The Rangers Charity Foundation has launched a new app in a bid to help supporters get in shape.
Fit Bears, developed by experts at the University of Salford, records walking and running - allowing Gers fans to compete against each other in a fitness league for prizes.
Rangers striking duo Alfredo Morelos and Jermain Defoe launched the free app alongside the charity.
The app also allows fans to keep up to date with all Rangers news, social media and videos from the club directly to their phone.
The app is the first of its kind in Scottish football and is hoped to encourage healthy competitions between friends and family.
To celebrate the launch, the fans who top the fitness league for December and January will win a signed Rangers first team shirt.
Runners up will win a Garmin Wristband.
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Dr. Alex Fenton, Fan Fit Founder and Lecturer in Digital Business at the University of Salford Business School, said: “It’s great that Rangers has become the first football club foundation in Scotland to sign up to the app.
“The aim is to create some friendly competition amongst fans and really encourage them to get moving and do more exercise.
“We’d encourage all Rangers fans to download it to get club and Foundation info and updates, but also to join in with the ‘Fit Bears’ fun and experience the features we’ve added.”
The app format has already had an impact with supporters of the Salford Red Devils Rugby League club, with fans losing up to three stone in weight since starting.
In total since the app launched, hundreds of fans of the rugby club have been using the app and clocked up more than 400 million steps.
Rangers Charity Foundation Director Connal Cochrane added: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to pilot the first ever Fan Fit app in Scotland, and we hope that Rangers fans enjoy using ‘Fit Bears’ with their family and friends.
“The Foundation is dedicated to using the power of football for good and promoting healthy lifestyles amongst its supporters and the wider public – something which is reflected in our many community programmes, which are delivered to children and adults throughout Glasgow.
“We know that the University of Salford shares this ethos and we look forward to supporting them in their aim to get as many football fans moving as possible!”
To download ‘Fit Bears’, visit www.fanfit.co.uk/fit-bears.
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