Gymate

Inspiration

A lot of us have the intention of exercising but failed to do so. People would be lazy, procrastinate, do not have the time, or just not feel confident to go to the gym as they feel pressured by others. We, Canadaonesians, create this website with the intention of making others being able to exercise freely and also being able to meet new friends.

What it does

Gymate allows users to meet new friends and can exercise together. Users would be able to connect with others with the same kind of exercise routine as them easily. Just press the next "button" on the top left of the page and you will be looking at different users. If you like them you can start chatting with them on the chatbox available on the page.

How we built it

We use HTML and javascript to design the webpage and Django and python to make our database.

Challenges we ran into

As most of our team members are first-time participants, we were not familiar with how the hackathon is done. We had trouble choosing what our topic will be and what application we are going to use. We initially had some trouble in designing the webpage but is able to overcome it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud that we are able to make an interactive website that is able to promote people to exercise more while meeting new people in the process.

What we learned

We learned about how we can innovate and interact with others more. By participating in the workshops, we are able to learn new applications and incorporate them into our project work. By participating, we not only are exposed to others' projects and are able to learn from them but we are also reminded about our passion for coding.

What's next for Gymate

We would like to improve more of our project to be more accessible, user-friendly, and has more features; being able to video call through the app, having time schedule and reminder for exercise, and hopefully making our project into an application on the smartphone to make it even more accessible for everyone.