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

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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.

My Garmin watch (Forerunner) does this (well, not audio prompts). It will start rep count when I start the exercise and end it when I stop and guess the exercise. The exercise guessing is spotty at best but you can also pre-program the workout and use is that way. Rep count is much accurate (if not perfect).

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

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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.

I saw this exact thing pop up on ProductHunt at some point in the last year. Sorry, I don't remember the name, but it was an iOS app.

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

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Hey, I'm working on a community sourced fitness routine database where users can upload and share routines. Does this site seem useful to you? https://routinedb.com/routines

The world is filled with workout routines. They're everywhere. They're in books, they're on sites, they're in magazines, they're on forums. They've been explained a million times -- PPL, 5/3/1, bro-splits, kettlebell routines, WODs, etc. My recommendation, if you're really a beginner, just go buy one book that explains these things. They're all based on the same principles. The same knowledge is being repackaged, re-…

> You don't need more routines. You need the routine you'll do 50 or 100 times. Honest question from someone with just anecdotes and no data: Is it preferable to do the same routine regularly over different routines (equally often)? Last year, a friend sent me a link to https://darebee.com/ where I've been choosing different routines almost every time (or a program, which consists of different routines for each day). This seems to me more effective for me, but maybe it's just more motivation to do different things.

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

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post #32
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.

What I want is an app that screams at me like a drill sergeant: "Let's go, you got 10 more to go! Keep up!"

That's basically what Peloton, Apple Fitness, and whatever other competitors to those are.

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

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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.

Go on...

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

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I'm betting more than a few people have used the below link as a jumping-off point for their lifting career. It would greatly help its longevity to post it on RoutineDB to avoid the inevitable heat-death of BlogSpot.

http://newbie-fitness.blogspot.com/2006/12/rippetoes-startin...

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

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post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The world is filled with workout routines. They're everywhere. They're in books, they're on sites, they're in magazines, they're on forums. They've been explained a million times -- PPL, 5/3/1, bro-splits, kettlebell routines, WODs, etc. My recommendation, if you're really a beginner, just go buy one book that explains these things. They're all based on the same principles. The same knowledge is being repackaged, re-…

> You don't need more routines. You need the routine you'll do 50 or 100 times. Honest question from someone with just anecdotes and no data: Is it preferable to do the same routine regularly over different routines (equally often)? Last year, a friend sent me a link to https://darebee.com/ where I've been choosing different routines almost every time (or a program, which consists of different routines for each day).…

Routines should be a mix of things you develop expertise and efficiencies at (say, compound barbell movements or heavy KB base movements), and other things that you aren't efficient at. Strength training (simply one modality) is about progressive overload. So, it helps to get better at some of your exercises, but it's also advantageous to stress your body in ways that you're not efficient at -- but, if that's all you're doing, you'll never truly push yourself because the progressive overload gains won't come.

My advice in the past is that 60% of your time in training should be for things you like and you're getting very good at. The non-compound movements have benefits, but unless you're competing at something, the benefits are across a broader impact spectrum.

How will this translate into a fitness routine? If you look at some of the 5/3/1 periodization routines, it'll be something like: bench press, shoulders/chest, lats, triceps. Doesn't matter as much which shoulder/chest or lat exercises, just take them to a proper RPE (search it).

Routines, in and of themselves, aren't super helpful if you don't understand some of the basic principles. For which some deeper resource -- a book, possibly -- is a wise investment.

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

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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.

Please do add it. I would really appreciate some more content! Yeah a like/ranking/comment system is something I'm thinking about. Any suggestions?

This is really cool. When there a good bit more workouts having likes/upvotes would help users not get overwhelmed by choices and they can sort by most liked.

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

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post #32
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.

What I want is an app that screams at me like a drill sergeant: "Let's go, you got 10 more to go! Keep up!"

Not really screaming but in VRWorkout the computer voice combined with the visual cues are as direct as it gets :) So if you need some motivation to get your bodyweight training done maybe check it out ( https://vrworkout.at )
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