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Lifting equipment (barbells, weights, dumbbells, racks) are incredibly difficult to find right now, and if you can find them, their price has increased drastically since the beginning of the pandemic. However, gyms, which are full of workout equipment, are (mostly) empty right now. Since people can't go to the gym, we decided to bring the gym to the people. Anyone can sign up for a time to work out, choose what equipment they want, and have it delivered to them, and most importantly, won't have to shell out hundreds for workout equipment that they aren't using most of the time.

By bringing the gym to the people, gyms now can continue to have a purpose yet again during these times. While we have already mentioned the financial burden placed on consumers as a result of the weight shortage, the underlying cause is the closing of gyms throughout the nation. This has led to serious losses across the industry as clients no longer require an actual gym membership -- meaning gyms have little income, even though they must continue to pay for Equipment Loans, Rent, Utilities, and Unemployment. Local gyms are particularly hit hard by this, shrinking their already small consumer base even more. As this continues, these local gyms continue to lose customers who move to home gyms, leaving them without enough members even when COVID passes. This means that we must support local gyms NOW in a way that is safe and economically efficient for both customers and gyms alike. We can do this through barbell2go, providing an easy way for users to get a workout in, while still staying safe and providing profits to local gyms.

We built this project in Django, which combines Python for some front back end work, and HTML and CSS for the rest of the front end. Instead of creating a payment system by ourselves, we used the Bill.com API in order to send invoices to customers. We also utilized Google Maps API to calculate the routes and distances between users.