The Trackster

Ever since we had our launch of The Trackster a few weeks ago, I’ve had a number of people ask me why we built it? It’s a good question considering I’m not a Personal Trainer myself.

One piece of advice that is constantly thrown around when people advise others on what business to start or what web site to build, is to “eat your own dog food”. This essentially means to work on something that you want to use. Solve a problem that you have. If you have a certain problem that you need solving then it’s reasonable to believe that others will have the same problem - solve that problem and there you have the start of a business.

Like I said, I’m not a Personal Trainer. However, I have been to many PT’s in my life time. Most of them were good trainers, and I have enjoyed doing it. Although I have enjoyed working with PT’s, I always felt that there was something missing. You do your session and then that’s it, off you go until next week. I was looking for that extra motivation to help me continue the program or keep going along to the trainer.

If you do a quick 5 minute search on google about motivation, you’ll quickly discover that some of the keys are to set S.M.A.R.T. goals and to keep track of your progress. Also having someone help you (the PT) and giving you a kick in the pants when required is extremely helpful. This is where I thought The Trackster could help.

Obviously the seed was started there and after a lot of research and talking to PT’s, The Trackster developed and was built with the intention of helping Personal Trainers run their business and also help their clients become more successful in achieving their goals.

The Trackster is a communication tool at heart. Helps keep the communication between the trainer and client ongoing and consistent, without being overbearing and time consuming. We have many more ideas to keep adding to The Trackster, and if you have any suggestions or comments please get in touch or comment below.

You can find out more about why we built the Trackster on our blog

The Trackster is owned and run by 208 Software Pty Ltd. 208 Software is a small software company based in Brisbane, Australia, specialising in web based software. The Trackster is proudly our first product.

MadPilot Productions made all the functionality come to life. MadPilot like building web apps, and they like using the latest technology to build those apps.

Clever Starfish helped make The Trackster look good. The Clever Starfish team also draws on the pool of awesome talent in Perth and beyond, working with the very best contractors and freelancers to adapt to almost any sized project.