What is Yufit? It is your gym in the cloud that could stream directly from your Mac computer or laptop wherever you have internet access. It is your Netflix to top-quality fitness exercises that are fun and intense served using Amazon’s cloud-technology. Yufit integrates convenient access to a wide variety of fitness classes, streamed on-demand in high definition, with social networking tools to help you stay motivated and make fitness enjoyable.
Personally, I prefer the adventure and outdoor type adrenaline rush sports including kiteboarding, snowboarding, cycling or climbing. What I didn’t realize until recently is that I need an “in-between” exercise program that keeps my body active when I am unable to engage in my preferred sports. I decided to hire a trainer and go back to the gym. Finding time to workout is not easy for an entrepreneur. In a recent tweet, Randi Zuckerberg asked her followers where fitness ranked in priorities for an entrepreneur. Apparently, it is one of those lifestyle up-keeps that is challenging for entrepreneurs to maintain — and I totally agree!
Then Yufit came along.
The eve of their official launch, I caught up with Yu Hannah Kim, Co-Founder and President to learn more about her inspiration behind Yufit. Her passion for fitness and health as a vivacious young lady from Davis, CA led her to a degree in Physiology. She excelled to become team captain for the division swimming group. After graduation, her career blossomed as a personal fitness trainer at Equinox.
Inspiring people to live an active and affordable lifestyle moved Yu to start Yufit. With fitness exercises that you can squeeze into your busy daily routine and hectic travel schedule Yu feels that Yufit can make a difference by bringing affordable exercise programs that you can access anywhere. The big differentiator? You get to access as many classes as you want and the Yufit instructor team creates two fresh new classes per week and members can interact with our instructors, and our instructors answer questions, offer help, and even incorporate member suggestions into the workouts.
Visitors to Yufit can sign up for a free 14-day trial with no credit card required to sign up for the trial. After the trial period, and for a limited time, Yufit is only $9.99/month for one year (regularly $14.99/month). More about Yufit on Venture Beat.
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Jessica Valenzuela is a natural entrepreneur with twelve-years of experience delivering in product development, marketing and digital advertising. She was an integral part of the team that launched Kaplan’s financial education online university. During a subsequent job consulting for Accenture, New York City lured Jessica and her passions for creative, design and technology, leading her to produce award-winning integrated campaigns at Madison Avenue’s top advertising agencies. In 2008, Jessica flexed her entrepreneurial muscle by creating Mavin Digital, Inc. working with Forbes.com, Moet Hennessey, Gwen Stefani and more! When she’s not producing or curating Jessica is looking for her next adventure whether it’s travel, kiteboarding, snowboarding or climbing. She studied Business Information Technology at DePaul University and has a BS in Hotel Restaurant Management from the University of the Philippines.
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