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Nerds on the Run: Tech and Casual Fitness

Event Interactive 2010
Format Solo
Organizer Josh Clark – Global Moxie
Description Creator of the überpopular "Couch to 5K" (C25K) running program, Clark has helped millions of skeptical would-be exercisers start jogging by making fitness more game-like. This talk reviews gadgets and services that transform fitness chores into tech-enabled play as video games or dazzling cascades of personal stats.
Questions
Answered
  1. Why does exercise suck for so many people?
  2. How has the Couch to 5K program persuaded so many people who *loathe* exercise to start running and actually like it?
  3. How can you transform chore-like work into play-time effort?
  4. How can you get serious about fitness (or any kind of work) by taking it less seriously?
  5. What game-like elements can be applied to personal fitness?
  6. What mobile apps, websites, and gadgets can improve your attitude about personal fitness routines?
  7. How does instrumenting your workouts with a new generation of fitness gadgets and online services create tech-enabled play?
  8. How can you find new motivation by creating a delicous statistical mosaic of your personal fitness progress?
  9. How can social networking and online sharing sharpen your physical workouts?
  10. How do new technologies build upon old-school motivational methods like written exercise journals or running clubs?
Level Beginner
Category ARGs, Mobile Applications, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Networking, Sports 2.0