May 2012
10 posts
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: cabichandani
This week we profile user cabichandani, a man who needs no washing machine. Just look at them abs! Oh, and he’s also a great guy all around. If you have anyone you’d like to nominate for a member spotlight, contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx or email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com. Username and level cabichandani / 34 How did you get started in fitness and training? I was a...
Announcing Fitocracy Duels - Challenge Someone...
Fitocracy Duels Now Available! Go and Do Battle! Arguing about whose turn it is to do the washing up? He left the toilet seat up again? Ben from accounts drank the last of the coffee and didn’t make a new batch? Felicia keeps mocking your K/D ratio in Modern Warfare 3? Been watching a few too many episodes of Game of Thrones?
Finally, Fitocracy Duels gives you a way to settle all of these...
Fitocracy Exclusive Interview with "FitJerk"
He has over 16,000 followers on Fitocracy, and you know him endearingly as “FitJerk”. Fitocracy sits down with its most famous jerk to ask him a few questions pertaining to his e-book release.
(Spoiler Alert: This will be free to Fitocracy heroes).
So first off… why “FitJerk”? Do you find that tough love helps?
Because “Dr.Phil” was already taken as...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Laevena
This week’s nomination is a mommy, athlete, and martial artist—Laevena! 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 level Laevena (Lay-vay-nuh), formerly La la laevena, Level 19 How did you get started in fitness and training?...
Fitocracy for iPhone and iPod Touch 1.03 is now on...
Fitocracy for iPhone and iPod Touch 1.03 is now on the App Store!
Rejoice! The issues that were affecting iOS 4 users and logging in via RunKeeper with the previous update have been fixed! If you haven’t done so already, go grab the latest version right here!
As a quick reminder, here’s what we added recently:
Tips: We’ve addeda visual guide on how to log your workouts on the...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Jorah
You know him, I know him. You love him, we love him. This week we’re featuring one of Fitocracy’s masters at bodyweight, Jorah. If you would like to nominate someone for a Weekly Member Spotlight, simply contact users lexyloowho and xJenxvx or email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com. Username and level My username is Jorah, and I’m at level 26. I joined Fitocracy at the end of...
Important note about Fitocracy for iPhone v1.02
Important! Dear beloved Fitocrats, We’re updating you to address a couple of very important concerns. As you may have possibly noticed, the Fitocracy iOS app is experiencing three issues with the latest update: 1. For some users, the app completely crashes when trying to open it. We are narrowing down the root cause and believe it has to do with a bug that causes iOS 4.X to crash. This...
Fitocracy for iOS, now with more friends!
Important note: we’ve heard some reports of the app crashing/not finding exercises after the update. If you experience this, uninstalling and reinstalling the app should resolve the issue.
The newest version of the Fitocracy iOS app is now available and you can grab it right here! Here’s what’s been updated:
Tips: We’ve added a visual guide on how to log your workouts on...
April 2012
8 posts
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: The_Doctor
This week’s Weekly Member Spotlight features The_Doctor, an incredible Canadian lady lifter with some serious numbers to back her up. As always, if you’d like to nominate someone for a Member Spotlight, contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx or send an email to fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com. Username and level The_Doctor, level 26 How did you get started in fitness and training? ...
Our beloved Jared on We Are NY Tech!
Our very own Jared Cocken featured on the “We Are NY Tech” blog!
http://wearenytech.com/299-jared-cocken-chief-product-officer-at-fitocracy
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: trez65
This week, we’re profiling a teacher who made a tremendous change in his body and lifestyle. He’s inspired others so much, one of his students sent us this nomination. 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 level ...
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Fitocracy Member Spotlight: knifehands
This week’s Member Spotlight features knifehands, a Fitocracy legend, a former male model, and an aspiring Marine. If you have someone you’d like to nominate for a member spotlight, please contact users lexyloowho or xJenYxvx or email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com.
