It's an unprecedented new health and fitness site that is really going places. Created by hall of fame women's basketball coach Marian E. Washington, TrackandFitness.com is a uniquely designed online social community that combines the health benefits of a steady exercise and fitness plan with the exhilaration of world travel.
The concept of TrackandFitness.com is more than 20 years in the making. Although best known as an incredibly successful basketball coach, Washington actually began her sports career as a national champion discuss thrower and is, in fact, credited with starting the women's track and field program at the University of Kansas in 1974. Additionally, as the KU Head Women's Basketball coach for over 30 years, an Olympic coach and mentor,
"TrackandFitness.com is an interactive solution to the wellness challenges that many of our citizens, both young and old, are facing these days," says
How does TrackandFitness.com work? After a simple registration, subscribers just fill in the easy-to-use template on the site to input their physical activity for the day. Activities that can be input range from running or walking to weight training and biking to even housework. The state-of-the-art TrackandFitness.com technology then translates that activity into mileage and starts moving users virtually across the country where they can, for instance, bike the Santa Fe Trail or
In addition to offering a wealth of health information, TrackandFitness.com affords members the opportunity to earn points that can be exchanged for athletic apparel that will be sold on the site. Through the TrackandFitness.com program, subscribers can compete with others or create a self-paced exercise and fitness regimen. Additionally,
For more information, visit www.trackandfitness.com.
