How A Virtual Fitness Plan Pushed 300 Coworkers To Lose Weight

Forbes

Chris Barbin is the co-founder and CEO of Appirio, a 7-year-old San Francisco company that helps medium-to-large businesses move their systems to the cloud, and he’s made self-quantification a core part of his company’s culture.

Barbin, a track and cross-country athlete who has run eight marathons, had long used fitness to bring his team together through events like Tough Mudders and long-distance relay races. An early adopter of self-quantification apps like RunKeeper, Barbin decided to take his company’s fitness activities to the next level and devised the CloudFit Program to help hundreds of employees track their activity, nutrition and sleep.

Barbin’s unique program, which launched at the beginning of this year, is powered by Jawbone Up devices and technology, and connects directly with the company’s social intranet platform, Salesforce Chatter. Three hundred of Appirio’s 700 employees opted into the program, and 80 percent have agreed to seamlessly share their data with each other on Chatter. Barbin also hired a full-time virtual trainer to work with employees to help them develop individual nutrition and fitness plans...

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