Sportlyzer, an Estonian start-up that offers a sports web application, has just made their service available to the general public. Currently anyone can create a profile and use all of the features for free. The last time we wrote about Sportlyzer their team shared all the hard work they have been putting into developing the product. Now we can see what fruits their work will bear. So far the released product promises to add a lot of value for the people wanting to get fit. Apart from tracking workouts, Sportlyzer helps create a diverse training plan and give advice according to your individual training history. You could either use the tool to add fun and diversity to your training routine or to compete with your peers.

It takes some effort to create your profile on Sportlyzer as the program's recommendations are based on a person's level of fitness and some other characteristics. Workouts are logged in manually or downloaded as a file from a heart rate monitor (only Polar .hrm and .gpx are currently supported).

Sportlyzer is very goal-oriented: the program figures out desired duration and heartbeat level of a work-out and displays that for every single training as well as for your sports plan overall. The goals are modified after every new input of data, which is a great way to ensure your sports goals  keep up (or slow down) according to your real-life experience. On top of that, the service's virtual coach, Mike Lyzer, would give training advice for newbies and pros alike to help them get the most out of their training.

Social is another big part of Sportlyzer: the website tries to help you build a community around your sports trainings. As the common wisdom goes, peer pressure is the best means to ensure regular and effective work-outs.

If you have ever made a personal training plan with a gym coach offline, you'd know how hard it is to keep up with it and maintain the routine. The biggest obstacles are the lack of feedback and the difficulty of tracking your progress over a long period of time. Plus, it is highly individualistic, which means your friends cannot help motivate you to go on. Sportlyzer seems to nail down all of those concerns.

As Sportlyzer is still in beta, some modifications and new features would probably follow. The website hints that things like widgets, badges and a mobile app might soon be added to the program. Working with partners is another big step brewing in the pipelines. So far no details have been disclosed but such cooperation can be a potential source of revenue for Sportlyzer.