Freshman!! Freshman!!
I’m a first year student new to UGA and its facilities. I have never been to workout at Ramsey, and I don’t know where to start! I know I would like to use the exercise machines in the weight room, but I’m not familiar with the machines there. I don’t want to look like a nerd trying to figure out how to use them on my own, and I don’t want to hurt myself or break the equipment. I want to know how to correctly use the machines to maximize my exercise experience. It would be cool if someone could show me how to use the equipment properly. With my new WorkMeOut iPhone webapp, all I have to do is click the “How-to Video” icon, point my iPhone camera at the QR code on the machine I want to use, and a video appears teaching me exactly how to use it correctly.
I’d also like to have a motivating workout partner, but I don’t know which of my new friends are available at the same time as me or what activities my friends would like to do at Ramsey. It would be cool to go to Ramsey with a friend so I am not alone my first time and also so I have some motivation to go. By using WorkMeOut through FacebookConnect, I will know which of my Facebook friends are available to workout with me. All I do is go to the WorkMeOut site, click “connect through Facebook,” and all my friends are pulled who already use the site. I fill out a quick form including my schedule and my workout experience level and I’m instantly matched with some friends who have the same availability and experience that I do. Now to choose which of them I want to workout with…I pick Lindsay, and send her a message via FacebookConnect telling her when and where we can meet up to workout. Problem solved!
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Our product, WorkMeOut, would offer videos that link to QR codes on each of the machines in the weight room. All you would have to do is point and shoot and a “how-to” video would teach you how to use the machine. Also, through FacebookConnect, our web application could match you with friends that are available to workout at the same time as you and those who have a similar experience level to you.
