Kwadwo Addo-Gyan
Creating experiences of ease, usability and enjoyment while maintaining a keen sense for aesthetics
Self taught UX Designer with background in Illustration and Animation
UX Project: FITNESS 101
OVERVIEW
An app for people just starting out in their fitness journey that are lacking in information on what to do and what to eat, and finding the proper things to do for your specific body type. The idea for this app came to me when I was thinking about how clueless I was then I started working out, and more importantly, how much I would've struggled with it if I hadn't had people around me who were already experienced to guide me. I wanted to create something for the people who don't have that so they can learn and also connect with others on their journey.
RESEARCH
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My first step was to look online to see if this is even something other people struggle with besides just myself. I googled to look for blogposts relating to people's experience first starting out in fitness and saw a reddit thread about what people wish they knew when they first started working out.
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MAIN PAINPOINT: People just starting out are lacking in information on what to do, what to eat, and what the proper things to do are for their specific body type
Competitive Analysis
STRONG
MYFITNESSPAL
JEFIT
CHRONOMETER
My second step was to research other apps that address the pain points I had personally as well as the ones I noticed the most from my research. While pinpointing things they did right and things that I should avoid on my app
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WORKOUT
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Strong:
Problem: keeping track of workouts can be tough, this app makes it way easier
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This is for: Workout veterans and gym heads trying to keep track of workouts, its for people who already have the knowledge just need to keep track of it.
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Solution: Easy to add workouts, easy to find proper form for workouts because of diagrams, easy to keep track of progress, send good vibes once you complete workout with the “congrats!” with the stars around it, tons of workouts to add quick, it makes it easy to list out and keep track of your workouts. The design is simple and really easy to use.
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Jefit:
Problem: keeping track of workouts can be tough
For : Anyone who wants to workout
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Solution: Incredible app, has rest timer, pic and vid of workouts, questionnaire at beginning to understand fitness goals, quick enough to not be annoying, the look and feel is clunky it feels like bad UI. Has social media element to it, lets me learn what workouts to use, had an at home workout as well, workout alarm, reminder, progress reports
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NUTRITIONAL:
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Chronometer:
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Problem: It's difficult to keep track of what you're eating and how much you're burning with exercise, especially when you're macro counting
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Solution: Super complex, super in depth, a bit overwhelming for a newbie like me, but if you’re really experienced with counting macros, etc. and monitoring what food enter your body this is perfect for you, seamless and simple design as well. You can also import recipes which is really cool.
Food + exercise + calories remaining
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MyFitnessPal:
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Problem: It's difficult to keep track of what you're eating and how much you're burning with exercise, especially when you're macro counting. Also makes it easier to find good, heathy recipes.
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Solution: Much much simpler than chronometer with the same idea but more for the common man. Recipe ideas that extremely specific and look delicious too.
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Main Takeaways:
workout apps rarely take the food part into account but maybe that’s because it should be two different apps, but I didn't see an app that covers both while making it seamless to move through and easy to use.
User Personas
Tarun
Pain points:
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Learning proper workout and diet for specific body types
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Counting Macros, Nutrition
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Time Management
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Enjoyment
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Comparison
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Overall Lack of knowledge
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Not seeing results/ lost on why that is
Micah
Pain points:
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Lack of knowledge on working out
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Knowledge on diet
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Doesn’t enjoy the gym
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Mental motivation, keeping consistency
Questions
UX research- who am I making this for, what is their problem, what do these people do?
Goal: identify the pain points these individuals had when they first started working out
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What is the main thing you wish you knew before you started your fitness journey?
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What are a couple things you were doing wrong when you first started and how did you learn that they weren’t the correct way to go about it?
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Where did you learn the correct diet for your fitness goals?
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How did you find the proper workout plan for your fitness goals?
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How did you get into working out, how did you feel about it at first?
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What do you like the most about this fitness stuff, what do you dislike the most?
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When planning for your body goals was it as simple as bulking, cutting, or maintaining? How did you go about finding the info on how to chase the specific body type you want and how did you even come to that decision?
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User needs: Time efficiency, reliable info, personalization, community, enjoyment, resources, ease of use, customization for their specific needs
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User Flows
APP Features:
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Questionnaire/ Customization
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Add workout/ create workout
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Recipe/
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Community feature to share posts, thoughts, tips, workouts, recipes
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Macrocounting/ nutrition
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Gym/restaurant/grocery tracker
When making the user flows I kept in mind that I wanted an app that was simple, accessible, and easy to use because it's more tailored for beginners than experts.
Site Maps
Wire Frames
