July 4th is coming up and in honor of our Armed forces we bring you this Military-style workout only made for those who can handle the truth! We’re gonna make it easy on you and only make you do each exercise for 20 seconds but there’s a catch: you’ve got 10 rounds. That’s right solider, load up Workout Trainer on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android device (new!) and…drop down & give me 20!!!
Once you’re done you’ll be flyin’ like the “Hi” guy.
Workout Trainer organically ranks Top 10 in the App Store in free Healthcare & Fitness — now, you can get Workout Trainer on your Android phone! Today we’re thrilled to share the latest news with our Skimble community. Get in shape with 1000’s of FREE workouts led by expert personal trainers using Workout Trainer for Android:
Here are some screenshots including one from the new personal consultation wizard:
The app takes you through each exercise complete with instructional photos, videos and audio. All you have to do is follow along as you get your butt kicked 🙂
It’s the first day of summer — make like the solstice with a series of mobility movements! The free Summer Mobility Moves Workout of the Week is packed with great casual moves to do in the morning before your run, bike ride, yoga class, or walk to work. You can also do this series during a lunch break to help you take on anything your day may dish out! These exercises are meant to be performed at a slower tempo, keeping your heart rate low, which also helps you wind down like a solstice socialite should!
It’s the longest day of the year so you surely have time to fire up your playlist and following along to some easy-to-do body moves! Try this one right now to ease into the night, tomorrow morning as you crawl out of bed and during your lunch break with your co-workers cheering ‘m-m-mobility‘!
Here’s the view of our hot #firstdayofsummer in downtown San Francisco:
Rock Health is the first tech accelerator for health apps — Skimble is grateful and excited to be a part of it! Last night was the program’s kick-off event and after party! Here are photos of the program founders, sponsors, advisors, mentors & startups:
Welcome to Rock Health:
Halle Tecco gives thanks to a full house of health-minded folks:
The Rock Health Team
Wine & Tacos, a tasty combo — thanks SVB!
Team Omada Health
Team Heartbeat
Skimble plays with the Microsoft X-box Kinect
As for the after party, we continued the startup celebrations by creating scrappy candids using an iPad as a diffuser 🙂
Rock Health @ the Burritt Room in Crescent Hotel
Maria & Ilana
Friends of Skimble
zomg…word up to rocking healthcare with Tif-fiT nails!
Microsoft’s Luisa & Skimble’s Maria
Team Cellscope
Team BrainBot.Me
Team Skimble
Halle, Maria & Gabe
The ladies of Rock Health, rockin’ out!
Seriously super sponsors
Fabulous fitness fans
Rewind 48hrs…here are some pics from our speedy & extreme Rock Health office renovation extravaganza:
For all of our kick-off pics, click here. For all of our office renovation pics, click here.
This is just the beginning. Now, back to work!
It’s summer time and the surf boards have been dusted off. Now it’s time to make sure you’re surf ready! Whether you’re a serious surfer or just want a surfer’s bod, you’re in for it with this workout. Challenge your core, upper & lower body with this series of exercises. While you sweat it out, think of warm beaches, hot bods and cool summer breezes and you’ll be done in no time!
From paws-up posers, social surfers to chossy champs, get inspired to rock that killer bod!
Skimble’s heading over to the Rock Health program in less than a week! There’ll be a kick-off party this Thur at the Burrit Room in the Crescent Hotel SF — join us! As you may know, Rock Health’s a non-profit health-tech accelerator with several startups under its wings. Please be quick to grab your reg/drink ticket here!
We also thought it would be a great time to share our bootstrapped beginnings with a photo recap. Meet the team & friends behind Skimble:
We’re the active founders, Maria and Gabe, climbing in the wild:
Here’s a bunch of us fundraising for Breast Cancer Research:
Some of our fave ladies: Tif, one of our Global Trainers from Tif-fiT and Steph, a holistic health coach at EatLifeWhole:
Powering up and winning Gatorade’s GSeriesFit drinks at the IHRSA conference:
The top fundraising team for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Climb for Life event:
TRX trainers Charles (one of our Global Trainers) & Jamel only know two speeds: lightning & laser!
Maria in a Bow & Arrow pose with iPhone in hand and partner prizes in the background:
Teaching free rock climbing classes in San Francisco:
Co-hosting speed climbing competition at Lombardi Sports:
You can skimble anywhere…here we are raising the roof with pro climbers in Yangshuo, China:
We finally get the Skimble Trademark & @skimble twitter account…this calls for a party!
Skimble™ cupcake and dessert party with Sophia, our sports icon designer:
This ‘s’ is for Skimble:
Lots of prizes! Mountain Hardwear, Bear Naked, Lululemon, Evolv Climbing:
Sabrina of Urban Tool runs the Vienna Marathon:
Going ultra-fluorescent / spanex @ Bay to Breakers
Skimble ranks Top 3 in Innovative Technology @ SXSW
The girls representing at Macworld:
Working away at old Skimble HQ:
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Thank you!
We’re grateful for your support and encouragement and excited to kick off the next phase of our startup life with Rock Health. In case your dying to know how you can show off your Skimble pride (besides just being active), here are three ways:
Maximize your performance and fun! By unlocking your PRO membership within each app, you’ll be one step closer to achieving your fitness goals. You can also go PRO on both of our apps via our website and enjoy all the benefits:
What better way to sweat-it-out than by sporting an awesome Skimble tee?
Skimble tees are especially versatile on hot summer days:
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Want a little more motivation? Here are some pics of Maria workin’ it just for you:
There are two certainties in life:
We challenge you to do Skimble’s Workout of the Week: Power Ups & Downs
Power up your iPad and complete this W.O.W using the Top 5 Healthcare & Fitness iPad app in the App Store, Workout Trainer by Skimble! Thank you to everyone for helping us get there organically. You make us feel like a baddass honey badger – our global trainer, Greg, sure thinks so:
But remember kids, no one has to eat like one…
Team Skimble is rocking out today! We’re thrilled to announce that we will be as part of the inaugural Rock Health program this summer in San Francisco.
Our mission is to enable and empower an entrepreneurial cure for the relative lack of innovation in the health sector. The world of patient care and healthy living is foreign to the technological creativity found in social media, games and other verticals. Rock Health directly targets the gap between these ecosystems, enabling high-impact innovation. – Halle Tecco, Managing Director of Rock Health
We’ve been fortunate to grow organically thus far and lead with top free Healthcare & Fitness apps. We’re pysched to continue to spread our active wings with the support and encouragement of the health and fitness community at large!
Rock Health partners include Mayo Clinic, Nike, Accel Partners, NEA, Aberdare Ventures, Mohr Davidow, Harvard Medical School, Microsoft and Qualcomm to name a few.
We’ll also have access to an incredible support team along with rockstar mentors such as Linda Avey, co-founder of 23andMe, Frank Moss, MIT Media Lab director, Michael Abbott, VP of Engineering at Twitter, Ron Gutman, founder of HealthTap & Wellsphere, Dave Morin, co-founder of Path, Emily Chang, co-founder of Ideacodes, Lee Byron, interactive information designer at Facebook, and Charles Huang, co-founder of GuitarHero.
And, we’re in great company! Skimble will have the pleasure to bunk with these Rock Health startups over the summer program: Activate Health, BrainBot, CellScope, Genomera, Health In Reach, Heart Beat, Omada Health, Pipette, WeSprout
A few articles: AllThingsD/WSJ, TechCrunch, MobileHealthNews, FierceMobile, Xonomy
The program begins in two weeks. Stay tuned for more updates including that of the Rock Health Startup Launch Event at our new office space!
