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Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by hn192939 »

sonium wrote: post #83
neogodless wrote: post #37

I was wondering if https://musclewiki.com/ was going to pop up. My wife had just sent it to me earlier this week. It lets you pick gender, muscle group, exercise type (stretch, bodyweight, barbell, dumbbells, kettlebells) and has detailed instructions and videos. (It does not have sets/reps like the shared site.) Perhaps they would be good to use in tandem. Personally, I think for sets/reps, it follows most exercise…

I would assume that the appropriate exercise regime should be determined by sex rather then gender?

Well, there are only two genders. So filtering by sex or gender is the same thing.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by momothereal »

rickbhardwaj wrote: post #78
amelius wrote: post #27

What I want is an app that counts reps/sets for me. I.e., point phone camera at self, the apps starts counting down (using a voice), and stops when I'm done. It should auto-detect the exercise.

(shameless self-promotion but) We're actually building something just like this. We're calling it Formguru, here's an example of my squat in action: https://www.formguru.fitness/video/c96fa975-fd9e-4912-8f60-1... . Right now it's more focused on form feedback, but adding live audio cues is on our roadmap. I'd love to know what other features you'd want us to build.

This is really cool! Well done

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by goodcjw2 »

I was wondering if https://www.jefit.com/ was going to pop up. Sounds quite similar and has been around for quite some time.

There are probably more similar solutions out there. Fitness apps are definitely an interesting space, where there are tons of them, but they seem to rarely marketing themself. Probably the customer acquisition cost would be higher than the custom lifetime value, i guess...

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

joelrunyon wrote: post #79
jayroh wrote: post #4

Would _love_ to see a community sourced database of "explain it like I'm 5" translations. Example: What does "Bent Over Lateral Raise" mean? Show me? Lateral ... to what? I'm sure I can figure that out, but, for the newbies of the world it's another hurdle to keep them from actually starting/moving.

Hope this isn't too over the top, but we built exactly this with https://impossiblefitness.com/movement/lateral-raise Written demo, video, photo, etc of each movement. We are adding more movements daily. Please give me a shout if there's other information you'd want to see here.

One thing I'd love to see here is better formatting of the instructions. The content is great, but I found it a little jumbled to read. Here's an image of the current format, and an image of a proposed format as an example of what I mean.

https://imgur.com/a/rXPU4nr

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by krrrh »

IggleSniggle wrote: post #76
ar_lan wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would also look into 5/3/1! It's a very easy to follow program, and doesn't take much time at all. Slow and steady gains. Granted, if you're a beginner, there are much quicker programs (since noob gains are a very real thing), but 5/3/1 is a very simple program to follow, can be repeated for an extremely long time, and isn't very intense stress on the body. I increased my lifts pretty drastically over 2 years, but…

I just tried looking up 5/3/1 and although I believe you when you say it’s “easy to follow” I’m not sure if it’s beginner friendly or not. I don’t know most of this DSL. I still don’t even know what the numbers 5 3 and 1 are for sure in reference to, although my guess is reps (ie repetitions). And apparently it’s supposed to have a corresponding percentage of Max Single Rep, but what is it? What is a core lift? Paral…

5/3/1 is primarily a strength program, but it will definitely benefit general wellness and resting metabolic burn.

In terms of barbell-oriented strength programs, 5/3/1 is a good program to do after you've mastered the basics and started to plateau with something like Starting Strength [0] or Stronglifts 5x5 [1]. Those two programs take advantage of the linear gains that are possible for people in their first year of training, and 5/3/1 is a methodical approach to continuing to improve strength when simply adding 5lbs to the bar every workout stops working.

Starting Strength is a great book for understanding the principles and benefits of barbell lifting (and the videos from the old DVD are very good). The introductory essay is considered to be one of the best summations of strength training and its benefits. A lot of people believe that they aren't interested in strength training because they don't feel attracted to the extreme manifestations of the sport, but then discover that it delivers mental health and brain sharpening benefits in ways that they didn't expect.

