Integration Adds New Social Dimension for Fitness Enthusiasts
AUSTIN, Texas–Today, MapMyFITNESS, one of the fastest-growing online health and fitness communities, launched a fitness app for Facebook Timeline. The integration enables people to personalize their Facebook Timeline by sharing their fitness activities with friends.
“We’re always seeking innovative ways to enable our six million members to express themselves through fitness”
The new Timeline integration provides users with an easy means to post their personal fitness accomplishments, favorite routes, workouts and nutrition log to their Facebook Timeline, promoting social accountability. MapMyRUN, MapMyRIDE, MapMyFITNESS, MapMyWALK, MapMyHIKE and MapMyTRI will all integrate with Timeline.
“We’re always seeking innovative ways to enable our six million members to express themselves through fitness,” said Richard Jalichandra, CEO of MapMyFITNESS. “Our members are fanatical about sharing their accomplishments on Facebook. We are thrilled to provide a new, more personalized experience that features deeper sharing of fitness achievements.”
Previously, members of the MapMyFITNESS community could share a variety of content with their friends on Facebook, ranging from favorite routes to posts notifying friends to “Live Track” them out on the road via mobile devices. MapMyFITNESS continues to be the leader in making fitness a social activity by empowering users to take pride in their personal achievements and stay motivated with their loved ones.
About MapMyFITNESS
Currently headquartered in Austin, TX, MapMyFITNESS, Inc. was founded in 2007 and operates a suite of websites and associated mobile applications including MapMyRUN.com, MapMyRIDE.com, MapMyWALK.com, MapMyHIKE.com, MapMyFITNESS.com, MapMyMOUNTAIN.com and MapMyTRI.com. The MapMyFITNESS network of sites and mobile applications offer more than six million fitness enthusiasts the ability to record and store their daily running, cycling, walking or hiking routes in an online database or map out tomorrow’s path. Users get access to a searchable database of routes across the globe, essential community-based fitness content, unique online training tools and fitness calculators, and comprehensive global event listings, along with the ability to easily share their activity with their social group and related groups of enthusiasts. The company’s mobile apps use the built-in GPS technology of the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android to enable users to record and chart their daily fitness activities and routes. For more information about MapMyFITNESS and its offerings, visit www.MapMyFITNESS.com/about_us.
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