PIRFIT blog

New Facebook fans page

2011-06-10T06:11:00.000-07:00

A lots happening. We had to move to a new Facebook page (don't ask why, Facebook is a crazy place). Please like us there: http://pirf.it/fbook

Pirfit for Android is here

2011-04-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

Yep, Pirfit is on Android and it's totally awesome!

You can now get your notifications anywhere you are, and then see the instructional videos regardless to your whereabouts.
We are thrilled to allow this one more way to persist in your healthy living.

This is how you can get it. If you are on your Android phone right now, simply click this link

If you are in front of your compute, scan the QR code below from your phone, and it will take you straight to the app

Realy simple exercise for really busy people

2011-03-08T11:40:00.000-08:00

So obviously we don't need MSN (weren't they supposed to change the name by now to something "Live") to tell us that exercising during office hours is important. Anyhow, here is the article

What is more interesting however is that they found in archives this really old (well, year 2008) slide show on Forbes.com with an excellent set of still images and short explanations of 10 simple things that can be done in an office.

Needless to say, I shamelessly borrowed these exercises and made them available as a course on PIRFIT. It's an excellent quick fix for people who are really busy. Here it is for your enjoyment:

What's new?

2011-01-19T10:49:00.000-08:00

It was busy beginning of the year. PIRFIT is changing at a crazy pace (something to be said about being free of corporate minutia). So here is the latest batch of changes:

Added two new scheduling types: specific date/time and timer. With an addition of these two options the reminder schedule can be much more flexible
Added additional notification options. The user now can choose between being notified by a desktop notifier or by SMS message
The reminder now could be added by user as a note, image, video or smart link (YouTube, Vimeo or Flickr)

More is coming. Enjoy!

The health risks of a desk job?

2011-01-18T13:23:00.000-08:00

Thanks Boston.com for reminding us about the hazards of a desk job. Their solution - ask your boss for a treadmill in your cube... Well, how likely is that to happen?...

PIRFIT can definitely help and it is something that you don't need to ask anyone for and it costs nothing to use. But then of course this is only a tool. The real power to change things lies only with you,

We say: don't wait for somebody to save your health. Get aware, and just do it!

New: Google Chrome Integration

2010-12-18T16:23:00.000-08:00

Google Chrome is an amazing browser. It's a combination of speed and usability for users and latest standards and perfect development tools for developers. The latest introduction of Google's Web Store was also excellent news the developers who are looking for a way to market their products and services.

PIRFIT is also getting its Chrome presence in the form browser extension that provides alerts and such for the exercise times. We will also have a listing in Chrome Web Store

We welcome any comments and improvement requests

Lower back trouble

2010-12-15T10:35:00.000-08:00

Okay, I have to admit: I thought it would never happen to me, but it did happen when I expected the least. I woke up yesterday, stepped out of the bed and immediately felt an excruciating pain in my lower back. Not sure what I did to deserve it, but here I am... It's still pretty painful today, but it became pretty apparent to me that long sitting makes it worse, and cautious stretching makes it better. So I'm doing this right now. I think it's helping

New front page - done!

2010-12-14T15:52:00.000-08:00

Two days of some intense and not forgiving SVG and CSS crafting, and here is the gratifying result: a new front page that constitutes an infinite improvement over previous one. Hopefully this front page will do a better job giving an idea what PIRFIT is about. Here we go:

Let us know what you think

What do we feed to our kids - a must watch

2010-12-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

This is basically something that everyone needs to see and to carry along. Hoping that some day a magic pill will come and fix all our problems is probably not the best strategy...

Elixir of life is here (at least for mice)

2010-12-11T10:39:00.000-08:00

The science does today things that seemed like a fairy tale (or at least a Si-Fi movie) just a decade ago.
Using some really advanced DNA engineering the folks in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute were able to reverse the aging of a buck (male mouse) and make him to look young and dashing again (as far as female mice concerned).
So, the question is: should we hold our breath for the scientists to do the same to us - mare humans? Should we even want to live forever? And if so what is it going to do to our 401K plans? In any event, it sounds like these problems are not yet real, but the good news that you can do today quite a few things to live longer and overall healthier lives. To learn more listen to this great show (ideally download it to your iPod and listen to while hiking, biking or jogging) from NPR's On Point program.

Be well!

Hello World!

2010-12-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

So PIRFIT was live for a few months now. We launched quietly in October of this year.
The basic idea of PIRFIT is to democratize the industry of personal fitness by bringing the vast knowledge of thousands of wellness professionals to the people. At the same time (and maybe more importantly) we want to bring the fitness to people at the time when they need it the most: while sitting in front of computer screens during their work day.

Here is the video that explains what we do in this quite (we hope) one minute animation:

We'll see how it goes. Be well!