[Note from Brian]: knifehands holds a really special place in our hearts. He has been one of our most passionate...
March 2012
5 posts
Introducing Fitocracy for iPhone and a major site...
The team is incredibly excited to announce that Fitocracy is now officially available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. And to complement the launch, the site has now got a brand new look. Fitocracy for iPhone and iPod Touch We took everything you love about Fitocracy and made it even better on the iPhone: Beautiful and easy profile navigation: See your information like never before. Tap and swipe...
Is Eating Red Meat Bad? Fitocrat Dr. Bryan Chung...
The internet was ablaze this week about a new study by Pan et. al that centered around the consumption of red meat. The LA Times found the evidence, which links red meat to premature death, so damning that they wrote an article titled “All red meat is bad for you, new study says”.
Holy cow! (pun intended)
We frequently tell fitness newcomers to increase their protein intake, some of...
We're hiring!
The Fitocracy team is looking to grow! Awww yeah :D
Check out the description below! If you think you’re up to the task, get in touch with us asap!
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We are looking for exceptional software developers to help us take Fitocracy to the next level. Our team is solving really tough problems all set behind an awesome user experience that needs to scale to millions of users. You must...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: currannaaach
This week’s Member Spotlight takes a look at currannaaaach. 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!
Editor’s note: Apologies for the long delay since the last Member Spotlight. We usually aim to post one every week but the past few...
February 2012
3 posts
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What is Fitocracy?
Fitocracy is the game you play to improve your fitness. Play it to track your progress, compete against your friends, and get real results in your physical fitness.
To play, just enter your fitness activities on the Track page every day. As you enter your activities into Fitocracy, you’ll earn points. Over time, you’ll earn enough points to get to the...
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...
Strength Training Gets a Face "lift"
UPDATE: It’s abundantly clear that there are still imbalances to be fixed here. We are listening to all the feedback and will be incorporating updates as soon as possible. Truly appreciate your patience (and passion!).
Today we are changing the way we calculate points for lifting activities on Fitocracy. Previously, the formula we used was based on the estimated 1 Rep Max (1RM). However,...
January 2012
5 posts
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
December 2011
7 posts
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...
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...
New Group Challenges, Status Sharing, and Privacy
We’ve got some fresh new features to help you get more out of Fitocracy as we close out 2011: Share Statuses Ever see a status update in your stream that you just had to share? Well now you can: You’ll now find the share link available for status updates. Once you click it, you can instantly share a status update you really like with the rest of your followers. If you’re...
Schedule workouts, new quests, and a special...
We’re almost done with 2011 (woah) and so we wanted to send a few updates to let you know what we’ve been working on at Fitocracy: Workout Scheduling You can now schedule future workouts! All you have to do is:
Go to the Track page
Select a day in the future
Add your planned exercises with however many sets/sessions you plan on doing
Click the blue “Schedule Workout”...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: leahlionheart
This week’s member spotlight features leahlionheart, a Socrates-quoting powerlifting bad ass mother-(shut your mouth)(I’m just talkin’ bout leahlionheart)(I can dig it). If you’d like to nominate someone for the Weekly Member Spotlight, send an email to fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact lexyloowho or xJenYxvx.
[Editor’s Note: leahlionheart was also just...
Why Community Is Important For Long-Term Success
Today we’re featuring the very awesome JC Deen of JCDFitness.com with a special article on why community is critical to helping you reach your fitness goals and make real sustainable changes in your life.
JC Deen - Online Fitness Coach
When I was first introduced to Fitocracy, I had no idea what was in store for me. For all I knew, it was another one of the many fitness startups that...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Jin_Kazama
One of many impressive Asian men on Fitocracy, this week’s spotlight features Jin_Kazama. If you would like to nominate someone for the Weekly Member Spotlight, email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact lexyloowho or xJenYxvx.
Username and current Fitocracy level: Jin_Kazama, Level 35
Age and Sex: 25/ Male Current, and any ‘before’ photos:
What sports or fitness...
