RunFatBoy Review

RunFatBoy is a tool created by Jim Jones to help newbies lose weight. RunFatBoy provides customized workouts based on your weight and then you can customize the workouts from there.

Pros

• $5 per month
• Very customizable to create the workout that will work for you
• Lots of Web 2.0 goodness
• Offers both Metric and Standard
• Easy to use, functionality works well

Areas for improvement

• Ability to go back in history – appears you can only look at the current week
• Algorithm for initial workout – not sure where the weights come from but they seem heavy for an obese man (I would assume just as bad for a woman)
• Some information on where the pre-defined workout comes from – this is an issue I have with every tool I have looked at.
• Needs graphs of workouts and weights

General thoughts:

I think RunFatBoy is for someone who wants a little bit more than Skinnyr, but less than Traineo. If you want a way to track your workouts in an easy to use manner with a diary, then RunFatBoy is for you. If you are the type that needs a community for motivation, then look elsewhere. For me, the suggestions above would need to be implemented for it to be worth the $5/month charge.

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