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Show HN: Running, an extremely simple exercise tracking app.

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Re: Show HN: Running, an extremely simple exercise tracking app.

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Post by ulisesrmzroche »

shail wrote: post #20
ulisesrmzroche wrote: post #19

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Sweet, but what's the deal with going slowly adding basic exercises?

hi, I am following the approach of putting minimal yet useful version out and then tailor according to early adopters. That way I will not end up cluttering it with things not needed. Like for instance 3 exercises are ok, but if its goes more than that, I will have to develop a feature where you could hide an exercise you are not interested it (and may be add it later if needed). But I will do it very soon. Best woul…

What is this hmpgr thing? Are you developing your app with them as a platform or is this your actual startup?

Kinda confused because I actually did sign up to try your app, but now I'm signed up to this other app and I really didn't want to do that.

Re: Show HN: Running, an extremely simple exercise tracking app.

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Post by Anonymous412 »

shail wrote: post #20
ulisesrmzroche wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sweet, but what's the deal with going slowly adding basic exercises?

hi, I am following the approach of putting minimal yet useful version out and then tailor according to early adopters. That way I will not end up cluttering it with things not needed. Like for instance 3 exercises are ok, but if its goes more than that, I will have to develop a feature where you could hide an exercise you are not interested it (and may be add it later if needed). But I will do it very soon. Best woul…

Why not allow users to add/remove their own exercises? They choose a name, and data they'd like to track for that exercise, such as distance, time, weight, reps. For example, they click Add Exercise, enter Squats as the name, and check the boxes for weight, and reps. Now, after their workout, they just click the Squats button under My Exercises, and enter the reps and weight they did for that day.

Re: Show HN: Running, an extremely simple exercise tracking app.

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Post by Jemaclus »

shail wrote: post #18
Jemaclus wrote: post #17

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So I think my use of the word "automatically" was a bad one. I think I meant "super easy". For instance, when I step out the door, I open my Strava app, and I hit "Start Running", and then I start running. When I'm done, I hit "Finished" and it saves every stat it tracked about my run, and later after some processing, it tells me even more things, like whether this run was better than other runs or whether I ran a ne…

Thanks a lot for the thoughts and insights. > About going back to computer... This app is mobile ready and can be "Added to Homescreen" for easy access. My quest currently is to understand that do we really need all that details about the running (like paths, comparison with other runs etc.) because more data brings more complexity. I feel, in many cases, being simple is a feature in itself. Just my thought. I am act…

Good luck.
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