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Active.com Makes Inc. Magazine's Best of the Web for Web-Based Workouts; Company's Site Gains High Marks For Online Trainer, Search/Registration Database, Design.


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Active.com, the leading Web registration company for individual and team-based participatory sports and park and recreation activities, was chosen this month as a top site for Web-based workouts by Inc. Magazine in its "Best of the Web" feature, the company announced today.

Active.com, one of seven sites ranked by the magazine's panel of three top fitness executives, was evaluated on its content and interactive tools, including training logs, customized workout Workout

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 plans and discussion groups. The site was also recognized for its comprehensive events, teams/leagues, and park and recreation database.

All sites were reviewed based on their appeal to busy executives, from serious athletes to weekend warriors
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. Kelly A. Rodriques, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of San Francisco-based Novo Corp., chose Active.com as his top pick. A pole-vaulter who competed in the 1986 World Games
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 in Helsinki, Rodriques praised the site's "sleek In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Sleek is a Magical Beast. It resembles an Ermine. It seems to have no other desire aside from biting victims and running off.  and professional" design and said, "the site speaks well to athletes and adventurers." All three CEOs agreed that Active.com was a "great site for weekend athletes and anyone looking to participate in organized activities."

Below is a look at how all sites ranked:

            Strengths       Likely beneficiaries     Content
                                                     quality/quantity

Active.com  Active and      Outdoor enthusiasts,     Good to excellent
            participatory   teams
            sports content

Asimba      Comprehensive   General population       Fair to excellent
            fitness
            information

FitnessLink Articles;        People seeking fitness  Generally good
            online community communities

Fitscape    Nutrition       People seeking nutrition Fair to good
            information     information

GetFit.com  Online exercise  Beginners and novices   Fair to good
            library

JustMove.org Healthy-heart   Baby boomers with cardiac  Excellent(1);
             information     questions                  unable to
                                                    access/download(2)

Workoutplan.com  Very basic  Possibly beginners      Poor to fair
                 fitness
                 information


The May 15 article can be accessed at http://www.inc.com/articles/details/1,,CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. 22518_REG6,00.html. For more information about Active.com, visit www.active.com or call 888/543-7223.
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