November 2011
6 posts
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: pamo
Today’s weekly member spotlight features pamo, a truly inspirational lady lifter. If you would like to nominate someone for the Weekly Member Spotlight, email fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact lexyloowho or xJenYx.
Username and current Fitocracy level: pamo - level 29 Age and Sex: 22, F Current, and any ‘before’ photos: For reference, my height is 5’ 6” What...
Introducing Fitocracy Graphs!
At Fitocracy, we receive lots of user feedback every single day. If you think about it, it makes sense. Fitness is something that people tend to take very seriously so it should be no surprise that when they embark on the quest to better bodies, they want their chosen tools to be the best they can be. Since the beginning, one of the most often requested features for Fitocracy has been a way to...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Uziel
In this edition of the Fitocracy Member Spotlight, we talk to Uziel, who went from 410lbs to a lean and mean 225lb in just 3 years!
Username and current Fitocracy level: Uziel, Level 13 Age and Sex: Male, 31, 6’2” Current, and any ‘before’ photos: BEFORE: Warning: shirtless, 400+lb man in his underwear for these first two: AFTER: 410 compared to 225: What sports or fitness...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: enzo
If you would like to nominate a Fitocracy member for the Weekly Member Spotlight, send an email to fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact users lexyloowho or xJenYx. This week we’re featuring enzo, all around awesome dude and DEX questmaster over at the User Created Quest Consortium. Username and current Fitocracy level: enzo, level 30 Age and Sex: 24 and Male Current, and any...
Introducing Fitocracy Hero
It’s been almost exactly a year since Richard and I started working on Fitocracy. In reflecting on all that’s happened, I felt like sharing the latest on what’s been going on and a peak at what to expect in the future. One Year In It’s been a wild ride so far. Thirteen months ago, Richard and I started working on Fitocracy with the vision of turning fitness into a video...
October 2011
6 posts
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: MearCat
Happy Halloween everyone! It’s time for another edition of Fitocracy members spotlight. This week, we interview MearCat! Age and Sex: 20, Female Current, and any ‘before’ photos :
And, of course:
What sports or fitness activities are you involved in? Do you compete at any level?
My sport right now is all lifting. When I was younger (and by younger I mean 14ish) I was...
Fitocracy on Penny Arcade today!
Penny Arcade referenced us this morning! Brian, long-time reader of PA, is geeking out right now:
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Segugio
Time for another Fitocracy member spotlight! In this edition, we interview Segugio!
Username and current Fitocracy level: The Segugio! Currently a Level 33 Imperial
Age and Sex: 26 and Male
Current, and any ‘before’ photos): Not really. I never have a photographer when I need one. Here’s me 3 1/2 years ago: I look the same, except with no body hair, more F1bras, less fat, more...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Karacooks
In this edition of Fitocracy Member Spotlight, we hear how Fitocracy member Karacooks lost 86lbs through a combination of lifting, cardio, and smart nutrition.
Username and current Fitocracy level: Karacooks - currently level 9 Age and Sex: 43 - Female Any before and after pics?: Before: 2003
2006
Current
What sports or fitness activities are you involved in? Currently...
Fitocracy Member Spotlight: Vainglory
Note: After a brief hiatus, the Weekly Member Spotlight is relaunching today, with Vainglory’s profile. From here on, the Spotlight will come out on Mondays, but we decided to launch a little early. If you would like to nominate a Fitocracy member for the Weekly Member Spotlight, send an email to fitocracymemberspotlight@gmail.com or contact users lexyloowho or xJenYx. Username and current...
Announcing Fitocracy Mobile!
We’ve been waiting to write this post for quite a while now. After what seems like an eternity, we’ve finally released the very first version of our mobile web app. That’s right, you can now log your workouts on the go if you have an iPhone or an Android phone! Getting Started In order to start using Fitocracy Mobile, log in to Fitocracy on your phone and then...