do not follow the idiot (but do watch to see how it works out for him). 

Any advice on how to deal with these injuries and risks? 
I think sometimes people lose sight of the difference between major injuries and minor ones. If it heals within a week, forget about it. Worry about the ones that take months or years to heal, because that’s what will really set you back. 

What are your favorite sports/fitness books/DVDs/websites? 
Besides Fitocracy? Lately it’s been my best resource for fitness advice, along with being an awesome community. 

I’m pretty omnivorous when it comes to reading, generally a skeptic but sometimes good ideas lurk in unexpected places. 

Anything else you want to add? 
1. Anything that’s really worth doing takes effort. People get caught on this “quick fix” idea, that there’s some fitness or fat loss ‘secret’ out there that’ll solve all their problems. There is no secret, and anyone that says differently is trying to sell you something. 

2. Emotions and sensations are the communication path to your body and the less accessible parts of your mind. Pay attention to what they tell you, but don’t allow them to dictate your actions. Pleasure and joy are fun, but pain and fear are also part of life, and you cannot fully live without embracing them all. 

3. The good news is that fitness is not a religion, there is no ‘one true way’. People vary, and there’s lots of good approaches, what matters is to find one that works for you, and do it consistently. 

Fitocracy Member Spotlight: fellrnr

Today’s Member Spotlight features an incredible endurance athlete at the top of Fitocracy’s leaderboards. If you’d like to nominate someone for a member spotlight, email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx. 

[Editors note: apologies for not running a spotlight for the past couple of weeks! New feature releases and the holidays crept up on us faster than we expected. But no worries, we’re back on track now.]

Username and current Fitocracy level: fellrnr, level 38 

Age and Sex: 45, Male 

Current, and any ‘before’ photos : 

Before - fellrnr, circa 1995 at ~205 pounds:

After - circa 2010 at 135 pounds

What sports or fitness activities are you involved in? Do you compete at any 
level? 
I’m an ultramarathon runner, and I compete at a local, national and next year, international level. 

What’s your story? When, how and why did you get into your chosen sport or 
fitness plan? 
Because of my skin condition I never did any exercise as a child. By my early-30s I was overweight inactive and not terribly healthy. It was at this point I got my “wake-up call” in the form of a particularly severe migraine. This migraine was unusual in that the early symptoms included not only loss of vision but also impaired the speech center of the brain. I was unable to speak coherently, understand what was said to me, or even read and write. In many ways the symptoms mirror those of the stroke, and were quite frightening. This migraine did not last long and I recovered fully but it made me realize that unless I did something can to improve my health than the stroke was a very real possibility. I started off by joining an aerobics class and got into running as a way of getting to and from the class. My weight dropped from its high of 205 pounds and I started getting into longer distance running. I entered my first half marathon woefully unprepared having only run a maximum of 6 miles before. I was nearly the last one to finish the race competing for DFL with a 70-year-old woman. I could barely walk for a week afterwards, so naturally I signed up for the London Marathon. I finished the London Marathon in 1999 and moved to the US in 2000, where I continued running marathons. After a few years of marathon running I realized that speed was not my forte but I did have a lot of endurance. I found the world of ultrarunning rather more relaxed and over time found myself becoming competitive in the longer distances. 

What are your current athletic or fitness-related goals? 
I’ve qualified to represent the United States at the 24 hour world championships in Poland in 2012. I also want to break 150 miles in 24 hours, and I will compete at 50 and 100 mile distances next year as well. 

What is your workout or training regimen? 
I have to go running four days per week, with each run relatively long (marathon distance on longer). A few months ago I changed to running every day. I haven’t come to any definitive conclusion on the merits of each approach, and so the experiments continue. I do no strength training, stretching, or core training, though I’ve tried each of these several times in the past and found them relatively ineffective. 

What does your diet look like? 
I often joke that I have the genes of a professional athlete, but the sport is sumo wrestling. Keeping my body weight under control is a continual battle for me and I struggle with overeating. I generally try to keep my carbohydrate intake low and slow, with a lot of protein and good fats. 

What have you achieved so far? What are your ‘numbers’ (times, weights, heights, etc)? 
146 miles in 24 hours, 100 miles in 15:58, 100K in 9:31, 50 miles in 7:08, 50K in 3:38, 26.2 in 2:53. 

What is your competition and/or training philosophy? 
I believe the competition and training is in many ways more about mental toughness and physical endurance. The ability to keep going when you desperately want to stop is a core aspect of long distance running. 

What challenges do you face? 
My biggest challenge is my skin condition. 

How do you motivate yourself? 
At the core, my motivation is a simple refusal to quit. 

What advice do you take, and what do you ignore? 
I tend to favor scientific study over anecdotal advice, but I’m aware of the benefits of both. 

What are some training or diet-related things you know are true but cannot 
prove? 
There is remarkably little scientific evidence around the effects of endurance training. I believe that there are long-term, slow acting changes that occur in the muscles that make them more efficient and more fatigue resistant. I believe it endurance training has effects that accumulate over months and years. 

What injuries have you dealt with? What are the injury risks that come with your athletic endeavors? 
At one time or another I have had most running related injuries. I sometimes suspect that my success is related as much to do with my ability to fix myself as anything else. 

Any advice on how to deal with these injuries and risks? 
I’m a big believer in using self massage to diagnose and treat minor injuries before they become major. I’m also a big proponent of using ice (not gel packs) to repair muscular damage. 

What are your favorite sports/fitness books/DVDs/websites? 
Is it too self-aggrandizing to suggest my own website http://fellrnr.com? 

Thank you for an amazing 2011

To all you Fitocrats out there:

From the bottom of our hearts, we want to say thank you for an amazing year. We have worked day and night throughout 2011 to make Fitocracy the most awesome and motivating way for you to take care of yourself and to level up your fitness. We couldn’t have done it without you. 

Next year is going to see even bigger and better things. We are so excited to show what we have in store for you. Here’s to an amazing 2012!

Cheers,
The Fitocracy Team