Since it's been awhile since we've posted here it may seem that not much has been happening with Noscrolls. But we've been busy and I'm pleased to announce that we're rolling out the features that have been in development.

First the body stats page has been changed a little. We broke height, weight, and body fat into separate sections, so you can remove them individually instead of a whole entry at a time. There's also a section at the top that gives you your current measurements at a glance.

There's also a link on the "body" page that says "Switch to body measurements". This takes you to a page where you can record detailed data about your body geometry. We have identified a set of measurements that allows us to calculate your range of motion for all the major CrossFit movements. This information will allow us to automatically calculate work capacity and power output for the workouts you do. We are still working on this part, but if you get someone to help you carefully measure all the distances on that page, you'll be ready to take advantage of the power output calculations when we deploy them.

And finally, the part we are most excited about is the new groups features. This feature allows a group of people to track their workout results together. This is obviously beneficial to CrossFit gyms and trainers, but it's not restricted to just that audience. Any group of people who work out together or want to share fitness data can use these features.

The "List All Groups" menu option takes you to a list of all the groups in the site. Groups can be public or private. Anyone can join a public group, but private groups require an invitation. To create a group, click the "Create new group" link in the group list page. You choose whether the group is public or private and you can enter usernames to send invitations to. If someone has invited you to a group, an invitation will show up at the top of the page allowing you to accept or decline the invitation.

When you join a group, your name will show up in the group page, and your workout results will be visible to all the other members of the group. You can get to the group page from the "My Groups" link in the menu. This page shows all the groups that you own or are a member of. It allows owners to manage or destroy groups and provides links for group members to go to the group page, or leave the group. When you click on the name of a group, you are taken to the group home page.

The group home page is the heart of the group system. One of the first things you'll notice is that we even created a way for you to make the group home your personal home page on Noscrolls. If you do this, then you will be taken straight to your group's page when you log in, or when you click the "home" link in the top menu. Workouts recorded by the group owner appear on the group home page. This allows each group to maintain their own WODs and keep them somewhat separated from the rest of the site. The group home page also shows a graph of the group members workout results for the current day. The chart shows workout results on the horizontal axis and body weight on the vertical axis.

The links above the WOD give you different ways of looking at group workout information. We'll talk more about these later, but they should be fairly self-explanatory. Keep on eye on this area of your group page, because this is most likely where you'll find new features. We've got many exciting new features coming. If you train at a CrossFit gym, get them to try it out. And as always, let us know how what you think.