GymPact and RunKeeper Apps Partner to Incentivize Exercise

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Finding the inspiration to get in shape can be as easy as seeing a picture a friend has tagged of you on Facebook (“There’s no way I have gained that much weight!”). Finding the motivation is something different altogether.

The new partnership between the iPhone exercise apps RunKeeper and GymPact could be the answer in providing a solution. While RunKeeper tracks the amount of time you run, walk or bike, GymPact actually lets you win money when you hit your goals and lose money when you don’t.

Here’s how it works: First, you let GymPact know how much money you are willing to lose if you do not hit your goals, in $5 increments, and pledge how many times a week you will exercise for at least 30 minutes. You can track gym visits with GymPact or GPS runs, hikes and cycling activities with RunKeeper.

At the end of the week, if you fail to keep your pact, you’ll be charged accordingly. Your penalty goes into a pool with fellow GymPact users who similarly skipped the gym. That pool gets divided between the users who kept their pact.

It’s a pretty daring concept, but it could be a pretty motivational one too. Would you be willing to take a bet on yourself?

(By Marissa Brassfield for CalorieLab)

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