If you've been looking for a reason to exercise, here's something that will definitely help you become active. Fit2Date is a dating service that puts emphasis on fitness and socializing while exercising. They basically tour the country and bring singles together for fitness training. It's both fun and hard at the same time. The training is a mixture of high intensity and anaerobic activities, so expect some huffin' and a puffin'.

The program originates from Australia, but it's coming to the US. Champion triathlete and fitness trainer, Erica French, will lead New Yorkers who want to take part in a 4 week program that will take place at different locations in New York - Central Park and Battery Park. The program will consist of 1-hour weekly outdoor activities where singles will be able to meet other singles who like to have fun while exercising.

She says the quality of men who attend her program restored her faith in the opposite sex.

"They're reliable, they turn up on time, and they're open to new things… I knew such awesome guys were out there somewhere."

Fit2Date offers a "win-win" situation basically because if you don't meet a new partner, you will make friends and have a chance to improve your fitness. Don't forget to sign-up first.

So, grab some sexy fitness outfits and get ready for an intensive experience in every way.

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It used to take a couple of dates or more to find out about a person, what they like and dislike, their favorite movies, quotes, and special causes. There are some online matchmaking sites that have a taken a bit of the fun out of dating, but social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have completely killed the fun of getting to know someone.

Pangborn of the Dave Matthews Band says, "Facebook and MySpace are kind of robbing the mysteries out of dating. You find out all these little things about people that you might otherwise let go. If I see someone's favorite quote is a Dave Matthews lyric or favorite band is Jimmy Buffet, I automatically have an image of them. And it kind of lingers."

Experts however, do not think that this is such a big problem. We are not actually seeking people exactly like ourselves, but we do find partners that are more suited to us through the use of these social networking sites.

Les Parrot a psychologist and family therapist says, "We know from research that opposites don't really attract. The truth is we're drawn to people that are like us, and the more we have in common — especially on matters that mean the most to us — the easier time we're going to have."

So maybe it is a good idea after all to have a look at your next date's site on Facebook or MySpace!

[Via: Chicago Tribune]

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If you are so happy with your relationship and the other person, here's a way you can make a statement - go public! OfficiallyDating.com is a new dating site which allows couples to go public with their relationship - a kind of a relationship press release service if you will.

The service focuses on the simple ability for couples to share their commitment to each other with the public, and socialize with other couples who share the same beliefs. I guess that's another way to connect people. The concept behind the service is the fact that humans have always been keen on marking their relationships and love using cave drawings (in the earliest ages), bench and tree bark etchings in the 20th century, and even graffiti in the 80's and 90's, so if was only natural to evolve this into something more contemporary using the Internet.

Another dimension of this concept is that members don't necessarily have to be couples, but singles as well. Singles can check whether someone they are interested in is involved in a "serious" relationship. If that someone is in a relationship that has been announced as "the real deal", than odds are they are indeed "taken", and then singles know not to expect too much from trying to connect with them. Couples actually choose to rate their relationship during sign-up with the following criteria: Dating, Engaged, Married, Exclusive, Semi-exclusive, Casual fling, Broken-up, It's complicated. So, other than Engaged, Married, Exclusive, all the others give a hint of hope that someone you found interesting is approachable.

Membership is free, so sign-up today and give it a go.

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Formerly known as Telegraph Dating, the UK dating site, property of Telegraph Media Group, has now been rebranded into Kindred Spirits. The company has launched an advertising campaign to promote the come back.

Kindred Spirits wants to be the site that brings people together with shared interests. The site currently has more than 20,000 members online, with hundreds more new members each week. Profiles are checked after registration to ensure they are genuine.

Barry Flanigan, marketing director at Telegraph Media Group (TMG) said:

"We wanted the dating site to be consistent with the in-paper identity. The re-launch, supported by a strong creative campaign, should make the site even easier to use and more appealing to new members, whether they are looking for a partner or a like-minded friend."

Apart from the new design, the site also features a calendar of upcoming singles events for members and a newsletter services offering dating advice for a better dating experience. Membership is free, so if you're in the UK, sign-up today and give it a try.

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Date.com, one of the oldest among online dating services, has just signed a deal with ENLASO (translate.com) to have its network of dating sites - Date.com, Matchmaker.com and Amor.com - translated into different languages, for starters into Spanish, German and Portuguese. The company plans to have its sites translated to 18 languages by 2009, to make its services and content available to users from all over the world.

Since its start back in 1997, Date.com has built a community of some 20 million members. They even boast an average of one marriage weekly for couple who've met online on their sites.

"We've had tremendous success with Date.com, Matchmaker.com and Amor.com both in the United States and abroad; translating our suite of sites into other languages enables us to provide our sites to millions of non-English speaking consumers looking for love…" (Meir Strahlberg, Date.com's CEO)

Read their press release here.

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