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As part of my New Year’s Resolutions I, like many others, have added that I would like to get back in shape but primarily I would like to get back into my skinny jeans.  After spending the last several months sitting on my arse in front of the computer for hours upon hours building TechTarts, I have unfortunately been left with only two pairs of jeans out of hundreds that fit.  This is not an exaggeration, well, not too far from the truth =)

Prior to TechTarts I owned clothing boutiques that carried a TON of denim so I literally have drawers, shelves and tubs under my bed of ‘spring jeans’, ‘winter jeans’ and ‘going out hot to trot jeans’. Considering my lifestyle has changed dramatically over the past year from bee boppin between my boutiques and running around styling people out, to sitting the majority of the day on my duff my hot jeans are not trotting anywhere!

Good thing I am active.  I love running, dancing, yoga and weight training so this goal is not so bad I just needed a good way to keep track of my activities which is how I discovered Skimble.  Skimble allows you to plan activities, track your progress and connect with friends all in one place through their website or with the Skimble iPhone app. What I like most about Skimble is that it includes many activities that I enjoy such as hiking and Pilates instead of just tracking my running like most other activity apps and websites.

Considering that the percentage of success is much higher for people to stick to their exercise goals when shared with others, Skimble allows you to connect with friends and share your stats so everyone can see how well you are doing and you can coordinate and track activities to do together.

Whether I am on a run in Central Park for New Year’s Day (which I did, see my Skimble) or heading for a hiking trip to Muir Woods with friends, I can organize my trip and stats with Skimble.  You can create a trip solo or with others and track the result of your time, distance and attendance through manually entering your stats on the site or with GPS through the Skimble app on the iPhone.

Skimble is a fun way to track outdoor sports like snowboarding and ultimate Frisbee but is also good for indoor sports like racquetball and typical gym activites including the elliptical machine, bicep curls, and aerobics classes.  You also get points for all your activities that show just how active you and your friends are and can help you win Skimble contests such as a $50 gift card from REI.

It is a little tricky using the iPhone since you can not use two apps at the same time such as the iPod app and the Skimble app so be sure to check your Skimble tracking if you change a song while using their app or just enter the activity on their website.  You can also post your activities to your Facebook account but it is not a direct post yet to Twitter so you have to send a direct message to @skimble or just tweet with the hashtag #skimble for now.  Still, the Skimble app is on the first page of my iPhone because I use it that much, hellloooo New Years Resolutions!

Skimble pretty much does it all from indoor to outdoor, from solo to teams, their mission to encourage active lifestyles is clear and they really are the ultimate companion for people on the web and mobile.  Now if only they could add dance and direct Twitter posts to their iPhone app and somehow track how much closer I am to getting into my skinny jeans I would be set! [Update: The new Skimble App version 1.1 allows you to track dance activities and post to Twitter, thanks Maria @marialy!]

xoxo

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