BestWeb: E-commerce Fitness Sites

Asimba.com: For all levels of people, from starters to competitors. All aspects of the sports and fitness lifestyle, fitness, nutrition, sports and weight information, in one place. Experts give advice and encouragement on a handful of popular sports, along with tips on fitness and training. On site diet coaches and fitness trainers will customize programs for you and help keep on track with daily e-mail reminders. Event Locator to find local mountain bike races and triathlons. Free and pay programs. Just launched the AsimbaStore - a comparison shopping tool.



Ediets.com: Physicians and dietitians tailor diet plans to individuals and take into consideration their likes and dislikes. They provide a weekly grocery list. They also have guidelines on what to order or avoid by cuisine, when eating out. And, they have an animated fitness instructor that shows you the proper motions for each exercise. No free plans.



Active.com: Started as an online registration site for events and grew from that. Active.com is bringing convenience to event, league and park directors and millions of active enthusiasts by providing a set of data management tools. Features online calendars, content, community features and training tools for a wide range of sports and activities. Sports and recreation enthusiasts can find, learn about and register online for events and activities within minutes through the Active.com Web site.



Getfit.com: A health and fitness site formed by two Stanford grads in 1998. Some workouts aren't running yet while others take you back to registration. The site features Celebrity Profiles that provide exercise tips from pros like Cynthia Cooper of the WNA and a U.S. Olympics Swim coach. Their Athletic Performance page provides tips for competition. They have an Interactive Human Figure where you can select body parts to focus on and get listings of fitness machines to use and exercises to perform.



thriveonline.com: Part of Oxygen.com and extremely women orientated. Features medical, fitness, sexuality, nutrition, serenity and weight sections. Has experts and was the winner of the 2000 Health Webby Awards.

Stephanie Oakes is a fitness correspondent for Discovery Health Channel, a contributing editor for USA Weekend Magazine and the LA Times, and appears on NBC's 'Today in New York'. She can be reached at soakes@beststuff.com.