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Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#11
Found a bug: On the "Fitness Level" step, if you click the "info" icon, and then close it by pressing escape, you end up moving /backwards/ in the process (back to the "Fitness Goal" step).

The same thing also can happen if you double-click the "info" icon on the "Fitness Level" step, or if you close the popup (via mouse) and then click any of the buttons.

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#13

This did really well picking out an easy to follow program for strength for my 12 year old. Been doing a lot of research lately on how to train kids for sports and this seemed to really give a modern response on sets/reps for this age and strength goal. Well done!

Awesome! We wanted to make sure we could have tailored responses for people of all ages. Glad you like the result for your 12 year old!

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#14
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I like it already! I would love to be able to set how much time I have available for workouts too though. Like, if I want a whole body workout but only have 10 minutes, I know I'm going to get less done, but maybe fewer reps/higher weight.

I like that idea! I'll add it to the list of stuff we'll be working on for version 2 :)

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#15

Found a bug: On the "Fitness Level" step, if you click the "info" icon, and then close it by pressing escape, you end up moving /backwards/ in the process (back to the "Fitness Goal" step). The same thing also can happen if you double-click the "info" icon on the "Fitness Level" step, or if you close the popup (via mouse) and then click any of the buttons.

Forwarding that to the team we'll get it fixed. Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#17
I wonder if there's something up with some of the calibration?

I shied away from picking "beginner" and opted for "novice" instead because beginner listed being able to do 1-3 pushups as a guideline, and I can't.

But then when it generated a "novice" workout for me, it had me doing 2 sets of 6-10 pushups. I...can't? I could do 6-10 counter-height pushups probably, but I think the novice level might need to be tweaked to keep the individual exercises easier than it currently is.

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#19
This is really cool, and in particular it's helpful that it lets you select what tools you have available for your workout. I tried creating a bodyweight only routine and all the exercises look well picked to me.

Just my .02 - I would prefer if the dummy you click on to select which muscle groups you wanna train to be gender neutral, or have a separate selection for all genders, if that is relevant for the exercises provided.

Re: Show HN: MuscleWiki Workout Generator – Generate unique workouts

#20
Very cool! Something I've been thinking about prototyping is essentially this but with a presentation / 'workout mode' view. Something like the full screen modals you have with demos of the moves, the details of set, etc. Bonus if I can shout 'Next' at it from across my basement and have it go to the next move.
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