All of the programs I mentioned are built around the core barbell lifts, which are squat, deadlift, shoulder press, bench press, cleans, and rows.

[0] https://startingstrength.com/about

[1] https://stronglifts.com/5x5/

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by void_mint »

ASalazarMX wrote: post #87
sonium wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would assume that the appropriate exercise regime should be determined by sex rather then gender?

It actually filters by sex (male/female). Must be an innocent mistake in the parent comment.

Ultimately the filter boils down to how much T you have, which (at least from the context of strength training) isn't necessarily linked to gender or sex. I'm not sure how you'd communicate that from the context of a web UI filter, though.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by sitesuniverse »

zigzaggy wrote: post #75
mam3 wrote: post #16

I'm very tempted to add mine which I would call "the lazy lifter: build a nice body with 4x30 minutes per week" (a very efficient, leangains-based routine). That said i'm very sad by the abscence of likes. What dopamine rush can i hope to get by contributing to your database :( ? Or at least comments.

I started with a trainer one year ago next week, doing 2 days per week with him and one day of "plyometric" drop-set/super-sets (which seems to be a fancy way of saying workout almost to failure). Total time investment? 30 minutes, 3 times per week. My entire physique has changed, including greatly increased muscle mass, energy levels, and stamina to do whatever physical activity. I've also dropped 30 pounds and have…

Sounds like there's some interest in this routine... If only there was a database you could submit it to..... ;)

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by void_mint »

snug wrote: post #93
th0ma5 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just reading that the optimum reps count was somewhere between 8 and 12. I was doing something that suggested 16 reps and that felt a little more like cardio or something, and I dug into it and it is a whole debate, but what I got out of it was that for what I was doing eight or so is about right.

It depends on what your goals are, lower reps with heavier weights will give you more strength. Higher reps with lighter weights will give you bigger muscles.

This isn't true. Lower rep ranges will better acclimate the CNS to higher bar-weight, but that's not really the same as "strength".

On the flipside, higher rep ranges don't give you bigger muscles - overall training volume (total weight moved per movement) is moreso the determining factor on "size"[0]. In general it's best to just do whatever you find difficult. Lots of "powerbuilders" use Undulating Periodization (sometimes Daily) to try and get the benefits of the CNS acclimation + the increased work capacity that higher rep ranges bring.

[0] https://www.strongerbyscience.com/hypertrophy-range-fact-fic...

[1] https://www.strongerbyscience.com/daily-undulating-periodiza...

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by void_mint »

th0ma5 wrote: post #67
neogodless wrote: post #37

I was wondering if https://musclewiki.com/ was going to pop up. My wife had just sent it to me earlier this week. It lets you pick gender, muscle group, exercise type (stretch, bodyweight, barbell, dumbbells, kettlebells) and has detailed instructions and videos. (It does not have sets/reps like the shared site.) Perhaps they would be good to use in tandem. Personally, I think for sets/reps, it follows most exercise…

I was just reading that the optimum reps count was somewhere between 8 and 12. I was doing something that suggested 16 reps and that felt a little more like cardio or something, and I dug into it and it is a whole debate, but what I got out of it was that for what I was doing eight or so is about right.

Just do whatever's difficult. Some days show up and do 10 sets of 3, some days show up and do 6 sets of 4. Total volume is the deciding factor (other than, of course, recovery).

Mike Isratel's work on Maximum Recoverable Volume is probably the best piece of work for deciding things like rep ranges.

Re: Show HN: I made a community sourced fitness routine database

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Post by dehrmann »

xcambar wrote: post #68
dehrmann wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, it's a lateral (vs rear) delt raise. That would have helped.

No 5 year old would understand that. I'm way past 5yo and I do not understand.

A 5-year-old who knows anatomy might. You're raising something from your side (lateral) with your shoulder (deltoid muscle).
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