Jaha app makes it easy to find a fitness partner

Jaha fitness app

Jaha is a new location-based app that helps users find other people in the neighborhood to exercise, play a sport or work-out together. The application promises to make it easy to find a running/hiking partner, a tennis game, a fourth player for golf, a pick-up basketball/soccer/volleyball game, a yoga/Pilates partner, or another person for any other sports and fitness activity. Users fill out a profile section to identify their interests and can interact with other people to connect to participate in sports activities together.

Featuring an easy-to-use “fitness friend finder” that helps local people connect with each other, Jaha provides a “fun way to experience fitness,” combined with a simple interface. Users can chat with those they have connected with via the app, create customizable challenges for friendly competitions, and track their progress.

Jaha creators want to provide a safer alternative to exercising alone.The process start with a Facebook sign-in after which users can search for partners within a certain distance, age range and gender. The goal of the app is provide a safer alternative to exercising alone; Jaha can also serve as a motivational tool, as everyone connecting via the app can encourage their new fitness partners to be more active and meet their goals.

“We know there are many times people don’t exercise because they don’t want to do it alone and it can be challenging to find a fitness partner. Jaha changes that with a one-of-a-kind app to connect people via fitness,” said Gary So, co-founder of Jaha. “With Jaha’s GPS technology and easy to use interface, it is simple to find others in your area for whatever type of fitness and sports activities that interest you.”

Jaha also includes a wide range of fitness information and resources such as the ability to track steps taken and distance traveled; users can set challenge parameters to see who reaches the goal first, and message each other “to talk smack” on the Smack Board and encourage each other to do their best.

Going forward, the company plans to integrate with popular fitness trackers such as Fitbit and Jawbone, to include additional metrics to the mix.

Right now, Jaha is an iPhone only affair with Android version of the app launching in the near future.