FitOrbit Connects a WiFi Body Scale with a Real Personal Trainer Online
Finally, two proven weight loss solutions are in sync online! FitOrbit. com announces integration with the WiFi Body Scale by Withings, making it easy for FitOrbit's online personal trainers to track, monitor, and support their client's weight loss results and success.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 10, 2009
FitOrbit (http://www. fitorbit. com), the revolutionary online personal fitness training service, announced today their new partnership with Withings, inventor of the first-of-its-kind WiFi Body Scale. FitOrbit matches consumers with a real live personal trainer based on their lifestyle preferences and fitness goals, providing affordable and accessible one on one fitness training and meal planning over the Internet. With the new Withings Body Scale, vital information such as Weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), and Lean vs. Fat Mass, is instantly sent to the FitOrbit online personal trainer, allowing them to provide objective measurement, auto-tracking and reporting, and expert analysis for their FitOrbit client.
"Whether you're trying to lose body fat, build muscle or tone up, FitOrbit will help you reach your goals," says Jake Steinfeld, of Body by Jake Global, ExerciseTV, Current Chairman of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and FitOrbit Co-Founder. "And, with the Withings WiFi Body Scale, you - and your FitOrbit trainer - will be able to track and celebrate your success more easily and accurately than ever before!"
Nearly 1,000 FitOrbit clients have collectively lost thousands of pounds of fat and burned millions of calories using FitOrbit in the first four months of the site being live, and with this newest technological integration, trainers and clients are able to turn daily measurements into real-world understanding of their progress.
"The integration with FitOrbit services demonstrates the true potential of the WiFi Body Scale for any health-conscious person. Just step on the scale and your personal trainer will get your daily weight automatically," says Cedric Hutchings, Withings CEO. "We are thrilled to give online fitness training a new dimension with FitOrbit."
"FitOrbit is leading the trend of bringing effective personal wellness services and technology together," says FitOrbit CEO Nick Desai. "The partnership with Withings proves that we are serious about giving consumers the most cost-effective and easy-to-follow exercise and fitness plan in the industry."
Starting at $9.99 per week, FitOrbit trainers deliver custom meal and workout plans that include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, along with workouts that can be done everywhere - outdoors, indoors, at home, at the gym, in the park, and at the beach with explanations on how to perform exercises correctly. Meal plans also include serving sizes and nutritional information, grocery lists and recipes, along with comments and tips from the trainer on how to prepare meals, and other relevant information. Please visit FitOrbit. com for more details.
About FitOrbit:
FitOrbit takes the proven formula of the one-to-one trainer-client relationship online, and brings unprecedented efficiency, and new business opportunities to the fitness professional, and accessible, flexible, and affordable expert personal training to the consumer. FitOrbit. com launched to the public in June 2009. In September 2009 FitOrbit launched a free iPhone application to provide users with mobile fitness training. FitOrbit is developed by Global Fitness Media, a start up company headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, that is focused on developing web and mobile technology, products, and services that work for real people living in the real world. Global Fitness Media launched the award winning location based restaurant nutrition search, GoodFoodNearYou (http://www. goodfoodnearyou. com) in February 2009.
About Withings:
Withings (http://www. withings. com) is a French startup established by three executives from the technology and telecom industry. With a focus on the innovation and design for everyday products, Withings has introduced in September 2009 the first-of-its-kind WiFi Body Scale. Please visit Withings. com for more details.
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